We got up late as usual．My husband decided to water the flowers in the garden    41    

leaving, and when he discovered that he couldn’t manage（处理）by   42   , he asked me for help at the last moment．   43   now we had an hour to get to the airport．   44   , there were not many cars or buses on the road and we were able to get there just in time．We checked in and went to a big hall to   45   our flight to be called．We waited and waited but no announcement was made．In the end there was an announcement   46   us that passengers could get a free meal．The plane hadn’t left Spain for technical problems．We waited again for a long time until late evening   47   we were asked to spend the night in a nearby hotel．

The next morning after a   48   night because of all the planes taking off and landing, we returned to the   49  ．Guess what had happened while we were asleep! Our plane had arrived and taken off again．All the other passengers had been   50   in the night to catch the plane, but for some reason or other we had been forgotten． You can imagine how we felt．

1．A． after                       B． until               C． before                  D． since  

2．A． herself                    B． himself           C． itself                    D． themselves

3．A． So                          B． Unless            C． Although              D． Because 

4．A． Friendly                  B． Luckily           C． Terribly                D． Possibly

5．A． look after                B． wait in            C． look at                 D． wait for

6．A． agreeing                  B． telling             C． asking                  D． shocking

7．A． where                     B． which             C． when                   D． what

8．A． bad                         B． good              C． dangerous            D． interesting

9．A． home                      B． hotel               C． station                 D． airport

10．A． woken up              B． paid for          C． given up               D． agreed with