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北师大版必修一Unit 3 B卷 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2017·郑州第二次质量预测)It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year. I was a ticketcounter supervisor for a major airline and was looking forward to the __1__of my shift (轮班) at Stapleton International Airport in Denver. My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could __2__our gifts for Christmas. Just then, a very __3__ gentleman went up to me. He asked how he could get to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He had just arrived from Philadelphia and __4__his connecting flight. I pointed him to the ground transportation area, where he could rent a __5__. And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home __6__. About fifteen minutes later, the gentleman __7__and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars __8__. I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport. Hearing that, he burst into __9__. I tried to make him calm down. He explained that his name was Tom, and that his only son was __10__ ill at home and was not expected to __11__another year. He expected that this would likely be the __12__Christmas with his son. I told Tom to __13__his luggage and wait for me at the gate. I was driving to Cheyenne. I called my wife Kathy, telling her about it and not to wait up for me. I drove fast __14__and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2：30 a．m. | 
