2017届高考英语一轮复习完形填空It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year.I was a ticket-counter 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 |