I’msittingattheairportwatchingpeopleinthelastminu...

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       I’m sitting at the airport watching people in the last minutes before their loved ones arrive or depart.

       A woman is running in circles trying to gather family members together for a   41  . When the final moment comes before   42  , she wraps her arms around her son, giving him a   43   hug that should protect him until she   44  .

       I sit with a book in my hands, waiting for my turn to leave,   45   because the ones I love have a different   46   from mine.

       I think of other departures and arrivals. I   47   seeing my daughter. I wrapped myself around her as if she’d been   48  . That year she was in her first year at university, coming home for the first time.

       Today my flight is two hours late. When my flight is   49   called, I gather my book and luggage.   50   there is no one to see me off, I do not   51   to see where I have come from.   52  , I think of my husband at work   53   if I have left yet.

       As I head towards the plane, I find myself   54   yet another arrival and departure. That year, my 91-year-old grandfather died. After returning from his funeral, I arrived at the airport   55  . My husband of only a year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms. Because of my tears,   56   was looking at us, but I didn’t   57  .

       Life needs the important   58   all the time. I wish that all the people who went on a   59   could come back to find someone   60   them. I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off.

41.A. lecture                             B. goodbye                        C. dinner                            D. party

42. A. gathering                        B. boarding                        C. announcing                   D. landing

43. A. powerful                          B. gentle                                   C. warm                      D. common

44. A. leaves                             B. survives                         C. returns                          D. recovers

45. A. frightened                       B. anxious                          C. relaxed                   D. alone

46. A. schedule                         B. attitude                          C. position                  D. target

47. A. imagine                                  B. enjoy                             C. recall                      D. consider

48. A. stolen                              B. cheated                         C. lost                         D. punished

49. A. punctually                       B. finally                             C. abruptly                  D. repeatedly

50. A. Although                         B. While                             C. Till                          D. Since

51. A. slow down                       B. get off                                   C. look back                D. run away

52. A. However                          B. Besides                         C. Instead                   D. Therefore

53. A. doubting                         B. asking                                   C. predicting               D. wondering

54. A. remembering                         B. forgetting                       C. planning                 D. rejecting

55. A. shouting                          B. crying                                   C. laughing                 D. whispering

56. A. someone                         B. everyone                       C. none                       D. anyone

57. A. care                                B. respond                         C. scold                      D. flee

58. A. arrival                             B. chance                                 C. departure               D. moment

59. A. journey                                  B. diet                                C. picnic                      D. holiday

60. A. worrying about                B. smiling at                       C. talking of                D. waiting for

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知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

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