第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I had spent over five exhausting（令人疲乏不堪的） years on my essay for my Ph. D（哲学学士）. and was anxiously preparing for my oral boards which were to be held in California, and I had 36 a flight through Minneapolis, where I was to change 37 . My flight was very late, and I was soon in an all—out run to  38 my flight. I had to stop to catch my  39 on a moving sidewalk when I  40 a woman in her fifties   41  with a carry-on bag.
I don’t know   42  , but I looked at her face and blurted out, “Are you going on flight 567 to California?”
She responded, “Yes.”
“So am I ,” I responded．“Give me your bag. I’ll run   43  and tell them to wait for you.” I took her bag and started running again.
I   44  onto the plane and told a flight attendant that one more passenger was behind me and to please   45  the plane for her. I   46  myself with her bag, and a few moments later she arrived and was the last person on the plane   47  they closed the doors and   48  . After the plane leveled off, I   49  the bag to her, and she smiled at me and thanked me.
I didn’t sleep a wink in the hotel and arrived at the   50  at seven o’clock in the morning. The   51  kept me waiting for an hour in a room. I walked into the boardroom and was initially frightened by all the   52  in their robes. As I slowly   53  at the faces of all the board members, I noticed the bright face of a woman. She gave me a smile   54  a young schoolgirl. It was the same woman whose bag I had carried ahead the night before.   55  , whenever I made a mistake on any questions, she did a great job of relaxing me.
36．A．prepared   B．caught      C．scheduled预定的    D．ordered安排好的；
37．A．trains       B．buses C．planes       D．directions
38．A．catch B．run    C．get    D．hold
39．A．flight       B．breath       C．bag   D．companions
40．A．greeted     B．met   C．noticed     D．seek
41．A．walking    B． C．carrying    D．running
42．A．how  B．why  C．what  D．where
43．A．before      B．immediately     C．fast   D．ahead
44．A．raced B．got    C．solved      D．opened
45．A．leave B．hold  C．remain      D．reserve
46．A．found       B．took  C．seated       D．occupied
47．A．after  B．when C．while D．before
48．A．left out     B．run away  C．took off    D．carried away
49．A．presented  B．preserved  C．proved      D．showed
50．A．place B．university C．palace       D．city
51．A．meeting    B．board       C．essay D．argument
52．A．professors B．ladies      C．staffs D．teachers
53．A．stared       B．watched    C．glanced     D．looked
54．A．like B．as      C．of     D．from
55．A．Needless to say        B．No matter how
C．What’s more           D．In the end