阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had a slight ____.
I worked in a ____ doctor's office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened，making the schedule run __    than usual. It seemed I was going to be late ____ home and my husband，being the ____ person，would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe ____ I hurried，I could still make it home.
I was heading inside to ____ for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them asking for ____ to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just ___ a few minutes ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be ___ in explaining how to get there，with two other people making ____.One of them was ____ trying to give them a whole different route back. It was then that I walked over to the couple and said，“Would you like to follow me to the ____？”
A look of ____ crossed the woman's face.
“I'm going right by there，” I said，which wasn't a ____ since I had just made up my mind to do ____ that.
I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right ____ me. It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to ____.I felt better than I had all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later，as I arrived home，my husband ____，“So you aren't ever late any more.”
I said，“Sometimes it's ___ to be late.”

A．break B．fever C．cold D．headache

A．foreign B．common C．busy D．noisy

A．earlier B．later C．easier D．simpler

A．getting B．cooking C．calling D．working

A．tough B．punctual C．generous D．careful

A．as B．since C．while D．if

A．pay B．change C．wait D．search

A．opinions B．trouble C．directions D．money

A．reached B．visited C．observed D．left

A．skilled B．helpful C．experienced D．active

A．comments B．promises C．jokes D．noises

A．only B．still C．even D．ever

A．station B．office C．hospital D．hotel

A．panic B．relief C．sadness D．peace

A．duty B．fact C．reason D．lie

A．partly B．properly C．exactly D．perfectly

A．across B．before C．beside D．behind

A．go up B．die down C．speed up D．turn down

A．teased B．shouted C．burst D．laughed

A．possible B．special C．good D．safe