完形填空。 I had spent five exhausting years on my essay for m Ph.D. and was anxiously preparing for my oral boards which were to be held in _1_ ,and I had scheduled a flight through Minneapolis, where I was to change _2 . My flight was very late, and I was soon in an all-out run to _3_ my flight. I had to stop to catah my 4 on a moving sidewalk when I 5 a woman in her fifties 6 with a carry-on bag. I don t know 7 ,but I looked at her 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 8 and tell them to wait for you.' I took her bag and began running again. 'I 9 onto the plane and told a flight attendant that one more passenger was behind me and to please 10 the plane for her. I seated myself with her bag, and a few moments later she _11_ and was the last person on the plane 12 they closed the doors and 13 .After the plane leveled off, I 14 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 15 _at seven o'clock in the morning. The 16 kept me waiting for an hour in a room. I walked into the boardroom and was initially frightened by all the 17 in their robes. As I slowly 18 at the faces of all the board members, I noticed the bright face of a woman. She gave me a smile 19 a young schoolgirl. It was the same woman whose bag I had carried ahead the night before. 20 , whenever I made a mistake on any question, she did a great job of relaxing me. (    )1. A. Minneapolis (    )2. A. trains (    )3. A. catch (    )4. A. flight (    )5. A. greeted (    )6. A. walking (    )7. A. how (    )8. A. abruptly (    )9. A. raced (    )10. A. leave (    )11. A. got (    )12. A. after (    )13. A. left out (    )14. A. presented (    )15. A. place (    )16. A. meeting (    )17. A. professors (    )18. A. started (    )19. A. like (    )20. A. In the end B. Tokyo B. buses B. run B. breath B. met B. struggling B. why B. immediately B. got B. hold B. reached B. when B. set off B  preserved B. university B. board B. assistants B. watched B. as B. No matter how C. California C. planes C. get C. bag C. noticed C. carrying C. what C. fast C. solved C. remain C. arrived C. while C. .took off C. proved C. palace C. essay C. staffs C. glanced C. of C. What's more D. Paris D. directions D. hold D. companion D. sought D. dashing D. where D. ahead D. opened D. stay D. occupied D. before D. started off D. showed D. museum D. argument D. employees D. glared D. from D. Needless to say