胡金瑩

It all started as I landed at the Toronto airport a day late. My airport of origination was surrounded by flooded streets and all the 1.______were canceled the day before.

At 6pm， I was tired from a long day of traveling. To my surprise and 2.______（horror/excitement）， the rental car service I found on the Internet was closed！

I had no rent car in a large metropolitan area and still had almost a two hour drive to my lodging！ After navigating my way through many means， with the help of other travelers and airport workers， I 3.______found the area with eight rental car companies and get a car.

This is where it gets tricky. I thought the GPS on my phone would 4.______（look/work） just fine， but later I realized that I was terribly mistaken. 5.______I drove in the dark， I found no highway lighting， no overhead street signs， and for miles and miles， no exits or signs of civilization. I was tired 6.______hungry. And certainly I was going the 7.______direction.

Just about a mile down the road， there were signs of civilization that gave me 8.______like a giant beacon （燈塔）. Well， it was the “Golden Arches” beacon of McDonalds！ It s about 8：30pm and I walked in to get food and more directions. Here I saw a girl， who was standing next to me waiting for her order. As she 9.______（turned around/turned up）， it seemed as if she were an angel. After hearing my trouble， she offered to help me. I felt a huge burden 10.______（changed/lifted） from my shoulders and also a fullness in my heart because of the kindness of this stranger.

Fill in each blank with only one word or select the right items given in the bracket according to the context.

寫作推薦

As she turned around， it seemed as if she were an angel. 她轉(zhuǎn)過身來時(shí)，猶如一個(gè)天使。

【信息提取】It seemed as if...意為“好像……”。as if后接從句時(shí)，如果表示一種假設(shè)或愿望，通常用虛擬語氣。如果表示現(xiàn)在的虛擬，從句中用過去式;如果表示過去的虛擬，從句中用過去完成時(shí)態(tài);如果表示將來的虛擬，從句中用would/could/might+動(dòng)詞原形。

e.g. Although he had never been to the place， he knew a lot about it and it seemed as if he had grown up there. 盡管他從未去過那個(gè)地方，但他對(duì)那個(gè)地方非常了解，就好像他在那里長大一樣。

【句式仿寫】他感到如此高興，以至于他好像在夢(mèng)境一樣。