If you’ve ridden any New York subway, chances are good that you’ve watched your cellphone clock tick while seated on an unmoving, delayed train. You wouldn’t wish to have such a ________ feeling of being stuck on public transportation anymore. No one knows the feeling as ________ as Jerich Marco Alcantara does particularly when he had ________ in his life to celebrate. He ________ his graduation ceremony at Hunter College’s Brookdale campus due to a delay.
There were two ________ ceremonies that day, but Alcantara specifically wanted to ________ the early ceremony, because students were only ________ two tickets for friends and family at the latter event. He wanted all of his family and friends in attendance.
Stuck on the train in full baccalaureate gown (学士服), Alcantara still got to experience a formal ________, sort of. Some friends and strangers improvised (即兴创作) a ceremony on the subway. ________ a cellphone, a friend presented Alcantara with a “diploma”; ________ somebody else on the train played Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day. Another passenger ________ the ceremony and posted the video to Facebook.
_____ he wasn’t able to attend the full ceremony, in a way this will end up being a more memorable ________ for Alcantara down the road. He will be able to point to his ________ and not just think of the hard work it took to earn it, but the ________ missing his real graduation ceremony created.
Moments like these help us get a little more ________ of our fellow man during a ________time. Although these aren’t all strangers, it’s still wonderful to see people ________ to make sure someone feels the proper ________, or at least their big achievement should be ________. Though Alcantara missed his official graduation ceremony, he said his subway experience meant a lot.
1.A. rising B. sinking C. spinning D. floating
2.A. vividly B. casually C. plainly D. fiercely
3.A. milestones B. promotions C. festivals D. parties
4.A. spoiled B. quitted C. overlooked D. missed
5.A. separate B. continuous C. relevant D. contradictory
6.A. join B. make C. abandon D. ignore
7.A. appointed B. allocated C. approved D. accumulated
8.A. assembly B. situation C. occasion D. meeting
9.A. Via B. On C. In D. From
10.A. instead B. afterwards C. therefore D. meanwhile
11.A. filmed B. took C. interviewed D. reported
12.A. Since B. As C. Although D. When
13.A. exploration B. moment C. impression D. stage
14.A. video B. ticket C. diploma D. cellphone
15.A. pain B. inconvenience C. excitement D. memory
16.A. convinced B. tired C. reliant D. faithful
17.A. messy B. extreme C. acute D. disorganized
18.A. get together B. gather together C. put together D. band together
19.A. acquisition B. cooperation C. recognition D. evaluation
20.A. welcomed B. applauded C. calculated D. encouraged
—What does the boss think about…; it is impossible to finish the work in a day!
—Calm down. After all, he is the ________.
A. top banana B. cool cucumber
C. tough cookie D. bad apple
—Would you please show me the way to the city library?
—Stick to the road until you reach the second crossroads. ________.
A. Take it easy B. You can’t miss it
C. Don’t get me wrong D. You bet
________ for his timely help, I wouldn’t have been able to make it through the economic squeeze.
A. Were it not B. Would it not be
C. Had it not been D. Should it not be
A lie can travel half way around the world ________ the truth is putting on its shoes.
A. if B. while
C. unless D. until
Chairman Xi Jinping has proposed a road map for Belt and Road Initiative, ________ he provided a comprehensive vision of how it could contribute to the world development in general.
A. which B. as
C. when D. where
