2015深圳中考英语新题型语法填空 (18) (1)
On August 26, 1999, New York City _____1_____(strike) by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to flood and the underground system almost came to a stop. Unluckily this happened during the morning rush hour. Many people ____2_____ were going to work were made to go home. Some tried their best to call a taxi _____3_____ to get on a bus. Still others faced the storm ______4_____(brave), walking miles to get to work.
I happened to be one of the people on the way to work that morning. I went from underground line to underground line only to find that most service _____5_____(stop). After making my way through crowds of people, I finally found an underground line that was working. Unluckily, there were so many people waiting to get on the underground _____6______ I could not even get down the stairs to the ground . So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then turned back to the downtown(市中心）train. Finally, after ______7_____ seemed like forever, the train reached my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was wet through, tired and _____8______(discourage). My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When _____9______ was 5:00 pm，I was ready to go home. I was going to turn off my computer when I received an e-mail _____10______Garth, my Director: I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and finally came to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰