我的麦当劳天使

胡金莹

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.

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As she turned around， it seemed as if she were an angel. 她转过身来时，犹如一个天使。

【信息提取】It seemed as if...意为“好像……”。as if后接从句时，如果表示一种假设或愿望，通常用虚拟语气。如果表示现在的虚拟，从句中用过去式;如果表示过去的虚拟，从句中用过去完成时态;如果表示将来的虚拟，从句中用would/could/might+动词原形。

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. 尽管他从未去过那个地方，但他对那个地方非常了解，就好像他在那里长大一样。

【句式仿写】他感到如此高兴，以至于他好像在梦境一样。