Passage 2 ?(08·山東) 完形填空

On August 26,1999,New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm.The rain caused the streets to ?__36__ ?and the subway system almost came to a stop.

Unfortunately,this happened during the morning rush hour.Many people who were going to work were ?__37__ ?to go home.Some battled to ?__38__ ?a taxi or to get on a bus.Still others faced the ?__39__ ?bravely,walking miles to get to work.

I ?__40__ ?to be one of people on the way to work that morning.I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most ?__41__ ?had stopped.After making my way ?__42__ ?crowds of people,I finally found a subway line that was ?__43__ . Unfortunately,there were so many people waiting to ?__44__ ?the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the ?__45__ . So I took the train going in the opposite direction,and then switched back to the downtown train.Finally,after what seemed like forever,the train ?__46__ ?my stop.Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain.When I finally got to my office,I was ?__47__ ?through,exhausted and ?__48__.

My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off.When it was 5∶00 pm,I was ready to go home.I was about to turn off my computer ?__49__ ?I received an email from Garth,my Director:

I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and ?__50__ ?reported to work.It is always reassuring (令人欣慰),at times like these,when employees so clearly show their __51__ to their jobs.Thank you.

Garth’s email was short,but I learned more from that ?__52__ ?message than I ever did from a textbook.The email taught me that a few words of ?__53__ ?can make a big difference.The rainstorm and the traffic ?__54__ ?had made me tired and upset.But Garth’s words immediately ?__55__ me and put a smile back on my face.

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