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Fill in each of the 15 blanks in the passage with the most likely answer.
I still remember an incident that happened to me during World WarⅡ. I had just flown from the far south of Australia to mainland to join an Army transport train which would then transfer me to the Australian General Hospital at the top of the country, near the equator. It was to be a(n) （1） journey.
On the fifth morning, as the train headed up the coastline. It was delayed for some hours in a small town. We had been traveling continuously, only stopping （2） to change engines or have meals at railway dining rooms. （3） spending four hot nights sleeping on the carriage floors, I was in （4）need of refreshing.
It was already hot and we were all starting to feel uncomfortable. （5） from the south, I wasn't used to the heat and humidity of the Tropical North. On the railway station （6）, I could see many wind-operated water pumps and couldn't help （7） comment aloud that I would greatly appreciate a shower. A young fair-haired boy, who had come to the station to see the soldiers, overheard my （8）. He invited me to his home to have a shower and refresh up. I told him that his mother might not （9） and with that he left. To my （10）, just minutes later he returned saying," Mum asks you to come and （11） half a dozen mates."
So I gathered up four mates and together we accepted the invitation. During our short stop, the boy's mother kindly （12） us cold drinks, towels, soap and much praise and encouragement for our war （13）. Acceptance of that boy's invitation left a(n) （14） awareness in me of the kindness of people who （15） the needs of others unconditionally. There are many.
第1题
A、comfortable
B、exciting
C、long
D、round-trip
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：本题考查形容词辨析。根据前一句提到的“我刚从遥远的澳大利亚南部飞到大陆，加入了一列军用运输火车，然后将转到位于该国顶部赤道附近的澳大利亚总医院”。由此可知，旅程应该是很漫长。C选项符合题意。comfortable：舒适的；exciting：令人激动的；long：漫长的；round-trip：来回的。