(2012年郑州检测)It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year.I was a ticket­counter supervisor for a major airline and was looking forward to the __16__ of my shift(轮班) at Stapleton International Airport in Denver.My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could __17__ our gifts for Christmas.

　　Just then，a very __18__ gentleman went up to me.He asked how he could get to Cheyenne，Wyoming.He had just arrived from Philadelphia and __19__ his connecting flight.I pointed him to the ground transportation area，where he could rent a __20__.And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home __21__.

　　About fifteen minutes later，the gentleman __22__ and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars __23__.I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport.Hearing that，he burst into __24__.

　　I tried to make him calm down.He explained that his name was Tom，and that his only son was __25__ ill at home and was not expected to __26__ another year.He expected that this would likely be the __27__ Christmas with his son.

　　I told Tom to __28__ his luggage and wait for me at the gate.I was driving to Cheyenne.I called my wife Kathy，telling her about it and not to wait up for me.I drove fast __29__ and we arrived in Cheyenne around 2∶30 a．m.

　　Kathy was still __30__ me when I got home in the early morning.We traded gifts and then our conversation __31__ Tom.For Kathy and me，there was no __32__ that driving Tom to Cheyenne was the __33__ choice.

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