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A I was very disappointed not to be able to go to jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper said that you could buy ___1___ at the theater box office in Richland Hills ___2___ day between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Since I work from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the ___3___ time I could go to the theater was ___4___ my 45-minute lunch break. ___5___, the theater is on the other side of the town, and the bus ____6___ between by office and Richland Hills in not very good. ____7___ if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus. ___8___ the time I saw one come around the corner. There was not enough time ___9___ to make the trip so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and ___10___ on Wednesday. On Thursday, my ___11___ changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theater in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a ___12___ line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for ___13___ an hour, ___14____ I would not have enough time to wait in line, I ___15___ the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only ___16____ was to make the trip by taxi. It was expensive. But I felt it would be ___17___ it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only ___18___ 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theater, I was glad to see ___19___was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly ___20___was that they had already sold all the tickets. (C)1. A. food B. stamps C. tickets D. newspapers (A)2. A. any B. some C. whole D. all (D)3. A. early B. exact C. certain D. only (B)4. A. for B. during C. after D. before (C)5. A. Surprising B. Luckily C. Unfortunately D. Surely (A)6. A. service B. driver C. seat D. stop (D)7. A. So B. Ever C. As D. But (D)8. A. In B. Before C. After D. By (C)9. A. remai