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while poorer and less powerful go without.

A ． who

B ． which

C ． whoever

D ． whomever 15． — Will you go to Mary 's birthday party?

— No. ____ invited, I cannot go to it. I will be very busy then.

A ．Only if

B ． Now that

C ． As though

D ． Even though

Whenever you are travelling and have the good fortune to arrive at your destination in

one piece, I think that you have to tell people your trip was fine.

I had a 16 trip last week.

I went an hour north to a speaking engagement. Fifteen minutes out of town my car began to shake. The 17

began flashing wildly. 18 , I had several friends who lived not far from the next exit. I

19 one and asked if I could borrow her car.

I went straight to my friend ' s place and left 2m0 y ca,r now shaking like a wild

bull, then headed back. I was behind 21 , which was why I may have

22 the speed limit passing a motorcycle.

Once I had slowly driven through several miles of construction, traffic began to sail until we came the trucks with flashing lights

23 traffic. Workers were removing a deer that was no longer 24 us. And a second. And a third.

After a brief moment of

25 for the deer, traffic got back to speed. Then dark clouds came. They were the kind of clouds that make tornadoes （龙卷风） .

Rain fell heavily. Traffic slowed right down and came to a complete

26 . I was thinking how to 27

my apology for being late 28 the hail （冰雹） began. It was so dark I could 29 see. Thank goodness for the 30 . It was killer

hail, the kind that blows out windshields （挡风玻璃） . I could not decide whether to

31 my eyes or look to see what was happening around me.

Open eyes! No, close! Open! Close!Open! Close!

The hail ended, the 32 was still there, and the traffic started again. Then the cloud came back and dumped all five Great Lakes on us. Stopped again.