If you’ve ridden any New York subway, chances are good that you’ve watched your cellphone clock tick while seated on an unmoving, delayed train. You wouldn’t wish to have such a ________ feeling of being stuck on public transportation anymore. No one knows the feeling as ________ as Jerich Marco Alcantara does particularly when he had ________ in his life to celebrate. He ________ his graduation ceremony at Hunter College’s Brookdale campus due to a delay.

There were two ________ ceremonies that day, but Alcantara specifically wanted to ________ the early ceremony, because students were only ________ two tickets for friends and family at the latter event. He wanted all of his family and friends in attendance.

Stuck on the train in full baccalaureate gown (學(xué)士服), Alcantara still got to experience a formal ________, sort of. Some friends and strangers improvised (即興創(chuàng)作) a ceremony on the subway. ________ a cellphone, a friend presented Alcantara with a “diploma”; ________ somebody else on the train played Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day. Another passenger ________ the ceremony and posted the video to Facebook.

_____ he wasn’t able to attend the full ceremony, in a way this will end up being a more memorable ________ for Alcantara down the road. He will be able to point to his ________ and not just think of the hard work it took to earn it, but the ________ missing his real graduation ceremony created.

Moments like these help us get a little more ________ of our fellow man during a ________time. Although these aren’t all strangers, it’s still wonderful to see people ________ to make sure someone feels the proper ________, or at least their big achievement should be ________. Though Alcantara missed his official graduation ceremony, he said his subway experience meant a lot.

1.A. rising B. sinking C. spinning D. floating

2.A. vividly B. casually C. plainly D. fiercely

3.A. milestones B. promotions C. festivals D. parties

4.A. spoiled B. quitted C. overlooked D. missed

5.A. separate B. continuous C. relevant D. contradictory

6.A. join B. make C. abandon D. ignore

7.A. appointed B. allocated C. approved D. accumulated

8.A. assembly B. situation C. occasion D. meeting

9.A. Via B. On C. In D. From

10.A. instead B. afterwards C. therefore D. meanwhile

11.A. filmed B. took C. interviewed D. reported

12.A. Since B. As C. Although D. When

13.A. exploration B. moment C. impression D. stage

14.A. video B. ticket C. diploma D. cellphone

15.A. pain B. inconvenience C. excitement D. memory

16.A. convinced B. tired C. reliant D. faithful

17.A. messy B. extreme C. acute D. disorganized

18.A. get together B. gather together C. put together D. band together

19.A. acquisition B. cooperation C. recognition D. evaluation

20.A. welcomed B. applauded C. calculated D. encouraged

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