In the week before Christmas, one Delta Air Lines pilot gave a sad Arizona family a gift that no one else could. Father of three. Jay Short died after a __41__with lung cancer Dec. 16th.There days later. his family was attempting to__42__to Tennessee for the funeral scheduled for the next morning. But a 90-minute__43__at the Phoenix airport__44__them only seven minutes to make their connecting flight in Minnesota. “This was our__45__chance to say goodbye to my dad. and if we hadn’t__46__the flight. we would have missed the__47__.” Jay’s daughter said. But when they arrived at the gate. the last plane of the day to Memphis was__48__away from the gate. “My son was 49 his arms and pleading(恳求)with the pilot through the floor-to-ceiling windows.”said Marcia.”I was.50and comforting my girls who were also in tears when the phone rang. 51 us that the pilot was returning to the gate let us 52 the plant.” Captain Adam saw the 53 on their faces through the gate’s windows and decided to turn the plane around. Airline experts pointed out Cohen could have 54 gotten into trouble for the 55 decision. But Delta 56 the move instead.”This is 57 we”ll take with us,knowing we made a 58 .”Adam. This story an 59 that we can bring humanity back to society.Show care and it may 60 you how far that will go. 41.A.competition B.symptom C.connection D.battle 42.ride B.run C.fly D.drive 43.A.wait B.delay C.interval D.sleep 44.A.spared B.offered C.brought D.left 45.A.last B.slight C.rare D.proper 46.A.followed B.caught C.booked D.confirmed 47.A.doctor B.meeting C.polite D.funeral 48.A.keeping B.bringing C.pulling D.taking 49.A.raising B.waving C.folding D.crossing 50.A.struggling B.shouting C.crying D.praying 51.A.advising B.informing C.warning D.instructing 52.A.land B.guide C.change D.board 53.A.appreciation B.satisfaction C.desperation D.caution 54.A.easily B.merely C.optionally D.deliberately 55.A.careless B.unusual C.selfless D.unwise 56.A.resisted B.opposed C.praised D.sponsored 57.A.nothing B.something C.anything D.everything 58.A.difference B.change C.promise D.deal 59.A.activity B.event C.incident D.evidence 60.A.surprise B.panic C.disappoint D.embarrass
答案:41-45 DCBDA 46-50 BDCBC 51-55 BDCAB 56-60 CBADA