Question

Recently, my husband and I had the chance to do something good for two complete strangers. This us feel so good that I felt I had to share our experience.

We were traveling to Mexico for week with our family. I traveled a lot for work, we had enough frequent flier miles (累計(jì)飛行里程) and could upgrade (升級(jí)) our tickets to class seats. We were sitting in the very first two seats in the first row of first class, the plane to take off. I overheard one of the flight attendants (空乘) telling the others that there was a couple sitting in the of the plane who had just got married the previous day and were heading off on their . They had booked their flight eight months in advance , due to some schedule changes, they had not been able to get together. No one else on the plane was willing to move and the bride (新娘) was .

I turned to my husband and told him what I heard. We immediately and I called the flight attendant over to tell her that we would be happy to our seats to this couple. The flight attendant seemed and amazed and said, “Really? Are you sure” We said, “Of course!”

So we moved to the back of the . I sat in a middle seat part way back and my sat in the window seat in the last row of the plane.

The flight attendants were extremely thankful and good care of us even though we were no longer sitting in first class. We both made friends with the people around us and had a great flight. I had to go back to the front of the plane to pick up a forgotten bag at one point during the . I saw the newlyweds sitting very close together, enjoying champagne (香檳).

It didn’t just make my day—it made my whole Thanksgiving !

1.A. forced B. made C. got D. persuaded

2.A. Christmas B. New Year C. Thanksgiving D. Halloween

3.A. Since B. When C. While D. If

4.A. second B. last C. middle D. first

5.A. watching B. waiting for C. listening to D. observing

6.A. front B. beside C. back D. left

7.A. honeymoon B. holiday C. business D. dream

8.A. and B. or C. but D. therefore

9.A. bags B. seats C. tickets D. wishes

10.A. in tears B. in silence C. in surprise D. in comfort

11.A. agreed B. answered C. replied D. moved

12.A. give out B. give up C. give off D. give in

13.A. shocked B. interested C. tired D. disappointed

14.A. house B. car C. plane D. train

15.A. friend B. husband C. son D. daughter

16.A. made B. turned C. took D. looked

17.A. sitting B. standing C. walking D. talking

18.A. time B. flight C. space D. schedule

19.A. satisfactorily B. shamefully C. terribly D. happily

20.A. week B. day C. month D. year

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：送人玫瑰，手留余香。作者和丈夫乘飛機(jī)回墨西哥過感恩節(jié)。他們坐在頭等艙，在起飛之前，當(dāng)?shù)弥�有一�?duì)去度蜜月的新婚夫妻未能坐在一起時(shí)，作者和丈夫同意與他們交換座位。在幫助他人的同時(shí)，作者和丈夫也獲得了快樂。

1.

2.my whole Thanksgiving !”可知，作者和丈夫回家過感恩節(jié)，故選C。

3.we had enough frequent flier miles因?yàn)樽髡呓?jīng)常出差，所以她的飛行里程數(shù)達(dá)到了升級(jí)到頭等艙的條件，前后是因果關(guān)系，故選A。

4.the first row of first class”可知，作者他們坐在頭等艙的前排，說明他們升級(jí)到了頭等艙，故選D。

5. the plane to take off等待飛機(jī)起飛，wait sb/sth to do sth else等待......做某事，watch...doing/do sth觀察......(正在)做某事，故選B。

6.So we moved to the back of the .”可知，作者夫婦與那對(duì)新婚夫妻交換位置，作者兩個(gè)人坐到了飛機(jī)的后部，說明新婚夫妻原先坐在飛機(jī)的后部，故選C。

7.who had just got married the previous day”可知，新婚夫妻乘飛機(jī)去度蜜月，故選A。

8. , due to some schedule changes,他們提前了八個(gè)月訂機(jī)票，但是由于時(shí)間安排上的變化......，前后表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故選C。

9.I sat in a middle seat part way back and my sat in the window seat in the last row of the plane.”可知，新婚夫妻兩個(gè)人的座位不在一起，故選B。

10.No one else on the plane was willing to move and the bride (新娘) was 45 .由于沒有人愿意跟新婚夫妻換座位，新娘感到很傷心，故選A。

11.we would be happy to our seats to this couple”可知，作者他們同意跟新婚夫妻換座位，故選A。

12.we would be happy to our seats to this couple作者他們?cè)敢獍炎�位讓給新婚夫妻，故選B。

13.and amazed”可知，空乘人員感到驚訝，故選A。

14.So we moved to the back of the .作者夫妻倆換到了飛機(jī)的后部，故選C。

15.I turned to my husband”可知，作者是和丈夫一起乘坐飛機(jī)的，故選B。

16.The flight attendants were extremely thankful and good care of us空乘人員非常感激作者他們，并對(duì)他們照顧有加，take good care of好好照顧，故選C。

17.the people around us坐在作者周圍的乘客，故選A。

18.at one point during the .在飛行的過程中，作者一度回去拿落下的包，故選B。

19.the newlyweds sitting very close together”可知，新婚夫妻互相依偎著，開心地喝著香檳，故選D。

20.for week with our family.”可知，作者和丈夫感恩節(jié)放假一周，故選A。

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