Question

When a Man Made Fun of His Seatmate

Soon after Savannah Phillips, a 33-year-old mother, sat down in her window seat on a United Airlines flight this past May, she glanced（瞥见）over at her seatmate. He was busy ___________. His phone was not far from her face and the letters were unusually _________, making it easy for Phillips to read the message on it: “Hey Babe, I’m sitting next to a smelly fatty.”

Tears streamed down the poor woman’s face as she tried to hide herself to the corner, trying to make herself as _________as possible.

“It awoke all the unpleasant things I think about myself. I always preferred to sit alone on flights because of my _________, fearing others next to me would feel uncomfortable. ” Phillips wrote in a Facebook post after the flight.

Sitting a row behind them was Chase Irwin, a 35-year-old bar manager. He could see Phillips crying—and then he oversaw the man’s texts.“I could not have this guy,who’s making fun of her, sit next to her this whole flight,” he said in an interview later.

_________, Irwin unlocked his seat belt and went over to the texter. “Hey, I need to talk to you,” Irwin said. “We’re switching（交换）seats—now.” When the texter asked why, he said, “You’re texting about her, and I’m not putting up with that.”

The texter quickly _________. Irwin took his place next to Phillips and was soon cheering up his new seatmate.

“He ___________me not to let that guy get to me and that everything was going to be fine,” Phillips wrote. They spent the rest of the flight chatting like friends.

With her trust in humanity restored, Phillips wrote this on Facebook: “I was so grateful（感激的）he was there. What he did set such a good_______for others to follow, that is, sticking up for people when they need help.”

1.A.texting B.talking C.playing D.working

2.A.beautiful B.large C.discouraging D.surprising

3.A.warm B.brave C.small D.light

4.A.build B.face C.manner D.character

5.A.Probably B.Fortunately C.Successfully D.Immediately

6.A.promised B.remained C.agreed D.insisted

7.A.encouraged B.ordered C.warned D.trained

8.A.goal B.example C.task D.time

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

【解析】

本文讲述了萨凡纳·菲利普斯在坐飞机时，旁边的乘客发短信给朋友说：“我坐在一个臭胖子旁边。”短信上的字很大，菲利普斯看到了，她非常伤心。坐在他们后面的欧文看见这个情景，他不想让这个人伤害菲利普斯，和她换了座位。他所做的事为其他人树立了一个好榜样，那就是在人们需要帮助的时候挺身而出。

1.

句意：他忙着发短信。

A. texting 发短信，B. talking谈话，C. playing玩，D. working工作。根据后文的“to read the message on it”可知，他在读上面的短信，因此他忙着发短信，故选A。

2.

句意：他的手机离她的脸不远，字母异乎寻常地大，让菲利普斯很容易读到上面的信息： “嘿，宝贝，我坐在一个臭胖子旁边。”

A. beautiful漂亮的，B. large大的，C. discouraging使人沮丧的，D. surprising令人惊讶的。根据“making it easy for Phillips to read the message on it:”可知，她能清楚地读到手机上面的信息，因此上面的字比较大，故选B。

3.

句意：这个可怜的女人试着把自己藏在角落里，尽量使自己显得小一些，泪水顺着她的脸流下来。

A. warm温暖的，B. brave勇敢的，C. small小的，D. light轻的。根据“she tried to hide herself to the corner”可知，她像要把自己躲藏在角落里，因此推断她想让自己显得小一些。故选C。

4.

句意：因为我的体形，我总是更喜欢在飞机上独自坐着，担心坐在我旁边的人会感到不舒服。

A. build体格，体形，B. face脸，C. manner方式，D. character性格。根据前文的“a smelly fatty.”可知，此处指的是她的体形。故选A。

5.

句意：欧文立即解开安全带，走到那个发短信的人身边。

A. Probably可能，B. Fortunately 幸运地，C. Successfully成功地，D. Immediately立刻。根据前文的“I could not have this guy,who’s making fun of her, sit next to her this whole flight,”可知，他不想让这个取笑她的家伙，在整个飞行过程中都坐在她旁边，因此他马上解开安全带，走到那个人那里，故选D。

6.

句意：发短信的那个人很快就同意了。

A. promised答应，B. remained保持，C. agreed同意，D. insisted坚持。根据后文的“Irwin took his place next to Phillips and was soon cheering up his new seatmate.”可知，这个发短信的人同意欧文坐在他的旁边，故选C。

7.

句意：“他鼓励我不要让那个家伙打扰我，一切都会好起来的，”菲利普斯写道。

A. encouraged 鼓励，B. ordered命令，C. warned警告，D. trained训练。根据“everything was going to be fine”可知，他说一切都会好起来的，因此是鼓励我不要被这个家伙打扰，故选A。

8.

句意：他所做的事为其他人树立了一个好榜样，那就是在人们需要帮助的时候挺身而出。

A. goal目标，B. example例子，榜样，C. task 任务，D. time时间。set a good example “树立一个好榜样”，故选B。