完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满分30分)
请阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D中),选出最佳选项。
Mike has loved flying since he was small. When he was three years old, his father took him to an air show. Mike loved the sounds of the plane, he ___36__ of becoming and airplane pilot(飞行员) someday. As Mike grew up, he learned as ___37___ as he could about flying. He wanted to go to flying school ___38___ university. He kept on ___39___ his parents about it all the time. At that time, pilot training was very ___40___. Mike’s parents couldn’t afford it.
Later Mike became a salesman. He hoped to get lots of money for flying school. He traveled ___41___ America for his factory. He liked to travel, ___42___ by plane. To save money, he usually stayed in cheap hotels.
One morning, Mike __43___ to Altanta. On the plane, after breakfast, he went to ___44___. Some time later, he woke up. The two men beside him were talking in a ___45___ voice. When Mike heard the word “hijack(劫持)”, he nearly __46___ out of his seat, but he pretended(假装) he was still ___47___ . he listened when the two men talked. Mike quickly learned what was ___48___. They planned to hijack the plane to Cuba. This made Mike very ___49____. He knew he had to stop them before they began their ___50____.
Mike pretended to use the washroom. On the way he met a hostess(空姐) and told her about the coming___51____. A moment later, the passengers were told that there was something wrong with the plane. Soon he plane landed at the ___52___ airport.
The two men received a __53___ when they saw twenty police officers were ___54___ them at the airport.
Later Mike was given free flying training as a reward. __55__ he became a pilot and flew happily ever since. Now his story is well known in the United States.
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It ____in this new hall ____ was just set up last month ________ we held an important meeting yesterday.
A.is; which; that |
B.was; which; what |
C.is; that; which |
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In order to find _______ better job, he decided to study _________ second foreign language .
A.the; a |
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She is becoming fat, _______ bothered her very much.
A.which |
B.that |
C.it |
D.of whom |
He told us whether _________ a picnic was still under discussion
A.to have |
B.having |
C.have |
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— I wonder ________ you’ll water this kind of flower.
—Once a week.
A.how often |
B.how long |
C.how soon |
D.how much |