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Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was 36 by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb was 37 and spent six years in prison in Vietnam. He survived and now 38 about lessons learned from that experience.
One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You 39 jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier (航空母舰) Kitty Hawk . You were 40 !"
"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb.
"I 41 your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped(倒吸一口气) in surprise and 42 .The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!"
Plumb assured him, "It 43 did—if your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."
Plumb couldn't sleep that night,thinking about that man. He says, "I wondered how many times I might have passed him 44 the Kitty Hawk. I wondered how many times I might have seen him and not even said 'Good morning, how are you', or anything 45 , you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a 46 ."
Plumb thought of the many days the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels(深处)of the ship 47 working on each chute, holding in his hands each time the 48 of someone he didn't know.
Plumb asks his 49 , "Who's packing your 50 ? Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it 51 the day." Plumb also says that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down-he needed his 52 parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these 53 before reaching safety. His experience reminds us all to 54 and be kind to people who pack our daily parachutes, and strengthen us to go through 55 times.
1. A.followed B.destroyed C.spied D.seen
2. A.released B.wounded C.captured D.killed
3. A.lectures B.gives C.studies D.hears
4. A.repaired B.made C.flew D.cleaned
5. A.taken down B.looked down C.set down D.shot down
6. A.bought B.checked C.found D.packed
7. A.gratefully B.suspiciously C.happily D.sadly
8. A.almost B.surely C.narrowly D.nearly
9. A.abroad B.in C.on D.at
10. A.so B.because C.unless D.though
11. A.sailor B.captain C.pilot D.technician
12. A.unwillingly B.immediately C.worriedly D.carefully
13. A.death B.fortune C.fate D.chance
14. A.wife B.children C.sailors D.audience
15. A.luggage B.bag C.parachute D.future
16. A.through B.to C.up to D.as
17. A.psychological B.physical C.imaginary D.safe
18. A.spirits B.emotions C.supports D.people
19. A.award B.recognize C.reward D.help
20. A.happy B.tough C.comfortable D.cosy
—I have to invite a professional hand to approach it.
—________ Your neighbor is an expert at all.
A.Go ahead. B.That’s settled. C.What for? D.Why bother?
When I try to understand ____ that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.
A.why does it B.what does it C.what it is D.why it is
—What do you think of the price of the computers at this store?
—They are at least equal in price to, if not cheaper than, _____ at any other store.
A.one B.ones C.that D.those
— Your shoes don’t match your dress exactly.
— Well, Bill told me not to buy them, but I bought them____.
A.even B.anyway C.thus D.instead
—Ang Lee won the Best Director Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards Ceremony.
—But when he was young, no one could have imagined how well he ____ in the world of entertainment.
A.would do B.was doing C.had done D.did