Question

US flight forced to land due to unruly passenger

An American Airlines flight was forced to make an unscheduled stop after a male passenger became unruly, punching seats, yelling at other passengers and smoking cigarettes.

______ from Phoenix, Flight 2408 was headed to Minneapolis on Friday when the passenger became ______ about one hour after takeoff. Passenger Jim Dickey, who was traveling for a conference, said the man began yelling and making ______ toward the other passengers. “He _______ the seat in front of him and the lady _______,” Dickey told CNN.

Dickey said the pilot announced the flight was diverting(转向，绕道) about 20 minutes after the _____ began. The flight landed in Denver and the man was _____ from the plane by law enforcement.

“You could ______ by the sound that the plane started landing pretty ______after the flight attendants started to ______ what was going on”, he said. And some of the male passengers were prepared to _______the passenger physically, he added. “The guy right behind me switched seats to the aisle _______things went wrong,” Dickey said.

American Airlines issued a statement admitting that the thing was ______. "Law enforcement met the flight and saw ______ leave again," said Whitney Zastrow, a spokeswoman for American Airlines. Denver Police confirmed to CNN that they _____to a call of a disturbance. When ______met the passenger they determined it was a "medical call due to the person being in crisis" and transported him to the _______, according to Denver Police Department spokesman Jay Casillas. Police did not _______charges in the incident, Casillas said.

Dickey said the rest of the flight was the _____one he'd ever been on. “When we got back on the plane in Denver and continued on to ______, I don't think anybody said a word,” he said.

1.A.Taking out B.Coming out C.Setting out D.Breaking out

2.A.crazy B.peaceful C.generous D.skilful

3.A.noises B.threats C.disasters D.presents

4.A.punched B.suffered C.organized D.dialed

5.A.yelled B.injured C.calmed D.screamed

6.A.matter B.event C.incident D.thing

7.A.removed B.promoted C.moved D.contributed

8.A.decorate B.tell C.apply D.react

9.A.slowly B.smartly C.seriously D.quickly

10.A.found B.explore C.notice D.commit

11.A.prevent B.prefer C.reduce D.admire

12.A.so that B.even if C.in case D.as well

13.A.brilliant B.useless C.unusual D.true

14.A.the aircraft B.the police officer C.the passenger D.the disabled

15.A.talked B.responded C.complained D.came

16.A.officers B.partners C.experts D.volunteers

17.A.home B.studio C.hospital D.ceremony

18.A.put up with B.come up with C.keep up with D.end up with

19.A.kindest B.pleasantest C.cruelest D.quietest

20.A.Minneapolis B.Phoenix C.Denver D.CNN

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。本文详细讲述了一次由于乘客的过激行为而导致的飞机迫降事件。

1.考查动词短语辨析。句意：从凤凰城起飞的2408号航班星期五飞往明尼阿波利斯，起飞大约一个小时后，乘客变得疯狂起来。A. Taking out取用；B. Coming out出来；C. Setting out启程；D. Breaking out爆发。航班是从Phoenix出发，前往Minneapolis。故选C。

2.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：从凤凰城起飞的2408号航班星期五飞往明尼阿波利斯，起飞大约一个小时后，乘客变得疯狂起来。A. crazy疯狂的；B. peaceful平静的；C. generous大方的；D. skillful熟练的。根据第一段，这位乘客的疯狂行为导致事件发生。故选A。

3.考查名词词义辨析。句意：乘客Jim Dickey是来参加一个会议的，他说这名男子开始大喊大叫，并对其他乘客进行威胁。A. noises噪音；B. threats威胁；C. disasters灾难；D. presents礼物。根据上下文联系，此人开始喊叫并对其他乘客进行威胁。故选B。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Dickey告诉CNN:“他一拳打在了前面的座位上，那位女士尖叫起来。”A. punched敲击；B. suffered遭受；C. organized组织；D. dialed拨号。根据第一段有提示“punching seats”。故选A。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Dickey告诉CNN:“他一拳打在了前面的座位上，那位女士尖叫起来。”A. yelled叫喊；B. injured伤害；C. calmed冷静；D. screamed尖叫。常识判断，女士被吓得尖叫。故选D。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：事故发生后大约20分钟，飞行员宣布飞机正在转向。A. matter物质；B. event大事；C. incident事件；D. thing东西。结合上文the flight was diverting about 20 minutes after the可知这场骚乱事件开始之后，飞机转向。故选C。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：飞机降落在丹佛，该男子被执法人员带离飞机。A. removed转移；去掉；B. promoted促进；C. moved移动；D. contributed贡献。结合下文from the plane by law enforcement可知这个乘客被执法机构带走了。故选A。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他说:“从声音上可以分辨出，在空乘人员开始注意到发生了什么之后，飞机很快就开始降落了。”A. decorate装饰；B. tell告诉；分辨；C. apply申请；D. react反应。你可以通过声音分辨出。故选B。

9.考查副词词义辨析。句意：他说:“从声音上可以判断，在空乘人员开始注意到发生了什么之后，飞机很快就开始降落了。”A. slowly缓慢地；B. smartly漂亮地；C. seriously严肃地；D. quickly快地。飞机上发生了骚乱，因此飞机应当很快降落着陆了。故选D。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他说:“从声音上可以判断，在空乘人员开始注意到发生了什么之后，飞机很快就开始降落了。”A. found创立；B. explore探索；C. notice注意到；D. commit犯罪。结合上文the flight attendants started to可知是航班上的服务人员注意到发生了什么。故选C。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他补充说，一些男性乘客已经准备好阻止这名乘客。A. prevent阻止；B. prefer更喜欢；C. reduce减少；D. admire钦佩。结合上下文，一位乘客引发了骚乱，因此一些男乘客准备从身体上阻止这个制造骚乱的乘客。故选A。

12.考查短语辨析。句意：“坐在我后面的那个人把座位挪到靠过道的座位上，以防万一事情变得更糟。”A. so that以便；B. even if即使；C. in case万一；D. as well也。此处引导条件状语从句，表示“万一；假使”，应用in case。表示把凳子拿过来是怕万一事情变得更遭。故选C。

13.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：美国航空公司发表声明承认此事属实。A. brilliant杰出的；B. useless无用的；C. unusual不寻常的；D. true真实的。结合后文Law enforcement met the flight美国航空公司发言人Whitney Zastrow说话的话可知国航空公司承认这件事是真的。故选D。

14.考查名词词义辨析。句意：美国航空公司发言人Whitney Zastrow说，“执法部门见过这架飞机，看到它再次离开。”A. the aircraft飞机；B. the police officer警官；C. the passenger乘客；D. the disabled残疾人。结合上文可知飞机停在了Denver，故执法部门是见到这架飞机，并见证它再次起飞离开Denver。故选A。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：丹佛警方向CNN证实，他们对一起骚乱事件做出了回应。A. talked交谈；B. responded回应；C. complained抱怨；D. came来到。结合后文to a call of a disturbance 可知Denver警察局向CNN确认他们回应了一个报警电话。故选B。

16.考查名词词义辨析。句意：丹佛警察局发言人Jay Casillas表示，当警官们见到这名乘客时，他们认定这是“由于该名乘客处于危急状态”，于是将他送往了医院。A. officers警官；B. partners伙伴；C. experts专家；D. volunteers志愿者。结合下文对这个乘客的评定可知，此处是警官们见到这个闹事的乘客。故选A。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：丹佛警察局发言人Jay Casillas表示，当警官们见到这名乘客时，他们认定这是“由于该名乘客处于危急状态”，于是将他送往了医院。A. home家；B. studio工作室；C. hospital医院；D. ceremony仪式。上下文联系，上文说a medical call可知是送往了医院。故选C。

18.考查动词短语辨析。句意：Casillas说，警方没有对这起事件提出指控。A. put up with忍受；B. come up with想出；提出；C. keep up with赶上；D. end up with结束。结合后文charges in the incident可知是指警察们在这场事件中没有提出控告。故选B。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：接下来的飞行是他坐过的最安静的一次。A. kindest最亲切的； B. pleasantest最开心的；C. cruelest最残酷的；D. quietest最安静的。根据文章最后一句话I don't think anybody said a word可知最安静的一次飞行。故选D。

20.考查名词辨析。句意：“当我们回到丹佛的飞机上，继续飞往明尼阿波利斯时，我想没有人说一句话，”他说。A. Minneapolis明尼阿波里斯市；B. Phoenix凤凰城；C. Denver丹佛；D. CNN美国有线电视新闻网。人们返回机舱，根据上文，继续前往他们一开始的目的地Minneapolis。故选A。