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| Douglas Corrigan had a dream. He wanted to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean by himself. He bought a used airplane. Then he asked for permission (允许) to fly it across the ocean. People from the government looked at his shabby, old plane. They said no because the plane didn't look safe enough to make the trip smooth. Sometime later Corrigan asked for permission to fly from New York to California without stopping. This time the answer was yes. Comgan climbed into his plane early one morning in July of 1938. His gas tank (油箱) was full. He had a box of cookies. He waved good-bye and took off. Comgan didn't go west to California, though. Instead, he headed northeast. Twenty-six hours later, he landed in Dublin, Ireland. He had flown the Atlantic Ocean after all. What happened? According to Corrigan, the needle (针) on his compass (罗盘) was pointed the wrong way. Comgan's dream had come true. Was it an accident, or did he plan it? No one but "Wrong Way" Corrigan knows for sure. | |
| 1. At first people from the government said no to Corrigan because they _____. | |
| A. knew he was not a good pilot B. thought the weather was too bad C. didn't like his plan D. didn't think his plane was safe | |
| 2. In Paragraph 1, the word "shabby" means _____. | |
| A. very fast B. brightly painted C. in poor condition (条件) D. well built | |
| 3. Where did Corrigan land after his flight? | |
| A. England. B. California. C. New York. D. Ireland. | |
| 4. The reader can tell from this passage that Corrigan _____. | |
| A. fell asleep during his flight B. was afraid of new challenges C. believed in himself and his dream D. made the same flight many times | |
5. Read the first sentence of the summary (摘要) below.
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| A. He bought an old plane to use for the flight. He asked permission to make the flight, but he did not get it. B. He got permission only to fly across the United States. He flew across the Atlantic instead and said it was by mistake, C. He got permission to fly from New York to California without stopping. No one had done that before in an old plane. D. He bought an old airplane and mended it. It didn't look very good, but it still could fly well and go far. |
| 完形填空。 | ||||
| In May, 1927, at least four different people were planning to fly between New York and Paris. On the morning of. May 20, however, only Lindbergh 1 from New York in his small plane. For the first eleven hours he flew 2 the Atlantic coastline (海岸线). When he turned groud the open ocean, he had flown almost as far and as long as Al cock and Brown had in 1919. It was getting dark and the 3 part of the flight was just beginning. First, there was freezing fog (冻雾). For a time he avoided (避免) this by flying low over the water. But then the fog 4 down to the tops of the waves. Lindbergh. flew 5 but it was so 6 that ice formed on his wings (机翼) In the black darkness he shook the ice off 7 diving and turning sharply. Twenty-four hours had passed now and he was terribly 8 . He was still over the At lantic in darkness. He ate 9 because he thought it would be easier to stay awake on an empty stomach (胃). Then dawn, (黎明) came. A few minutes later, he was over the Irish coast. He flew on over England and crossed France. Ahuge, excited crowd of 1"00,000 people were waiting for him when he 10 . He had flown for thirty-three and a half hours. It is probably one of the most famous flights in history. | ||||
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