My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from our home in Carolina to spend a week with my husband in Florida.We were__26_ about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months, and __27 her Dad terribly.
As usual on the Charlotte-to-Miami flight, the plane was totally__28. Because we did not get our boarding passes until we__29 at the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together and were __30 by the aisle(过道). I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me, __31 we could be together. They __32, saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats.
Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were in a _33 several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake in their boarding passes, and _34 the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row_35 refused to move elsewhere. She was very__36 about the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody__37 to help her.
There were a troop of Boy Scouts(童子军) on __38. Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, "Ma’am, I think we can help you." He then __39 five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was __40 for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without _41, and the mother's relief was obvious.
Kallie, however, was beginning to panic at the _42of not being next to me. I told her that there wasn’t anything I could do. __43, the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster, __44 to me and asked, "Would you and your daughter like our seats?" __45 to himself and the Scoutmaster. We traded seats and continued our trip, very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie’s window seat.
【小题1】A.worried B.excited C. anxious D. eager
【小题2】A.loved B. considered C. imagined D. missed
【小题3】A. full B. crowded C. empty D. overweight
【小题4】A. reached B. arrived C. landed D. knocked
【小题5】A. divided B. blocked C. separated D. connected
【小题6】A. in case B. even if C. as if D. so that
【小题7】A. prevented B. refused C. agreed D. promised
【小题8】 A. panic B. hurry C. rush D. seat
【小题9】A. however B. otherwise C. therefore D. instead
【小题10】A. too B. even C. ever D. also
【小题11】A. concerned B. curious C. particular D. content
【小题12】A. suggested B. offered C. provided D. supplied
【小题13】 A. duty B. watch C.board D. spot
【小题14】 A. took B. cost C.paid D. spent
【小题15】A. convenient B. available C. probable D. comfortable
【小题16】A. permission B. excuse C.apology D. complaint
【小题17】A. thought B. end C. feeling D. sense
【小题18】A. Immediately B. Puzzlingly C.Clearly D. Amazingly
【小题19】A. turned up B. turned around C. turned out D. turned away
【小题20】A. sticking B. keeping C.waving D.referring