考前再做三篇有挑战的完形填空

　　Exercise 1

　　Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford. I've watched one friend after another land high-ranking,high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives(高级管理人员)with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now 1 on their way to impressive careers. By society’s 2 , they seem to have it made.

　　On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a 3 drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with long time roommates,and 4 out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine 5 a college year's monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old car with expensive new sports cars.

　　The thing is, a number of them have 6 that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some 7 of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they 8 . Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and 9 . However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the 10 to which they have so quickly become 11 .

　　People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and 12 the end the idea of leaving, their jobs to work for something they 13 or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion; it’ s 14 . They have loans, bills, a mortgage(抵押贷款)to 15 ,retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something 16 in their lives , but it’s 17 to step off the track.

　　In a society that tends to 18 every thing in terms of dollars and cents, we learn form a young age to consider the costs of our 19 in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs 20 in pursuing money over meaning? There are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore — and the very ones we need to consider most.

 　　Exercise 2

　　Times were tough then. So when Bill Beasley got the call that his son was ill in California and not ____36____ to live, he didn’t know how he was going to ____37____ the money for his wife and himself to make the trip. Bill had worked as a(n) ____38____ his entire life, but he never managed to ____39____ any savings.

　　So it was with embarrassment and ____40____ that Bill Beasley walked to the gas station and pleaded to make a(n) ____41____. As he started to dial, he was ____42____ by a voice asking, “Aren’t you Bill Beasley?” It was a ____43____, jumping down from the cab of a truck. The young man didn’t look familiar, and Bill could only stare at him with a ____44____ look and say, “That’s right, I am.”

　　“Your son was one of my best pals. Heard you say he’s sick?”

　　“Real bad. I’m gonna call and try to make some arrangements.” He _____45_____, “Have yourself a Merry Christmas.” Then Old man Beasley walked into the office and made the call to cousin.

　　There was a(n) _____46_____ look of sorrow on the elder citizen’s face as he _____47_____ the owner that he would pay for the call _____48_____ he could. “The call has been paid for. That trucker left me a 20 and said to give you the _____49_____ when the phone bill was settled up. He also left you this envelope.”

　　The old man fumbled (摸索) open the envelope and _____50_____ two sheets of paper. One _____51_____, “You were the first trucker I ever traveled with when I was _____52_____ five years old. I remember you bought me a Snickers bar.” The second sheet was a _____53_____ check along with an attached _____54_____: “Fill out the amount needed for you and your wife to make the _____55_____ ... and give your son, my pal, a Snickers bar. Merry Christmas!”

　　36. A. meant B. supposed C. expected D. intended

　　37. A. collect B. distribute C. save D. withdraw

　　38. A. farmer B. trucker C. attendant D. conductor

　　39. A. raise B. accumulate C. invest D. expend

　　40. A. gratitude B. annoyance C. enthusiasm D. depression

　　41. A. call B. attempt C. fortune D. living

　　42. A. interrupted B. frightened C. encouraged D. awakened

　　43. A. manager B. visitor C. friend D. stranger

　　44. A. determined B. puzzled C. pleased D. worried

　　45. A. explained B. smiled C. added D. wept

　　46. A. impressive B. new C. obvious D. serious

　　47. A. requested B. persuaded C. reminded D. promised

　　48. A. even if B. in case C. as if D. as soon as

　　49. A. change B. check C. number D. gift

　　50. A. picked up B. pulled over C. picked out D. pulled out

　　51. A. wrote B. read C. described D. quoted

　　52. A. barely B. normally C. already D. still

　　53. A. printed B. paid C. signed D. faded

　　54. A. story B. message C. idea D. suggestion

　　55. A. move B. decision C. trip D. connection

　　Exercise 3

　　An off-duty pilot was called a "legend" after stepping in to fly a plane himself to stop the flight being cancelled.

　　Michael Bradley, a(n) ___36___ easyJet pilot, had a holiday when he ___37___ flying a plane that was delayed by two hours. He told passengers on board the Manchester Airport flight to Alicante that he was ___38___ his services as there was no pilot available. Mr. Bradley was filmed by passenger Michelle Potts making the ___39___ and Ms. Potts posted the video on Facebook.

　　Mr. Bradley said, "My wife was then with my little boy. She ___40___ and complained ‘Our flight's delayed by two hours because there's no ___41___ for the flight.’ So just before we went through security I ___42___ if this is worth a phone call. I think it is because I'd like to go on holiday."

　　Mr. Bradley phoned up easyJet and said, "I'm standing in the ___43___ doing nothing. I have got my ___44___ with me and I'd very much like to go on holiday and if you need a(n) ____45____ , I'm standing here ready to go." And his bosses called him back in less than a minute to give him the go-ahead, saying, "Please, please, can you fly the airplane to Alicante?" Then he said to the passengers, "If you're alright for one of your pilots to ____46____ this today, we'll go to Alicante. " This was ____47____ with cheers from the passengers.

　　An easyJet spokesman said the flight's delay was due to the knock-on effects of the French Air Traffic Control ____48____ on Sunday. He added, "We are ____49____ to one of our pilots who was ____50____ on holiday from Manchester to Alicante on 2nd, September with his family and ____51____ to operate the flight. This ____52____ customers could get to their destination and shows the ____53____ of our crew. This is ____54____ in line with regulations as he had his license and ID with him. Safety is always our ____55____ priority."

　　36. A. retired B. qualified C. clumsy D. former

　　37. A. made up B. held up C. ended up D. turned up

　　38. A. offering B. obtaining C. changing D. showing

　　39. A. movie B. suggestion C. survey D. annoucement

　　40. A. came through B. came to C. came up D. came around

　　41. A. passenger B. manager C. officer D. captain

　　42. A. know B. decide C. wonder D. notice

　　43. A. station B. platform C. terminal D. square

　　44. A. license B. passport C. visa D. ticket

　　45. A. adventure B. favor C. moment D. reason

　　46. A. feel like B. look like C. go through D. get over

　　47. A. met B. argued C. objected D. observed

　　48. A. decline B. loss C. failure D. damage

　　49. A. suitable B. convenient C. practical D. grateful

　　50. A. working B. gathering C. traveling D. coming

　　51. A. volunteered B. continued C. attempted D. struggled

　　52. A. proved B. meant C. supported D. revealed

　　53. A. existence B. popularity C. intention D. commitment

　　54. A. fully B. strangely C. nearly D. immediately

　　55. A. largest B. strongest C. longest D. highest

　　1-20DBABC CABDC AADCD ABADB

　　36.C 37. A 38. B 39. B 40. D 41. A 42. A 43. D 44. B 45. C 46. C 47. D 48. D 49. A 50. D 51. B 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. C

　　36. B 37. C 38. A 39. D 40. C 41. D 42. C 43. C 44. A 45. B 46. B 47. A 48. C 49. D 50. C 51. A 52. B 53. D 54. A 55. D

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　　首先是6个长句子的欣赏。

　　1)、他们预定的酒店的一瓶酒就价值大学期间一个月的房租。

　　这是让你将回忆和现实对比，你的感觉是什么呢?你会珍惜现在还是过去?还是感觉得来全不费工夫?还是觉得人生就如一场梦?刚入职场的菜鸟，当然喜欢这些奢华的物质了，因为穷怕了嘛。哈哈，自己体会。

　　2)、有的人抱怨不友好的同事，以及献身于每周八小时令人讨厌的工作而感到难过。

　　谁不是呢?这仅仅是抱怨吗?那为什么几乎人人都在抱怨呢?没有更大的梦想追求个人自由，你就永远在职场跳来跳去，最后跳丢了自己的激情和梦想。

　　3)、然而，他们发现自己工作只是为了支撑业已习惯的生活方式，而不是想全心投入工作本身。

　　这种行尸走肉，说的就是这些职场老手，尽管如此，他们也许是人生幸福的菜鸟，许久没有尝到田间地里的阳光和空气了!

　　4)、(比如)辞职去从事自己信仰的工作，或是谋求一份能给他们更多的时间陪伴家人的职位，然而这些想法往往到最后都导致同一个结论：根本行不通。

　　看看，多么悲催!难道没有更好的解决方案吗?石达身边就有好多这样的同事同学啊!为什么他们总是不幸福?有豪宅、好的教育，就是和家人一起的时间越来越少……

　　5)、他们最终意识到：生活中一些东西正在丢失掉。

　　其实，这些东西，其实就是非常不起眼的细枝末节：饭后悠闲地剔牙，和儿子一起拿着木棍木刀疯一把，带女儿去放风筝，和老婆单独温存一番，再来一杯红酒……。这才是生命中最奢侈的从容。

　　6)、但是，在追求金钱的过程中，忽略其意义而花费的个人和社会成本，谁又思考过呢?

　　换句话说，你目前赚取的财富或金钱，有多少是因为真正做你想做的事，喜欢的事，而得来的?

　　词汇和片语：

　　1、land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs 在华尔街找到高收入、高职位的工作。

　　石教练在几周前有介绍过一篇美文赏析《从一篇高考试题想到的》，其中就有land a job.

　　2、be well on 在某方面擅长

　　3、impressive careers 令人印象深刻的职业生涯。

　　呵呵，名片一递过来，很惹眼哈。什么区域总监、事业部总经理，副总裁。哦哟，好高大上哦!我仰视你!其实你会发现，很多这样职位的背后是无休止的加班、超负荷的压力、和家人远离，儿女老人生病无法在身边。

　　4、left student life behind 将学生生活抛诸脑后

　　和同学握手道别，干一杯酒分手，我要鸡犬升天了，哈哈。

　　有句话叫做：He who laughs last laughs best.谁笑到最后，谁笑的最好!石教练20年同学聚会上，一秃头同学问我：你没病吧?看我当时很瘦，他以为我得了什么病，我呵呵一笑。散会后，我才知道，他有严重的颈椎病，目测体型还有高血压。在今天这个时代，以胖为美，居然还是很多人心目中的审美标准，过时了!太瘦当然也不好。但是，常练太极通背的人如果瘦，那可是千金难买的福分啊。

　　5、shake hands with 和……握手。

　　6、replace with 用……代替……take the place with

　　7、despite 不顾，尽管

　　8、try a more satisfying path 尝试更让人满意的途径

　　不那么容易的。当你看完了罗伯特.清琦的《穷爸爸,富爸爸》系列丛书之后，你明白了“四个象限”的概念，你就知道，如果你在目前的道路上一直走下去，结果不会有太大变化。所以要学会打破象限，从左象限，跳到右象限。就是从穷人转换到富人的象限，这要付出极大的代价。下文再表。

　　9、pay off 还清。

　　有多少40岁的人敢说：我用自己的双手，还清了所有的贷款，过上了衣食无忧的生活?

　　10、step off the track. 从(现有的)轨道上走出来。

　　那只苍蝇不改变方向，用尽全身力气撞玻璃，最后还是死在玻璃缝里。这是说，改变思维方式，比改变职位难很多。

　　11、tend to do 倾向于

　　12、measure sth. in terms of 以……来衡量……

　　现在人们当然是以权力、职位和金钱来衡量一个人的成功与否了。还有第二个标准吗? 如果是，那么这样的人算不算成功呢?——钱基本够花，还房屋按揭、养车没问题，孩子教育也支付得起，每年可以去旅游三五次，还有功夫喝茶，而且他每天不用上班，可以培养兴趣爱好，比如养花种草，钓鱼爬山，和三五好友相约读书……

　　13、in financial terms 用金钱的方式

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　　【解析】

　　【导语】这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了卡车司机Bill在加利福尼亚的儿子生了重病，但是他却拿不出和妻子一起去加利福尼亚的钱，只好打电话安排儿子的相关事宜，一个陌生男人在五岁时搭过Bill的车，他认出了Bill，得知Bill的事后，他帮助了Bill的故事。

　　【36题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以当Bill Beasley接到电话，说他的儿子在加利福尼亚生病了，没有希望活下来时，他不知道如何为他的妻子和他自己筹集出行所需的钱。A. meant意味着;B. supposed认为;C. expected期望;D. intended打算。由上文“his son was ill in California”和下文“to live”可知，Bill Beasley的儿子生病了，没有希望活下来，be not expected to do意为“没有希望做......”，故选C。

　　【37题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以当Bill Beasley接到电话，说他的儿子在加利福尼亚生病了，没有希望活下来时，他不知道如何为他的妻子和他自己筹集出行所需的钱。A. collect收集;筹集;B. distribute分配;C. save节省;挽救;D. withdraw撤回。由下文“the money for his wife and himself to make the trip”和“he never managed to___4___any savings.”可知，Bill Beasley没有什么积蓄，所以此处指他不知道如何筹集去加利福尼亚看儿子要用的钱，故选A。

　　【38题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：Bill一辈子都在当卡车司机，但他从来没有什么积蓄。A. farmer农民;B. trucker卡车司机;C. attendant服务人员;D. conductor指挥家。由最后一段的提示“You were the first trucker”可知，Bill是一个卡车司机，故选B。

　　【39题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：Bill一辈子都在当卡车司机，但他从来没有什么积蓄。A. raise提高;B. accumulate积累;积攒;C. invest投资;D. expend花费。由上文“he didn’t know how he was going to___2___the money for his wife and himself to make the trip”和下文“any savings”可知，Bill没有积攒下一些积蓄，故选B。

　　【40题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，Bill Beasley带着尴尬和沮丧走到加油站，请求打个电话。A. gratitude感激;B. annoyance恼怒;C. enthusiasm热情;D. depression抑郁;沮丧。由上文“So it was with embarrassment and”和第一段的“he didn’t know how he was going to___2___the money for his wife and himself to make the trip”可知，Bill没钱去加利福尼亚看儿子，所以他感到尴尬和沮丧，故选D。

　　【41题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：因此，Bill Beasley带着尴尬和沮丧走到加油站，请求打个电话。A. call打电话;通话;B. attempt试图;努力;C. fortune幸运;D. living生存。由下文“As he started to dial”可知，此处是指打电话，make a call打电话，故选A。

　　【42题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他开始拨号的时候，一个声音打断了他，“你不是Bill Beasley吗?”A. interrupted打扰;打断;B. frightened使害怕;C. encouraged鼓舞;D. awakened唤醒。由下文“by a voice asking, “Aren’t you Bill Beasley?””可知，当Bill打电话时 ，一个人打断了他，问他是否是Bill，故选A。

　　【43题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：一个陌生人从卡车的驾驶室跳下来。A. manager经理;B. visitor参观者;C. friend朋友;D. stranger陌生人。由下文“The young man didn’t look familiar,”可知，Bill不认识男人，所以男人对Bill来说是陌生人，故选D。

　　【44题详解】

　　考查形容词词义辨析。句意：那个年轻人看起来不熟悉，Bill只能用困惑的眼神看着他说，“没错，我就是。”A. determined下定决心的;B. puzzled困惑的;C. pleased高兴的;D. worried担忧的。由上文“The young man didn’t look familiar,”可知，Bill不认识和他打招呼的这个男人，所以当男人和他打招呼时，Bill感到很困惑，故选B。

　　【45题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：他补充说“祝你圣诞快乐”。A. explained解释;B. smiled微笑;C. added继续说;补充说;D. wept哭泣。由上文“Real bad. I’m gonna call and try to make some arrangements.”可知，Bill回答男人的话后，又接着说“祝你圣诞快乐”，故选C。

　　【46题详解】

　　考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当这个老人向店主保证他会尽快付电话费时，他脸上露出明显的悲伤的表情。A. impressive印象深刻的;B. new新的;C. obvious显然的;D. serious严肃的。由上文“Real bad. I’m gonna call and try to make some arrangements”和上文提到Bill的儿子生病了，但是他没钱去加利福尼亚可知，他很悲伤，只能通过打电话来安排一些儿子的事宜，而且他连电话费都没有，所以说他脸上露出明显的悲伤，故选C。

　　【47题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：当这个老人向老板保证他会尽快付电话费时，他脸上露出明显的悲伤的表情。A. requested要求;B. persuaded劝说;C. reminded提醒;D. promised承诺。由下文“the owner that he would pay for the call____13____he could”可知，Bill没钱支付电话费，他承诺店主会尽快支付电话费，故选D。

　　【48题详解】

　　考查短语词义辨析。句意：当这个老人向老板保证他会尽快付电话费时，他脸上露出明显的悲伤的表情。A. even if即使;B. in case以防万一;C. as if好像;D. as soon as尽可能;尽快。由上文“he_____12_____the owner that he would pay for the call”和下文“he could”可知，Bill承诺给店主会尽快支付电话费，as soon as one can是固定搭配，意为“尽可能;尽快”，故选D。

　　【49题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：那个卡车司机给我留了20块，让我在电话账单结清后把剩下的零钱给你。A. change零钱;B. check检查;C. number数字;D. gift礼物。由上文“That trucker left me a 20 and said to give you the”和下文“when the phone bill was settled up”可知，那个卡车司机给了店主20美元，让店主在电话账单结算后把剩下的零钱给Bill。故选A。

　　【50题详解】

　　考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：老人摸索着打开信封，抽出两张纸。A. picked up拾起来;B. pulled over靠边停车;C. picked out挑选出来;D. pulled out抽出;拔出;撤离。由上文“The old man fumbled (摸索) open the envelope and”和下文“two sheets of paper”可知，Bill打开信封，然后抽出两张纸，故选D。

　　【51题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：有一张纸写着“你是我第一个搭车的卡车司机，那时我才五岁”。A. wrote写;B. read读;写着;C. described描写;D. quoted引用。由下文“You were the first trucker I ever traveled with when I was_____17____five years old”可知，纸上写着一些话，故选B。

　　【52题详解】

　　考查副词词义辨析。句意：有一封写着“你是我第一个搭车的卡车司机，那时我才五岁”。A. barely刚刚;仅仅;几乎不;B. normally正常地;C. already已经;D. still仍然。由上下文“You were the first trucker I ever traveled with when I was___17___five years old”可知，陌生男人小时候第一次搭车就是搭的Bill的车，那时他才刚刚五岁，此处用barely说明男人当时搭车时岁数很小，故选A。

　　【53题详解】

　　考查形容词词义辨析。句意：第二张纸上有一张签名支票，还附上一条信息“填好你和你妻子出行所需的金额......给你的儿子——我的朋友，一块士力架。圣诞快乐!”A. printed印刷的;B. paid付费的;C. signed签名的;D. faded褪色的。由下文“Fill out the amount needed for you and your wife to make the”可知，支票是签了名的，只需填写上金额就能兑现，故选C。

　　【54题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：第二张纸上有一张签名支票，还附上一条信息“填好你和你妻子出行所需的金额......给你的儿子——我的朋友，一块士力架。圣诞快乐!”A. story故事;B. message信息;C. idea主意;D. suggestion建议。由下文““Fill out the amount needed for you and your wife to make the_____20_____... and give your son, my pal, a Snickers bar. Merry Christmas!””可知，此处支票上附着男人写给Bill的信息，故选B。

　　【55题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：第二张纸上有一张签名支票，还附上一条信息“填好你和你妻子出行所需的金额......给你的儿子——我的朋友，一块士力架。圣诞快乐!”A. move改变;活动;B. decision决定;C. trip出行;旅行;D. connection联系。由上文“Fill out the amount needed for you and your wife to make the”和第一段中“for his wife and himself to make the trip”可知，男人给了Bill一张支票，帮助他和妻子支付出行——去加利福尼亚看生病的儿子，所需的费用，故选C。

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　　【解析】

　　【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一位休假的飞行员Bradley亲自驾驶飞机使航班免遭取消的故事。

　　【36题详解】

　　考查形容词词义辨析。句意：迈克尔·布拉德利(Michael Bradley)是一名合格的易捷航空(easyJet)飞行员，他在度假时驾驶了一架延误了两个小时的飞机。A. retired退休;B. qualified合格的;C. clumsy笨拙的;D. former前任的。根据上文“An off-duty pilot”，可知迈克尔·布拉德利(Michael Bradley)是一名合格的飞行员。故选B项。

　　【37题详解】

　　考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：迈克尔·布拉德利(Michael Bradley)是一名合格的易捷航空(easyJet)飞行员，他在度假时驾驶了一架延误了两个小时的飞机。A. made up组成;B. held up阻挡;C. ended up以……结束;D. turned up举起。根据上文“fly a plane himself”可知Bradley最终驾驶一架已经延误2个小时的飞机。故选C项。

　　【38题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意: 他告诉曼彻斯特机场飞往阿利坎特的航班上的乘客，由于没有可用的飞行员，他将提供服务。A. offering提供;B. obtaining获得;C. changing改变;D. showing呈现。根据后文他驾驶飞机可知，他在休假却要提供服务，符合语境。故选A项。

　　【39题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：布拉德利是由乘客米歇尔·波茨(Michelle Potts)拍摄的，她在Facebook上发布了这段视频。A. movie电影;B. suggestion建议;C. survey调查; D. announcement发布。根据“Potts posted the video on Facebook”可知此处表达“发布”之意。故选D项。

　　【40题详解】

　　考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：她走过来抱怨道：“我们的航班延误了两个小时，因为没有机长。A. came through通过;B. came to到达;C. came up走近;D. came around苏醒。根据语境，由后面词语complained(抱怨)，可知此处应该是“走过来”，然后“抱怨道”。故选C项。

　　【41题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：她走过来抱怨道：“我们的航班延误了两个小时，因为没有机长。 A. passenger乘客;B. manager经理;C. officer军官;D. captain机长。根据上文提及“there was no pilot”结合选项词义，可知只有D. captain机长与驾驶飞机有关，故选D项。

　　【42题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：所以就在我们通过安检之前，我想知道这是否值得打个电话。A. know知道;B. decide决定;C. wonder想知道;D. notice注意。根据下文“I think it is because I'd like to go on holiday.”，可知Bradley在衡量是否要去。wonder常与if搭配。故选C项。

　　【43题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：布拉德利打电话给易捷航空说：“我站在候机楼里什么也没做。A. station车站;B. platform讲台;C. terminal航站楼;D. square广场。根据语境，可知Bradley在机场候机楼，根据选项词义，只有C. terminal航站楼与之有关。故选C项。

　　【44题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：我带着驾照，非常想去度假，如果你需要帮忙，我就站在这里准备出发。" A. license执照;B. passport护照;C. visa签证;D. ticket机票。根据全文倒数第2句as he had his license and ID with him，可知Bradley随身带着飞行驾照。故选A项。

　　【45题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：我带着驾照，非常想去度假，如果你需要帮忙，我就站在这里准备出发。" A. adventure冒险;B. favor帮助;C. moment时刻;D. reason原因。根据后面his bosses打电话恳求他的语气，判断favor“帮助”符合，指“如何你需要帮忙，我可以随时上岗”。故选B项。

　　【46题详解】

　　考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：然后他对乘客们说：“如果你能让你的一名飞行员今天看起来像这样，我们就去阿利坎特。”A. feel like感觉;B. look like看起来像;C. go through经历;D. get over克服。 根据语境分析，此处表达“如果你能让你的一名飞行员今天看起来像这样，我们就去阿利坎特”。故选B项。

　　【47题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：这引起了乘客们的欢呼。A. met满足;B. argued争吵;C. objected反对;D. observed观察。根据空格后面cheers，可知，上句Bradley所说的话得到乘客认可。故选A项。

　　【48题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：易捷航空发言人表示，航班延误是由连锁效应造成的周日法国空中交通管制失败的原因。A. decline下降;B. loss损失;C. failure失败;D. damage损坏。根据语境分析，此处表达“交通管制失败”。故选C项。

　　【49题详解】

　　考查形容词词义辨析。句意：他补充道：“我们感谢我们的一名飞行员，他与家人于9月2日从曼彻斯特前往阿利坎特度假，并自愿驾驶该航班。A. suitable合适的;B. convenient方便的;C. practical实用的;D. grateful感激的。根据空格后one of our pilots(指Bradley)。结合下一句的customers could get to their destination and shows the ___18___ of our crew(全体机组人员)，并根据文章说Bradley休假还帮助公司驾驶飞机一事，可知这位发言人是对他的感激的。故选D项。

　　【50题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：他补充道：“我们感谢我们的一名飞行员，他与家人于9月2日从曼彻斯特前往阿利坎特度假，并自愿驾驶该航班。A. working工作;B. gathering聚集;C. traveling旅行;D. coming到来。根据空格后on holiday from Manchester to Alicante on 2nd表明Bradley去度假的出发地和目的地。分析选项词义，C. traveling旅行与“度假”有关。故选C项。

　　【51题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：他补充道：“我们感谢我们的一名飞行员，他与家人于9月2日从曼彻斯特前往阿利坎特度假，并自愿驾驶该航班。A. volunteered自愿;B. continued继续;C. attempted尝试;D. struggled努力。根据第4段首句提到Bradley打电话给easyJet，询问是否可以驾驶飞机到目的地，这是他自己提的，属于自愿行为。故选A项。

　　【52题详解】

　　考查动词词义辨析。句意：这意味着客户可以到达他们的目的地，并显示了我们全体机组人员的承诺。A. proved证明;B. meant意味着;C. supported支持;D. revealed显示。根据文章大意，Bradley驾驶了飞机，这意味着乘客可以到达目的地。故选B项。

　　【53题详解】

　　考查名词词义辨析。句意：这意味着客户可以到达他们的目的地，并显示了我们全体机组人员的承诺。A. existence存在;B. popularity受欢迎;C. intention意图;D. commitment承诺。根据上文提及we'll go to Alicante，可知此处表达“ 我们全体机组人员的承诺”。选D项。

　　【54题详解】

　　考查副词词义辨析。句意：这完全符合规定，因为他随身携带了驾照和身份证。A. fully完全地;B. strangely奇怪地;C. nearly差不多;D. immediately立即。根据空格后in line with regulations(符合规定)，用fully与之搭配最佳。故选A项。

　　【55题详解】

　　考查形容词词义辨析。句意：安全永远是我们的优先事项。A. largest最大的;B. strongest最强的;C. longest最长的;D. highest最高的。根据常识，我们常用highest priority来表示“第一宗旨”“最优先考虑的事情”。故选D项。

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