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(高級管理人員)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(抵押貸款)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個長句子的欣賞。

　　1)、他們預(yù)定的酒店的一瓶酒就價值大學(xué)期間一個月的房租。

　　這是讓你將回憶和現(xiàn)實對比，你的感覺是什么呢?你會珍惜現(xiàn)在還是過去?還是感覺得來全不費工夫?還是覺得人生就如一場夢?剛?cè)肼殘龅牟锁B，當(dāng)然喜歡這些奢華的物質(zhì)了，因為窮怕了嘛。哈哈，自己體會。

　　2)、有的人抱怨不友好的同事，以及獻身于每周八小時令人討厭的工作而感到難過。

　　誰不是呢?這僅僅是抱怨嗎?那為什么幾乎人人都在抱怨呢?沒有更大的夢想追求個人自由，你就永遠在職場跳來跳去，最后跳丟了自己的激情和夢想。

　　3)、然而，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己工作只是為了支撐業(yè)已習(xí)慣的生活方式，而不是想全心投入工作本身。

　　這種行尸走肉，說的就是這些職場老手，盡管如此，他們也許是人生幸福的菜鳥，許久沒有嘗到田間地里的陽光和空氣了!

　　4)、(比如)辭職去從事自己信仰的工作，或是謀求一份能給他們更多的時間陪伴家人的職位，然而這些想法往往到最后都導(dǎo)致同一個結(jié)論：根本行不通。

　　看看，多么悲催!難道沒有更好的解決方案嗎?石達身邊就有好多這樣的同事同學(xué)啊!為什么他們總是不幸福?有豪宅、好的教育，就是和家人一起的時間越來越少……

　　5)、他們最終意識到：生活中一些東西正在丟失掉。

　　其實，這些東西，其實就是非常不起眼的細枝末節(jié)：飯后悠閑地剔牙，和兒子一起拿著木棍木刀瘋一把，帶女兒去放風(fēng)箏，和老婆單獨溫存一番，再來一杯紅酒……。這才是生命中最奢侈的從容。

　　6)、但是，在追求金錢的過程中，忽略其意義而花費的個人和社會成本，誰又思考過呢?

　　換句話說，你目前賺取的財富或金錢，有多少是因為真正做你想做的事，喜歡的事，而得來的?

　　詞匯和片語：

　　1、land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs 在華爾街找到高收入、高職位的工作。

　　石教練在幾周前有介紹過一篇美文賞析《從一篇高考試題想到的》，其中就有l(wèi)and a job.

　　2、be well on 在某方面擅長

　　3、impressive careers 令人印象深刻的職業(yè)生涯。

　　呵呵，名片一遞過來，很惹眼哈。什么區(qū)域總監(jiān)、事業(yè)部總經(jīng)理，副總裁。哦喲，好高大上哦!我仰視你!其實你會發(fā)現(xiàn)，很多這樣職位的背后是無休止的加班、超負荷的壓力、和家人遠離，兒女老人生病無法在身邊。

　　4、left student life behind 將學(xué)生生活拋諸腦后

　　和同學(xué)握手道別，干一杯酒分手，我要雞犬升天了，哈哈。

　　有句話叫做：He who laughs last laughs best.誰笑到最后，誰笑的最好!石教練20年同學(xué)聚會上，一禿頭同學(xué)問我：你沒病吧?看我當(dāng)時很瘦，他以為我得了什么病，我呵呵一笑。散會后，我才知道，他有嚴重的頸椎病，目測體型還有高血壓。在今天這個時代，以胖為美，居然還是很多人心目中的審美標準，過時了!太瘦當(dāng)然也不好。但是，常練太極通背的人如果瘦，那可是千金難買的福分啊。

　　5、shake hands with 和……握手。

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

　　7、despite 不顧，盡管

　　8、try a more satisfying path 嘗試更讓人滿意的途徑

　　不那么容易的。當(dāng)你看完了羅伯特.清琦的《窮爸爸,富爸爸》系列叢書之后，你明白了“四個象限”的概念，你就知道，如果你在目前的道路上一直走下去，結(jié)果不會有太大變化。所以要學(xué)會打破象限，從左象限，跳到右象限。就是從窮人轉(zhuǎn)換到富人的象限，這要付出極大的代價。下文再表。

　　9、pay off 還清。

　　有多少40歲的人敢說：我用自己的雙手，還清了所有的貸款，過上了衣食無憂的生活?

　　10、step off the track. 從(現(xiàn)有的)軌道上走出來。

　　那只蒼蠅不改變方向，用盡全身力氣撞玻璃，最后還是死在玻璃縫里。這是說，改變思維方式，比改變職位難很多。

　　11、tend to do 傾向于

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

　　現(xiàn)在人們當(dāng)然是以權(quán)力、職位和金錢來衡量一個人的成功與否了。還有第二個標準嗎? 如果是，那么這樣的人算不算成功呢?——錢基本夠花，還房屋按揭、養(yǎng)車沒問題，孩子教育也支付得起，每年可以去旅游三五次，還有功夫喝茶，而且他每天不用上班，可以培養(yǎng)興趣愛好，比如養(yǎng)花種草，釣魚爬山，和三五好友相約讀書……

　　13、in financial terms 用金錢的方式

　　(2)

　　【解析】

　　【導(dǎo)語】這是一篇記敘文。文章講述了卡車司機Bill在加利福尼亞的兒子生了重病，但是他卻拿不出和妻子一起去加利福尼亞的錢，只好打電話安排兒子的相關(guān)事宜，一個陌生男人在五歲時搭過Bill的車，他認出了Bill，得知Bill的事后，他幫助了Bill的故事。

　　【36題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：所以當(dāng)Bill Beasley接到電話，說他的兒子在加利福尼亞生病了，沒有希望活下來時，他不知道如何為他的妻子和他自己籌集出行所需的錢。A. meant意味著;B. supposed認為;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的兒子生病了，沒有希望活下來，be not expected to do意為“沒有希望做......”，故選C。

　　【37題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：所以當(dāng)Bill Beasley接到電話，說他的兒子在加利福尼亞生病了，沒有希望活下來時，他不知道如何為他的妻子和他自己籌集出行所需的錢。A. collect收集;籌集;B. distribute分配;C. save節(jié)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沒有什么積蓄，所以此處指他不知道如何籌集去加利福尼亞看兒子要用的錢，故選A。

　　【38題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：Bill一輩子都在當(dāng)卡車司機，但他從來沒有什么積蓄。A. farmer農(nóng)民;B. trucker卡車司機;C. attendant服務(wù)人員;D. conductor指揮家。由最后一段的提示“You were the first trucker”可知，Bill是一個卡車司機，故選B。

　　【39題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：Bill一輩子都在當(dāng)卡車司機，但他從來沒有什么積蓄。A. raise提高;B. accumulate積累;積攢;C. invest投資;D. expend花費。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沒有積攢下一些積蓄，故選B。

　　【40題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：因此，Bill Beasley帶著尷尬和沮喪走到加油站，請求打個電話。A. gratitude感激;B. annoyance惱怒;C. enthusiasm熱情;D. depression抑郁;沮喪。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沒錢去加利福尼亞看兒子，所以他感到尷尬和沮喪，故選D。

　　【41題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：因此，Bill Beasley帶著尷尬和沮喪走到加油站，請求打個電話。A. call打電話;通話;B. attempt試圖;努力;C. fortune幸運;D. living生存。由下文“As he started to dial”可知，此處是指打電話，make a call打電話，故選A。

　　【42題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)他開始撥號的時候，一個聲音打斷了他，“你不是Bill Beasley嗎?”A. interrupted打擾;打斷;B. frightened使害怕;C. encouraged鼓舞;D. awakened喚醒。由下文“by a voice asking, “Aren’t you Bill Beasley?””可知，當(dāng)Bill打電話時 ，一個人打斷了他，問他是否是Bill，故選A。

　　【43題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：一個陌生人從卡車的駕駛室跳下來。A. manager經(jīng)理;B. visitor參觀者;C. friend朋友;D. stranger陌生人。由下文“The young man didn’t look familiar,”可知，Bill不認識男人，所以男人對Bill來說是陌生人，故選D。

　　【44題詳解】

　　考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：那個年輕人看起來不熟悉，Bill只能用困惑的眼神看著他說，“沒錯，我就是。”A. determined下定決心的;B. puzzled困惑的;C. pleased高興的;D. worried擔(dān)憂的。由上文“The young man didn’t look familiar,”可知，Bill不認識和他打招呼的這個男人，所以當(dāng)男人和他打招呼時，Bill感到很困惑，故選B。

　　【45題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：他補充說“祝你圣誕快樂”。A. explained解釋;B. smiled微笑;C. added繼續(xù)說;補充說;D. wept哭泣。由上文“Real bad. I’m gonna call and try to make some arrangements.”可知，Bill回答男人的話后，又接著說“祝你圣誕快樂”，故選C。

　　【46題詳解】

　　考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)這個老人向店主保證他會盡快付電話費時，他臉上露出明顯的悲傷的表情。A. impressive印象深刻的;B. new新的;C. obvious顯然的;D. serious嚴肅的。由上文“Real bad. I’m gonna call and try to make some arrangements”和上文提到Bill的兒子生病了，但是他沒錢去加利福尼亞可知，他很悲傷，只能通過打電話來安排一些兒子的事宜，而且他連電話費都沒有，所以說他臉上露出明顯的悲傷，故選C。

　　【47題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)這個老人向老板保證他會盡快付電話費時，他臉上露出明顯的悲傷的表情。A. requested要求;B. persuaded勸說;C. reminded提醒;D. promised承諾。由下文“the owner that he would pay for the call____13____he could”可知，Bill沒錢支付電話費，他承諾店主會盡快支付電話費，故選D。

　　【48題詳解】

　　考查短語詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)這個老人向老板保證他會盡快付電話費時，他臉上露出明顯的悲傷的表情。A. even if即使;B. in case以防萬一;C. as if好像;D. as soon as盡可能;盡快。由上文“he_____12_____the owner that he would pay for the call”和下文“he could”可知，Bill承諾給店主會盡快支付電話費，as soon as one can是固定搭配，意為“盡可能;盡快”，故選D。

　　【49題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：那個卡車司機給我留了20塊，讓我在電話賬單結(jié)清后把剩下的零錢給你。A. change零錢;B. check檢查;C. number數(shù)字;D. gift禮物。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，那個卡車司機給了店主20美元，讓店主在電話賬單結(jié)算后把剩下的零錢給Bill。故選A。

　　【50題詳解】

　　考查動詞短語詞義辨析。句意：老人摸索著打開信封，抽出兩張紙。A. picked up拾起來;B. pulled over靠邊停車;C. picked out挑選出來;D. pulled out抽出;拔出;撤離。由上文“The old man fumbled (摸索) open the envelope and”和下文“two sheets of paper”可知，Bill打開信封，然后抽出兩張紙，故選D。

　　【51題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：有一張紙寫著“你是我第一個搭車的卡車司機，那時我才五歲”。A. wrote寫;B. read讀;寫著;C. described描寫;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，紙上寫著一些話，故選B。

　　【52題詳解】

　　考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：有一封寫著“你是我第一個搭車的卡車司機，那時我才五歲”。A. barely剛剛;僅僅;幾乎不;B. normally正常地;C. already已經(jīng);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，陌生男人小時候第一次搭車就是搭的Bill的車，那時他才剛剛五歲，此處用barely說明男人當(dāng)時搭車時歲數(shù)很小，故選A。

　　【53題詳解】

　　考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：第二張紙上有一張簽名支票，還附上一條信息“填好你和你妻子出行所需的金額......給你的兒子——我的朋友，一塊士力架。圣誕快樂!”A. printed印刷的;B. paid付費的;C. signed簽名的;D. faded褪色的。由下文“Fill out the amount needed for you and your wife to make the”可知，支票是簽了名的，只需填寫上金額就能兌現(xiàn)，故選C。

　　【54題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：第二張紙上有一張簽名支票，還附上一條信息“填好你和你妻子出行所需的金額......給你的兒子——我的朋友，一塊士力架。圣誕快樂!”A. story故事;B. message信息;C. idea主意;D. suggestion建議。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，此處支票上附著男人寫給Bill的信息，故選B。

　　【55題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：第二張紙上有一張簽名支票，還附上一條信息“填好你和你妻子出行所需的金額......給你的兒子——我的朋友，一塊士力架。圣誕快樂!”A. move改變;活動;B. decision決定;C. trip出行;旅行;D. connection聯(lián)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，男人給了Bill一張支票，幫助他和妻子支付出行——去加利福尼亞看生病的兒子，所需的費用，故選C。

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　　【解析】

　　【導(dǎo)語】本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了一位休假的飛行員Bradley親自駕駛飛機使航班免遭取消的故事。

　　【36題詳解】

　　考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：邁克爾·布拉德利(Michael Bradley)是一名合格的易捷航空(easyJet)飛行員，他在度假時駕駛了一架延誤了兩個小時的飛機。A. retired退休;B. qualified合格的;C. clumsy笨拙的;D. former前任的。根據(jù)上文“An off-duty pilot”，可知邁克爾·布拉德利(Michael Bradley)是一名合格的飛行員。故選B項。

　　【37題詳解】

　　考查動詞短語詞義辨析。句意：邁克爾·布拉德利(Michael Bradley)是一名合格的易捷航空(easyJet)飛行員，他在度假時駕駛了一架延誤了兩個小時的飛機。A. made up組成;B. held up阻擋;C. ended up以……結(jié)束;D. turned up舉起。根據(jù)上文“fly a plane himself”可知Bradley最終駕駛一架已經(jīng)延誤2個小時的飛機。故選C項。

　　【38題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意: 他告訴曼徹斯特機場飛往阿利坎特的航班上的乘客，由于沒有可用的飛行員，他將提供服務(wù)。A. offering提供;B. obtaining獲得;C. changing改變;D. showing呈現(xiàn)。根據(jù)后文他駕駛飛機可知，他在休假卻要提供服務(wù)，符合語境。故選A項。

　　【39題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：布拉德利是由乘客米歇爾·波茨(Michelle Potts)拍攝的，她在Facebook上發(fā)布了這段視頻。A. movie電影;B. suggestion建議;C. survey調(diào)查; D. announcement發(fā)布。根據(jù)“Potts posted the video on Facebook”可知此處表達“發(fā)布”之意。故選D項。

　　【40題詳解】

　　考查動詞短語詞義辨析。句意：她走過來抱怨道：“我們的航班延誤了兩個小時，因為沒有機長。A. came through通過;B. came to到達;C. came up走近;D. came around蘇醒。根據(jù)語境，由后面詞語complained(抱怨)，可知此處應(yīng)該是“走過來”，然后“抱怨道”。故選C項。

　　【41題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：她走過來抱怨道：“我們的航班延誤了兩個小時，因為沒有機長。 A. passenger乘客;B. manager經(jīng)理;C. officer軍官;D. captain機長。根據(jù)上文提及“there was no pilot”結(jié)合選項詞義，可知只有D. captain機長與駕駛飛機有關(guān)，故選D項。

　　【42題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：所以就在我們通過安檢之前，我想知道這是否值得打個電話。A. know知道;B. decide決定;C. wonder想知道;D. notice注意。根據(jù)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常與if搭配。故選C項。

　　【43題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：布拉德利打電話給易捷航空說：“我站在候機樓里什么也沒做。A. station車站;B. platform講臺;C. terminal航站樓;D. square廣場。根據(jù)語境，可知Bradley在機場候機樓，根據(jù)選項詞義，只有C. terminal航站樓與之有關(guān)。故選C項。

　　【44題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：我?guī)е�駕照，非常想去度假，如果你需要幫忙，我就站在這里準備出發(fā)。" A. license執(zhí)照;B. passport護照;C. visa簽證;D. ticket機票。根據(jù)全文倒數(shù)第2句as he had his license and ID with him，可知Bradley隨身帶著飛行駕照。故選A項。

　　【45題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：我?guī)е�駕照，非常想去度假，如果你需要幫忙，我就站在這里準備出發(fā)。" A. adventure冒險;B. favor幫助;C. moment時刻;D. reason原因。根據(jù)后面his bosses打電話懇求他的語氣，判斷favor“幫助”符合，指“如何你需要幫忙，我可以隨時上崗”。故選B項。

　　【46題詳解】

　　考查動詞短語詞義辨析。句意：然后他對乘客們說：“如果你能讓你的一名飛行員今天看起來像這樣，我們就去阿利坎特。”A. feel like感覺;B. look like看起來像;C. go through經(jīng)歷;D. get over克服。 根據(jù)語境分析，此處表達“如果你能讓你的一名飛行員今天看起來像這樣，我們就去阿利坎特”。故選B項。

　　【47題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：這引起了乘客們的歡呼。A. met滿足;B. argued爭吵;C. objected反對;D. observed觀察。根據(jù)空格后面cheers，可知，上句Bradley所說的話得到乘客認可。故選A項。

　　【48題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：易捷航空發(fā)言人表示，航班延誤是由連鎖效應(yīng)造成的周日法國空中交通管制失敗的原因。A. decline下降;B. loss損失;C. failure失敗;D. damage損壞。根據(jù)語境分析，此處表達“交通管制失敗”。故選C項。

　　【49題詳解】

　　考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：他補充道：“我們感謝我們的一名飛行員，他與家人于9月2日從曼徹斯特前往阿利坎特度假，并自愿駕駛該航班。A. suitable合適的;B. convenient方便的;C. practical實用的;D. grateful感激的。根據(jù)空格后one of our pilots(指Bradley)。結(jié)合下一句的customers could get to their destination and shows the ___18___ of our crew(全體機組人員)，并根據(jù)文章說Bradley休假還幫助公司駕駛飛機一事，可知這位發(fā)言人是對他的感激的。故選D項。

　　【50題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：他補充道：“我們感謝我們的一名飛行員，他與家人于9月2日從曼徹斯特前往阿利坎特度假，并自愿駕駛該航班。A. working工作;B. gathering聚集;C. traveling旅行;D. coming到來。根據(jù)空格后on holiday from Manchester to Alicante on 2nd表明Bradley去度假的出發(fā)地和目的地。分析選項詞義，C. traveling旅行與“度假”有關(guān)。故選C項。

　　【51題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：他補充道：“我們感謝我們的一名飛行員，他與家人于9月2日從曼徹斯特前往阿利坎特度假，并自愿駕駛該航班。A. volunteered自愿;B. continued繼續(xù);C. attempted嘗試;D. struggled努力。根據(jù)第4段首句提到Bradley打電話給easyJet，詢問是否可以駕駛飛機到目的地，這是他自己提的，屬于自愿行為。故選A項。

　　【52題詳解】

　　考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：這意味著客戶可以到達他們的目的地，并顯示了我們?nèi)�體機組人員的承諾。A. proved證明;B. meant意味著;C. supported支持;D. revealed顯示。根據(jù)文章大意，Bradley駕駛了飛機，這意味著乘客可以到達目的地。故選B項。

　　【53題詳解】

　　考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：這意味著客戶可以到達他們的目的地，并顯示了我們?nèi)�體機組人員的承諾。A. existence存在;B. popularity受歡迎;C. intention意圖;D. commitment承諾。根據(jù)上文提及we'll go to Alicante，可知此處表達“ 我們?nèi)�體機組人員的承諾”。選D項。

　　【54題詳解】

　　考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：這完全符合規(guī)定，因為他隨身攜帶了駕照和身份證。A. fully完全地;B. strangely奇怪地;C. nearly差不多;D. immediately立即。根據(jù)空格后in line with regulations(符合規(guī)定)，用fully與之搭配最佳。故選A項。

　　【55題詳解】

　　考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：安全永遠是我們的優(yōu)先事項。A. largest最大的;B. strongest最強的;C. longest最長的;D. highest最高的。根據(jù)常識，我們常用highest priority來表示“第一宗旨”“最優(yōu)先考慮的事情”。故選D項。

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