The very first air passengers in the balloon were _____.

As the plane circled over the airport，everyone sensed that something was wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily through the air，and although the passengers had (11) their seat belts，they were suddenly (12) forward. At that moment，the air-hostess appeared. She looked very pale，but was quite calm. (13) quickly but almost in a whisper，she informed everyone that the pilot had fainted and asked (14) any of the passengers knew anything about machines or at least how to drive a car. (15) a moment's hesitation，a man got up and followed the stewardess(空中小姐)into the pilot's cabin.

Moving the pilot aside. the man took (16) and listened carefully to the urgent instructions that were being sent by radio from the airport (17) . The plane was now dangerously close to the ground，but to everyone's relief，it soon began to climb. The man (18) circle the airport several times in order to become familiar with the controls.

Following instructions，the man guided plane towards the airfield. It shook (19) as it touched the ground and then moved rapidly across the field，but after a long run it stopped safely. Outside，a crowd of people who (20) anxiously，rushed forward to congratulate the“pilot”on a perfect landing.

A. installed

B. fastened

C. connected

D. held

A group of 30 employees was working in a software company. This was a young and energetic team with keen enthusiasm and desire to learn and grow.

One day the team was called to play a game in a hall. As they entered the hail, they found the hall decorated beautifully with colourful decorative papers and balloons. It was more like a kid’s play area than a corporate meeting hall. Everyone was surprised and gazed at each other. Also, there was a huge box of balloons placed at the centre of the hall.

The team leader asked everyone to pick a balloon from the box an blow it. Then he asked them to write their names on their balloon carefully so that the balloons didn’t blow up.

Those who failed were ruled out of the game. Altogether 25 employees were qualified for the next level. All the balloons were collected and then put into a room.

The team leader asked the 25 employees to go to the room and pick the balloon with their own name on it. All 25 employees reached the room. While they were in a rush to find the respective balloons, they tried not to burst the balloons. It was almost 15 minutes and no one was able to find the balloon carrying his own name.

The team was told that the second level of the game was over.

Now it was the third and final level. The employees were asked to pick any balloon in the room and give it to the person named on the balloon. Within a couple of minutes ail balloons reacted the hands of the respective employee.

The team leader announced: This is called real solutions to the problems.

21. When the employees were called to play a game, they ____.

A.knew what game they were going to play

B.laughed at the idea of adults playing a game

C.had no idea what they were asked to do

D.looked forward to playing a kid’s game

At the first level of the game, each employee was asked to ____.A.blow a balloon and write his name on it

B.put his name on a balloon and blow it

C.pick up a balloon with his name on it

D.write his name on a floating balloon

What does the software company aim to do?A.Encourage its employees to learn from each other

B.Train its employees to face all kinds of challenges

C.Select the employees most suitable for their jobs

D.Teach its employees the importance of teamwork

How many employees failed the second level of the game?A.30

B.25

C.15

D.5

The key to success at the third level of the game lies in ____.A.thinking positively

B.helping each other

C.believing in oneself

D.increasing efficiency

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A.were allowed

B.allowed

C.will allow

D.will be allowed

A there is

B it were

C there was

D it was

Passage Three

The war had begun, and George had joined the air force. He wanted to be a pilot and after some months he managed to get to the air force training school, where they taught pilots to fly'.

There, the first thing that new students had to do was to be taken up in a plane by an experienced pi lot, to give them some ideas what it felt like. Even those who had traveled as passengers in commercial (商业的 ) airline planes before found it strange to be in the cockpit (驾驶舱)of a small fighter plane, and most of the students felt nervous.

The officer who had to take the students up for their first flight allowed them to fly the plane for a few seconds if' they wanted to and if they were not too frightened to try, but be was always ready to take over as soon as the plane started to do dangerous things.

George was one of those who took over the controls of the plane when he went up in it for the first time, and after the officer had taken them [Yom him again. George thought that he had better ask a few questions to show how interested he was and how much he wanted to learn to fly. There were a number of instruments (仪表) in front of him, so he chose one and asked the officer what it was. The officer looked at him strangely for a moment and then answered, "That is the clock."

44. George went to the air torte training school because he wanted ______.

A. to fight the war

B. to fly

C. to be pilot

D. to be a passenger

A、proud/ prize

B、proud/ price

C、pride/ prize

D、pride/ price

The passengers were robbed ______ all their money.

A. of

B. off

C. from

D. away

Man has always wanted to fly.Even as long as eight hundred years ago, an Englishman had tried.He made a (1)of wings from chicken feathers and fixed them to his shoulders.Then he jumped om a tall building.As you can imagine, he did not fly very far.(2) he fell to the ground and broke several bones.The first real attempt at flying took place in France in 1783.The two Mongolian brothers knew that hot air rose.If they could

fill a large balloon(3)hot air, they thought it would rise into the air and fly.They were right.They made a very large hot air balloon of cloth and paper.It measured ten meters it diameter.They filled it with hot air and the balloon got two hundred meters into the air.It fell into earth about three kilometers away.

At the next attempt, they (4) passengers use a bal loon to rise into the air and fly.We do not know what the passengers fell about the trip as they were a cock, a duck, and a sheep But we (5) know that the trip lasted eight minutes and the animals landed safely.(完型填空)

A.Instead

B.Pair

C.Do

D.Arranged

E.With

If there’s a fire aboard your vessel, you should FIRST ______.

A.notify the competent authorities

B.sound the alarm

C.have passengers put on life preservers

D.cut off air supply to the fire