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　Mr Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by 　1 　．He liked sitting beside a window seat when he was 　2 　, so when he got onto the plane, he looked 　3 　a window seat．He found that all of them had already been 　4 　except one．There was a soldier 　5 　in the seat beside this one, and Mr Robinson was surprised that he 　6 　taken the one by the windows, but 　7 　, he at once went toward it．

　When he 　8 　it, however, he saw a notice on it．It 　9 　, “This seat is reserved for proper load balance（载重平衡）．Thank you．”Mr Robinson had never seen 　10　 notice in a plane before, but he thought that the plane 　11 　be carrying something particularly heavy in 　12 　baggage room which made it necessary to 　13 　the passengers properly balanced, so he walked on and found 　14 　empty seat, not beside a windows, to sit 　15 　．

　Two or three people 　16 　to sit in the window seat beside the soldier, but they too read the 　17 　and went on．

　Then, when the plane was nearly 　18 　, a very beautiful girl stepped into the plane．The soldier, 　19 　was watching the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice off the seat beside him．In this way he succeeded to have the 　20 　as a companion during the whole trip．

　 One warm May day, two eighteen – year – old students from San Francisco State College decided to cool off with a swim at Bakers’ Beach． The two students were named Robert Kogler and Shirley O’Neill． They headed out to sea for a distance of 50 metres． Robert was in front．

　 “Suddenly, I heard him scream,” Shirley recalls． “I looked round and saw this great grey thing going up in the air． The water seemed to be alive．”

　 Robert screamed again． “It’s a shark! Get out of here!”

　 An eye – witness, Army Sergeant Leo P． Day was on guard at the nearby army post． He saw exactly what happened next． “I could see this boy struggling with the shark in the water,” he said． “The sea was red with blood． He was shouting and signalling someone to go back, go back． Then I saw the girl． She was swimming towards him． She completely ignored his warning．”

　 Shirley reached Robert, and tried to take his hand．

　 “When I pulled, all I could see was his arm, handing by a thread,” she said．

　 So she put her arm about Robert’s back, and started to swim towards the shore． She kept praying “Don't’ let it attack again!” That journey to the shore seemed to last for hours． At last, as they neared the shore, a fisherman threw them a line, and pulled them both the rest of the way．

　 The young man had lost a lot of blood, and died two and a half hours later, From the teeth marks, experts identified the attacker as a Great White Shark．

　 For what Sergeant Day called “the greatest exhibition of bravery I have ever seen,” the President of the US gave Shirley a medal for bravery．

1．When Albert was attacked by a shark Shirley　　　　 ．

　 A．was swimming in the sea

　 B．was watching him on the shore

　 C．was on guard at the nearby army post

　 D．was shouting and struggling with a shark, too

2．Choose the right time order of the following events in the story．

　 a． Army Sergeant saw the girl swimming to the boy．

　 b． Shirley saw a great grey thing．

　 c． They headed out to sea．

　 d． Robert died．

　 e． A fisherman threw them a line．

　 f． He saw a boy struggling with a shark．

　 A．b,c,e,d,f,a　 B．c,a,f,d,e,b　 C．b,c,f,a,d,e　 D．c,b,f,a,e, d

3．We can learn from the passage that　　　　 ．

　 A．the two students were brave and considerate

　 B．the fisherman was adventurous and helpful

　 C．the experts didn’t do much research on sharks

　 D．the Sergeant cared too much about his own life

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　　An old man was walking slow along a street　(1)______

when he saw a little boy who trying to reach　(2)______

a doorbell, it was too high for him. He was a　(3)______

kind-hearted old man, so he was stopped and said,　(4)______

“I will ring bell for you,”and then he pulled　(5)______

it so hard that it can be heard all over the　(6)______

house. The little boy looked up at him and said,　(7)______

“Now we will run away. Go on!”And before　(8)______

the old man knew what was happened, the boy　(9)______

had been run round the corner of the street.　(10)______