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Mike Fineday has loved
flying since he was small. When he was three years old, his dad took him to an
air show. Mike loved the sounds of the plane, he ______ of becoming and
airplane pilot(飞行员) someday. As Mike grew up, he learned as _______ as he could
about flying. He wanted to go to flying school _______ university. He kept on
_______ his parents about it all the time. At that time, pilot training was
very _________. Mike’s parents couldn’t afford it.
Later Mike became a
salesman. He hoped to get lots of money for flying school. He traveled ______ America for his
factory. He liked to travel, _______ by plane. To save money, he usually stayed
in cheap hotels.
One morning, Mike _____ to
Altanta. On the plane, after breakfast, he went to _______. Some time later, he
woke up. The two men beside him were talking in a ______ voice. When Mike heard
the word “hijack(劫持)”, he nearly ______ out of his seat, but he pretended(假装) he was still ________ .
he listened when the two men talked. Mike quickly learned what was _______.
They planned to hijack the plane to Cuba. This made Mike very ____. He
knew he had to stop them before they began their _______.
Mike pretended to use the
washroom. On the way he met a hostess(空姐) and told her about the
coming_______. A moment later, the passengers were told that there was
something wrong with the plane. Soon he plane landed at the _______ airport.
The two men received a
_______ when they saw twenty police officers were ________ them at the airport.
Later Mike was given free
flying training as a reward. ________ he became a pilot and flew happily ever
since. Now his story is well known in the United States.
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B. heard C. dreamed D. thought