Question

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在方框的右栏标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式，使对话通顺。

Mary: I heard you had just flown in yesterday, hadn’t you?

John: Yes, but that was a （1）t_____ experience．I wouldn’t think that I will fly again．

Mary: What made you say so?

John: Well, （2 ）e____ went on OK in the （3）f______ three hours after the plane took off．The evening meal had been served already and a film was showing．Most of the passengers were watching it．

Mary: But where were you after three hours’ flight?

John: Well, it’s a nine-hour flight from San Francisco to Shanghai, so we were right （4）a______ the Pacific Ocean．I could almost see a jet of black smoke （5）p______ out．In the meantime the plane was bumping along, which（6）s______ my heart jumping in my mouth．

Mary: What happened next then?

John: Just at the mercy of wind and weather, I had been sitting on pins and （7）n______ for almost an hour （8）w_______ I heard the hostess through the public communication system announcing that in three quarters’ time we’d be landing at San Francisco again．And the plane was returning （9）s______ out of technical reasons．Silence followed．Yet everyone on （10）b______ was praying for him．When the plane at last landed safely, there broke out a loud cheer for the pilot．

Answer 1

1．terrible      2．everything                       3．first                   4．above

5．pouring     6．sent                                 7．needles               8．when

9．simply     10．board