Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet fighter pilot in Viet Nam．After 75 missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile．Plumb parachuted down into enemy hands．He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison．
One day, Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant when a man from another table came up and said“You're Plumb!You flew jet fighters in Viet Nam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk．You were shot down!”
“How in the world did you know that?”asked Plumb．
“I packed your parachute,”the man replied．“I guess it worked”．Plumb assured him,“It sure did．If your chute(降落伞)hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today．”
Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man．Plumb says,“I kept wondering what he looked like in a Navy uniform：a white hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom trousers．I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said‘Good morning．How are you?’or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was‘just a sailor’”．
Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds(伞罩)and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know．
Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important．We may fail to say hello, please, thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason．As you go through this week, this month, this year, recognize people who pack your parachutes．
(1)
Why didn't Plumb say hello to the sailor each time he passed him on the Kitty Hawk?
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A．
He thought the sailor was just an unimportant man．
B．
He didn't like him at that time．
C．
He was very busy then．
D．
He didn't know him well then．
(2)
What did the sailor do on the Kitty Hawk at the Viet Nam War?
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A．
weaved clothes for the pilots．
B．
repaired the wooden table in the ship．
C．
helped the jets start．
D．
packed the parachutes for the fighter pilots．
(3)
What does the writer think we should do?
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A．
We should help each other if they are in trouble．
B．
We shouldn't look down upon the sailors．
C．
We should be thankful to others' help．
D．
We should be honest to our friends．
(4)
Which is the best title for the passage?
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A．
A story about a sailor．
B．
Who pack your parachutes?
C．
Don't forget your past!
D．
Never forget your friends!
完形填空
One day, three people suddenly appeared in a store, taking food off the shelves as fast as they could, obviously not planning to pay for it．The shop owner 1 the “panic button” and then went over the counter and 2 the front door．It was 3 that they were homeless, and equally obvious that they weren’t going anywhere with their ill-gotten gains．They 4 the loot(赃物)and simply stood together－knowing the 5 were on the way．
Imagine what they must have 6 , when they were told they didn’t have to steal, if they were that 7 , instead of being driven out or told they were headed for 8 ．“We have food in the back, expired(过期) 9 still safe to eat, that we plan on 10 to a homeless shelter．If you need food, you can have some．”
They were told to 11 what they had dropped and put it 12 , then asked to clear up the mess they’d made of the store．They were doing just that when the police 13 ．The officers were told the situation was under 14 and the police were no longer 15 ．
This wasn’t what they had 16 ．They were being treated as human beings who had done something wrong but could 17 the wrong they’d done． 18 , because they knew that the homeless were never welcome to use “public restrooms” in private businesses, they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to clean up．
Soon three 19 people, standing just a bit taller than before when they came in, 20 out with all the food their arms could hold．They were reminded that, if they needed to come back again, they were to ask and not just grab．
