Mr Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by air. He liked 21  beside a window when he was 22  ,so when he got onto the plane, he 23  a window seat. He 24  that all of them had already been taken  25   one, and there was a soldier sitting in the seat beside this one. Mr. Robinson was  26  that he had not taken the one by the window, but, anyhow, he at once went towards  27  .

When he  28  it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it. It was written  29  ink and said, ^This is reserved for proper load balance. Thank you. ̄ Mr. Robinson had never seen such a notice in a plane  30 , but he thought that the plane  31  be carrying something particularly heavy in  32  baggage room which made  33   necessary to have passengers properly balanced, so he walked on and  34  another empty seat, not beside the  35  ,to sit in.

Two or three other people tried  36  in the window seat beside the soldier, but they, too,  37  the notice and went on. Then, when the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl stepped into the plane. The soldier, who was  38  the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice off the seat beside him��and  39  that way succeeded in  40  the company of the girl during the whole of the trip.

16. A. sitting         B. to sit           C. sitting         D. sit

17. A. traveling            B. sitting          C. flying         D. sleeping

18. A. found          B. looked for       C. noticed        D. searched

19. A. found          B. looked for       C. saw           D. observed

20. A. besides         B. except          C. expect         D. except for

21. A. glad           B. pleased          C. surprised       D. surprising

22. A. it             B. one            C. got              D. reached

23. A. get to          B. arrived             C. got              D. reached

24. A. by            B. with            C. in            D. of

25. A. past               B. then             C. ago          D. before

26. A. may           B. must             C. would        D. should

27. A. her           B. plane            C. its           D. it's

28. A. that               B. this              C. it           D. everything

29. A. see           B. seeing           C. finding        D. found

30. A. one               B. window           C. soldier           D. girl

31. A. to sit          B. sitting           C. to seat        D. seating

32. A. watched        B. saw              C. read          D. found

33. A. seeing          B. watching          C. seen          D. watched

34. A. in             B. by              C. on           D. for

35. A. failing         B. having             C. missing       D. helping

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