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知識
（一）
On a flight from Johannesburg， a middle-aged， rich white South African lady had found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin crew attendant over to__1__about her seating. “What seems to be the__2__， Madam？” asked the attendant[服務員].
“Can’t you see？” she said， “You’ve sat me next to a__3__ person！ I can’t possibly sit next to this kind of person. Find me another__4__！”
“Please__5__ down， Madam，” the stewardess replied. “The flight is very full today， __6__ I’ll tell you what I’ll do—I’ll go and__7__ to see if we have any seats available in club or first class.”
The woman glanced at the angry black man beside her （not to mention many of the surrounding passengers）. A few__8__ later the stewardess returned with the__9__ news， which she delivered to the lady.
“Madam， __10__， as I expected， economy is__11__. I’ve spoken to the cabin services director， and club is also full. __12__， we do have one seat in__13__class.”
Before the lady had a chance to answer， the stewardess__14__…“It is most extraordinary to make this kind of upgrade[升級]， however， and I have had to get special__15__from the captain. But， learning the conditions， the__16__felt that it was shocking that someone should be__17__to sit next to such a tiring person.”
Having said that， the stewardess__18__to the black man sitting next to the lady， and said， “So__19__you’d like to get your things， sir， I have your seat ready for you…”
At which point， obviously the__20__passengers stood and gave an applause while the black man walked up to the front of the plane.
1. A. argue B. talk C. think D. complain
2. A. problem B. theme C. symbol D. injury
3. A. white B. black C. rich D. short
4. A. car B. bed C. seat D. room
5. A. bend B. sit C. look D. calm
6. A. but B. and C. so D. or
7. A. test B. check C. examine D. prove
8. A. hours B. days C. minutes D. months
9. A. good B. bad C. original D. harmful
10. A. totally B. instead C. besides D. unfortunately
11. A. empty B. full C. expensive D. tidy
12. A. Somehow B. In fact C. However D. Therefore
13. A. second B. club C. economy D. first
14. A. continued B. stopped C. explained D. questioned
15. A. style B. permission C. design D. suggestion
16. A. woman B. man C. captain D. attendant
17. A. forced B. allowed C. forbidden D. used
18. A. referred B. turned C. owed D. introduced
19. A. while B. though C. if D. unless
20. A. unexpected B. united C. suffering D. surrounding
（二）
Love and a broken arm
“But what if I break my arm again？” My five-year-old daughter asked， looking very __1__. I knew she __2__ very much to learn to ride， but ever since she’d fallen off her bike and broken her arm， she’d been afraid.
“Oh， honey，” I said. “I don’t think you’ll break another arm.” “__3__ I could， couldn’t I？” “You know， honey，” I said， “__4__ everything you do comes with risks. You could get a broken arm in a car __5__ and then be afraid to __6__ ride in a car again. You could break your arm jumping a rope. You could break your arm at gymnastics. Do you want to __7__ going to gymnastics？” “No，” she said. And with a determined spirit， she stood up and __8__ to try again.
I spent the rest of the afternoon at the park watching a very __9__ little girl overcome a fear， and __10__myself on being a useful single parent after a painful divorce[離婚].