Question

 Mr.    Robinson  had to  travel somewhere on business. And as he    was in a    hurry, he decided to go by 1      He liked    sitting  2     a window when he

was flying. So when    he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He 3     all of them had taken except one. There was a young man 4     beside it, and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window. Anyhow, he went towards it.

When he 5     it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it，written 6     large letters, 7     “This seat is kept for proper balance. Thank you. ” Mr. Robinson had never seen such a notice before, but he thought the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in its room 8     made it necessary to have the passengers properly balance. So he walked on and found 9     empty seat, not beside the window 10    

Two or three other people 11     to sit in the window seat next to the young man, but they also read the notice and went on. Then when the plane was nearly 12       , a very beautiful girl 13     into the plane. The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in,    14     took the notice 15     the seat beside him, and this means he succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip.

(   ) 1. A. air    B. water

C. train    D. bus

(   ) 2. A. on    B. nearly

C. beside    D. far from

(   ) 3. A. wanted    B. found

C. thought    D. hoped

(   ) 4. A. seating    B. seated

C. seat    D. sat

(   ) 5. A. arrived    B. sat on

C. reached    D. left

(   ) 6. A. through    B. by

C. with    D. in

(   ) 7. A. said    B. saying

C. spoken    D. speaking

(   ) 8. A. and    B. this

C. who    D. which

(   ) 9. A. another    B. other

C. the other    D. the only

(   ) 10. A. to sit    B. to be    sat

C. to sit on    D. to be    sat in

(   ) 11. A. stuck    B. tried

C. managed    D. refused

(   ) 12. A. empty    B. full

C. up    D. down

(   ) 13. A. reached    B. stepped

C. entered    D. left

(   ) 14. A. quickly    B. fast

C. slowly    D. soon

(   ) 15. A. onto    B. away

C. off    D. up

Answer 1

 1.    A    2.    G    3.    B    4.    B    5.    C    6.    D    7.    B    8.    D

9.    A    10. C    11. B    12.    B    13.    B    14.    A    15. C