完形填空。
In May, 1927, at least four different people were planning to fly between New York and Paris. On the
morning of. May 20, however, only Lindbergh
1 from New York in his small plane.
For the first eleven hours he flew
2 the Atlantic coastline (海岸线). When he turned groud the
open ocean, he had flown almost as far and as long as Al cock and Brown had in 1919. It was getting dark and the
3 part of the flight was just beginning.
First, there was freezing fog (冻雾). For a time he avoided (避免) this by flying low over the water. But
then the fog
4 down to the tops of the waves. Lindbergh. flew
5 but it was so
6 that ice formed on
his wings (机翼) In the black darkness he shook the ice off
7 diving and turning sharply. Twenty-four
hours had passed now and he was terribly
8 . He was still over the At lantic in darkness. He ate
9 because
he thought it would be easier to stay awake on an empty stomach (胃). Then dawn, (黎明) came. A few
minutes later, he was over the Irish coast. He flew on over England and crossed France. Ahuge, excited crowd
of 1"00,000 people were waiting for him when he
10 . He had flown for thirty-three and a half hours. It is
probably one of the most famous flights in history.
( ) 1. A. went to
( ) 2. A. on
( ) 3. A. shortest
( ) 4. A. dropped
( ) 5. A. better
( ) 6. A. hot
( ) 7. A. by
( ) 8. A. frightened
( ) 9. A. something
( ) 10. A. landed |
B. left to
B. above
B. worst
B. carded
B. faster
B. warm
B. in
B. excited
B. anything
B. reached |
C. took off
C. along
C. best
C. brought
C. higher
C. cool
C. to
C. worded
C. everything
C. fell |
D. got off
D. under
D. longest
D. came
D. lower
D. cold
D. through
D. tired
D. nothing
D. stomped |