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John and I were on our way to St. Louis, Missouri, for a quick trip of job interviews. His job
1 him
to move, and, even
2 we weren't engaged yet, he asked me to move with him.
We had discussed getting married and already looked at
3 . John even asked my parents
4 their
blessing. Everything was set, though we weren't officially engaged. As we
5 our plane, we found our
seats and we sat waiting for departure. I noticed one of the
6 leave the plane. When he returned we
were ready for the plane to
7 . The captain made the usual
8 : altitude(高度), weather, arrival time,
my name.
What? Did I just hear my name? My heart started
9 heavily. Did I do something
10 ? Even with all of these thoughts racing through my mind, I somehow(不管怎么说) heard every
word:
" Attention please. Lynette, John Helms would like to know
11 you would spend the rest of your
life with him. If you accept, please
12 the 'call' button
13 the attendants(服务员) will be with you
shortly."
My eyes filled with tears. When John opened a small ring box and smiled, I
14 . "Yes." He placed
the ring on my hand and we embraced(拥抱) as the other passengers
15 . I was
16 to push the call
button. But I couldn't reach it with my seatbelt(安全带) still fastened, so John gladly pressed it for me.
All three attendants
17 , one carrying a bottle of champagne(香槟).
As we landed and approached out gate, the
18 again included us in his announcements.
"Congratulations to the newly engaged couple. On behalf of(代表) the entire
crew , let me wish you the best." John thanked the flight attendants for helping with his plan. It was then
19 we learned that the pilot had left the plane earlier to get the bottle of
20 for us!
( )1. A. allowed
( )2. A. though
( )3. A. furniture
( )4. A. for
( )5. A. got off
( )6. A. passengers
( )7. A. get down
( )8. A. declarations
( )9. A. hitting
( )10. A. good
( )11. A. if
( )12. A. pull
( )13. A. but
( )14. A. yelled(喊叫)
( )15. A. cheered
( )16. A. prepared
( )17. A. existed
( )18. A. captain
( )19. A. who
( )20. A. juice |
B. required
B. /
B. houses
B. to
B. looked into
B. pilots
B. set out
B. directions
B. striking
B. wrong
B. when
B. knock
B. and
B. stated
B. laughed
B. concerned
B. responded
B. John
B. when
B. milk |
C. admitted
C. as
C. rings
C. about
C. checked
C. hostesses
C. take off
C. speeches
C. beating
C. wrongly
C. how
C. press
C. or
C. suggested
C. screamed
C. supposed
C. replied
C. pilot
C. where
C. champagne |
D. encouraged
D. when
D. buildings
D. at
D. boarded
D. hosts
D. make up
D. announcements
D. patting
D. well
D. why
D. open
D. /
D. whispered
D. stared
D. determined
D. wandered
D. attendant
D. that
D. whiskey |