I was born a girl full of adventurous ideas.I spent many childhood afternoons looking at airplanes passing over my house. I ________ what the pilots were doing in those silver ________. I hoped to fly an airplane one day, but people said that was only men's job . Despite all these words,I still couldn’t give up my dream of becoming a pilot one day.
After earning my driver's license, I drove to a local ________. For twenty dollars, I took an introductory flying lesson and flew up into the sky with an instructor.
Such lessons were ________, though. I was only a student. Then, I had an ________. I applied to the school owner to ________ for them in exchange(交换) for flying lessons. Much to my astonishment ,he ________. Soon, I was busy behind the front desk after school, working hard to ________ my time in the air. Flying airplanes made me feel alive in a way I never knew was ________. But away from the airport, I was so afraid of being ________ that I kept my flying lessons a secret. ________, everyone knew girls couldn't be pilots; it would be ________ to even try.
I fell in deeper love with flight with every trip into the sky, but that joy was not what ________ permitted me to break free from both the________ and self-imposed(自我强加的) limits I had long ________. What freed me to believe I could do anything was the way I was ________ at the airport. There, I was surrounded by people who believed in me and supported me, and for the first time I believed in myself, too.
One simple ________ to the airport led me to the unexpected journey to become a woman ________, whose number is small in the man-charged airline industry.
Decades have passed,and I realised the decision that I made many years ago was right, and all the efforts finally ________. Meanwhile ,I was also really grateful to those people who chose to stand by me all the way. “ Nothing is impossible to a willing heart”,as for those young people who are in a dilemma in making decisions about their future jobs or dreams nowadays, this is ________ I just want to tell them.So, right now ,follow your heart and pursue your dream! NEVER SAY NEVER!
【小题1】A.experienced | B.noticed | C.imagined | D.recorded |
【小题2】A.systems | B.machines | C.spaceships | D.gardens |
【小题3】A.supermarket | B.park | C.factory | D.airport |
【小题4】A.expensive | B.valuable | C.common | D.difficult |
【小题5】A.interest | B.idea | C.achievement | D.application |
【小题6】A.fight | B.perform | C.work | D.cheer |
【小题7】A.left | B.failed | C.stopped | D.agreed |
【小题8】A.earn | B.spend | C.save | D.manage |
【小题9】A.free | B.easy | C.possible | D.simple |
【小题10】A.given up | B.turned down | C.left behind | D.laughed at |
【小题11】A.In turn | B.After all | C.By the way | D.As a result |
【小题12】A.silly | B.hard | C.illegal | D.impolite |
【小题13】A.personally | B.usually | C.equally | D.finally |
【小题14】A.cultural | B.physical | C.natural | D.global |
【小题15】A.obtained | B.accepted | C.passed | D.broken |
【小题16】A.treated | B.prepared | C.led | D.remembered |
【小题17】A.way | B.door | C.guide | D.drive |
【小题18】A.instructor | B.headmaster | C.pilot | D.supporter |
【小题19】A.paid back | B.paid for | C.paid off | D.paid into |
【小题20】A.that | B.what | C.which | D.when |