【题文】短文填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
从方框中选择单词,带入短文空格内,使短文意思正确、通顺,再将其适当形式填入答题卡的横线上。每词限用一次。

Mr.Johnson had never taken planes before,but he had read a lot about air accidents.So one day when a friend
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him to take his own small plane,Mr.Johnson was very
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.Finally,his friend persuaded(说服)him that it was very
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His friend
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the engine and began to taxi(滑行)onto the runway of the airport.Mr.Johnson had ever heard the mos【小题5】
part of a flight were taking off and the landing,so he was very afraid and closed his
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.
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a minute or two he opened his eyes again,looked out of the【小题8】
of the plane,and said to his friend, “Look at those people down there.They look as【小题9】
as ants,don’t they?” “Those are ants,”answered his friend, “we’re
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on the ground.”