My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from our home in Carolina, to spend a week with my husband in Florida. We were about the trip because we hadn't seen him for five months, and she her Dad terribly. As usual on the Charlotte-toMiami flight, the plane was totally . Because we did not get our boarding passes until we at the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together and were by the aisle (过道). I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me, we could be together. They , saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats.
Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were in a several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake in their boarding passes, and the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row refused to move elsewhere. She was very about the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody to help her.
There were a troop of Boy Scouts on Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, "Ma'am, I think we can help you." He then five minutes rearranging his group so that adequate space was for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without , and the mother's relief was obvious.
Kallie, however, was beginning to panic at the of not being next to me. I told her. that there wasn't anything I could do. , the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster, to me and asked, "Would you and your daughter like our seats?" to himself and the Scoutmaster. We traded seats and continued our trip, very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie's window seat.
A.worried B.excited C.anxious D.eager
A.loved B.considered C.imagined D.missed
A.full B.crowded C.empty D.overweight
A.reached B.arrived C.landed D.knocked
A.divided B.blocked C.separated D.connected
A.in case B.even if C.as if D.so that
A.prevented B.refused C.agreed D.promised
A.panic B.hurry C.rush D.seat
A.however B.otherwise C.therefore D.instead
A.too B.even C.ever D.also
A.concerned B.curious C.particular D.content
A.suggested B.offered C.provided D.supplied
A.duty B.watch C.board D.spot
A.took B.cost C.paid D.spent
A.convenient B.available C.probable D.comfortable
A.permission B.excuse C.apology D.complaint
A.thought B.end C.feeling D.sense
A.Immediately B.Puzzlingly C.Suddenly D.Amazingly
A.turned back B.turned around C.turned out D.turned away
A.sticking B.keeping C.waving D.Referring