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共用题干 Flying Into HistoryWhen you turn on the television or read a magazine ,...
共用题干 Flying Into HistoryWhen you turn on the television or read a magazine ,...
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2020-12-24
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共用题干
Flying Into History
When you turn on the television or read a magazine , celebrities(名人)are everywhere. Although fame
and the media play such major roles in our lives today,it has not always been that way._________(46)
Many historians agree that Charles Lindbergh was one of the first major celebrities or superstars.
Lindbergh was born in Detroit,Michigan,in 1902,but he grew up in Little Falls,Minnesota. As a child
he was very interested in how things worked,so when he reached college,he pursued a degree in engineer-
ing. At the age of 20,however,the allure(诱惑)of flying captured Lindbergh's imagination.________(47)
Soon after, Lindbergh bought his own plane and traveled across the nation performing aerial stunts(空中
特技).
In 1924,Lindbergh became more serious about flying. He joined the United States military and graduated first
in his pilot class.
__________ (48)
During the same time ,a wealthy hotel owner named Raymond Orteig was offering a generous award to
the first pilot who could fly nonstop from New York City to Paris,France.The Orteig Prize was worth $25 ,000一
a large amount even by today's standards.
Lindbergh knew he had the skills to complete the flight,but not just any plane was capable of flying
that far for that long.___________(49)
On May 20,1927,Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in New York City and arrived the
next day at an airstrip(简易机场)outside Paris. Named in honor of the sponsor, the Spirit of St. Louis
carried Lindbergh across the Atlantic Ocean and into the record books.He became a national hero and a huge
celebrity.
When he returned to the United States, Lindbergh rode in a ticker-tape(热烈的)parade held to cele-
brate his accomplishment.__________(50)A very popular dance was even named for Charles Lindbergh一
the Lindy Hop.Today,the Spirit of St.Louis is kept at the Smithsonian institute's National Air and Space
Museum in Washington,D.C.
选项
__________(50)
A:He also received a Medal of Honor,the highest United States military decoration.
B:Lindbergh used this additional training to get a job as an airmail pilot,flying out of St. Louis,Missouri.
C:His childhood was not full of fond memories.
D:Working with an aviation company from San Diego,California,and with financial help from the city of St. Louis , Lindbergh got a customized(定制的)airplane that could make the journey.
E:Eighty years ago,radio and movies were just beginning to have that kind of effect on Americans.
F: He quit school and moved to Nebraska where he learned to be a pilot.
答案
A
解析
由第一段第二句“play such major roles”可知,介绍了传媒在日常生活中所起的作用,所 以46空应填有关传媒的影响,故选E。
前文提到,Lindbergh在上学期间受到了飞行的诱惑,下文又提到他买了飞机,因此本空 应填他退学及学飞行的词语。
Lindbergh在飞行学校毕业后应该会找与飞行有关的工作,故选B。
前文提到Lindbergh认为不是所有的飞机都能完成那项任务的,即他想买辆特制的飞 机,以能够完成那项任务。
前文提到Lindbergh成功以后受到了热烈的欢迎,下文应讲他受到的相应的奖励,故 选A。第6部分:完形填空
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