陶藝丞

About twenty years ago， I was on a very long flight， during which a voicefrom the speaker said， “We wont 1drinks or the meal because we are facing astorm ahead. Please make your seat belts fastened.” Many passengers became2， talking about it with each other. At once it became3in the plane.

Soon， lightening lit up the darkening skies， and within moments the4waslike a boat on waves in the storm. One moment it was lifted up by the storm; thenext， it was thrown as if it were to5onto the ground. All the passengers werefrightened. Some cried. Some prayed（祈禱）. The6seemed hopeless. Iwondered if we could make it through the storm.

Then I noticed the little girl next to me. Surprisingly， the storm seemed tomean7to her. She was 8， looking through a picture book. Sometimes sheclosed her eyes， then she would 9again， but she never showed an expressionof worry or fear. The little girl wasnt afraid at all10all the adults were scaredto death. Finding me watching her， the girl smiled at me and said， “Dont worry.My 11is the pilot. He is taking me home. Take it easy. He will take us home12.” When the plane was13danger， I smiled at the girl and she gave me abig smile in return， “I said my father would take us home safely.”

Many kinds of storms may14us. They can easily darken our skies andthrow our planes into hard times. Let us15： Love is the pilot. It will help us outof trouble.

1. A. serve B. like C. get D. buy

2. A. happy B. excited C. nervous D. comfortable

3. A. noisy B. quiet C. warm D. cold

4. A. ship B. plane C. sky D. seat

5. A. fly B. jump C. land D. drop

6. A. weather B. question C. future D. action

7. A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing

8. A. disappointed B. funny C. sad D. calm

9. A. talk B. read C. play D. sleep

10. A. so B. and C. while D. since

11. A. uncle B. father C. brother D. grandpa

12. A. carefully B. quickly C. safely D. easily

13. A. in B. on C. from D. out of

14. A. trouble B. encourage C. help D. stop

15. A. wonder B. remember C. explain D. as

【語篇解讀角】

本文記敘了作者在飛機上突遇暴風雨，很多成年人都害怕得哭了起來，但是一個小女孩非常冷靜，因為她堅信做飛行員的父親會帶著她安全回家。

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