3 . Ida Nelson was showering in her sister’s bathroom when she heard the noise of a small airplane _______ the nearby airport. It was 11:30 at night in the Alaskan village of Igiugig, population 70 and, as she later told the reporters, “Any time a plane flies over that _______, you know something is wrong.”
Nelson and her sister ran to the window,and saw the _______: the airport’s runway lights were out.
Nelson _______ some clothes, jumped into her ATV, and floored it to the airport,where she found an airport attendant trying to turn on the lights manually.
“_______, if you push the button 10 or 15 times, the lights will just light up,” Nelson said.Not this time. Meanwhile, she and the attendant _______ of the plane’s urgent mission:It was there to transport a seriously ill local _______ to the nearest hospital, 280 miles away in Anchorage.
Nelson had a(n) _______. Driving her ATV to the end of the run way, she _______ her headlights on the way for the plane to follow. Great idea, but it wasn’t ________. More light was needed, so a neighbor ________ nearly every home in the village — 32 of them.
Within twenty minutes, twenty ________ arrived at the airport, many of the drives still in nightclothes. Following directions from the pilot,the cars ________ up on one side of the runway.
The plane made its final approach and, guided by the headlights, landed safely.The young patient was ________ onto the aircraft, and the plane immediately took of again. Soon she was released from the hospital, completely recovered.
In a world filed with uncertainty,the little community’s positive activism was a(n)
________deal, just as people like Nelson did.
1. A.leaving | B.reaching | C.attacking | D.circling |
2. A.late | B.low | C.fast | D.loudly |
3. A.reason | B.secret | C.problem | D.result |
4. A.threw on | B.tried on | C.put up | D.picked up |
5. A.Immediately | B.Consequently | C.Normally | D.Temporarily |
6. A.thought | B.dreamed | C.talked | D.learned |
7. A.girl | B.boy | C.doctor | D.pilot |
8. A.laughter | B.plan | C.aim | D.suggestion |
9. A.turned | B.shone | C.had | D.gave |
10. A.enough | B.available | C.active | D.much |
11. A.begged | B.searched | C.called | D.met |
12. A.villagers | B.planes | C.vehicles | D.policemen |
13. A.took | B.went | C.showed | D.lined |
14. A.invited | B.loaded | C.made | D.charged |
15. A.honest | B.easy | C.brave | D.big |