完形填空 In the week before Christmas, one Delta airlines pilot gave a sad Arizona family a gift that no one else could. Father of three, Jay short died after a ___41_with lung cancer Dec, 16 th . Three days later, his family was attempting to _42___to Tennessee for the funeral scheduled for the next morning. But a 90-munite _43__at the Phoenix airport __44__them only seven minutes to make their connecting flight in Minnesota. “This was our __45__chance to say goodbye to my dad, and if we hadn’t __46___the flight, we would have missed the ____47__.” Jay’s daughter said. But when they arrived at the gate, the last plane of the day to Memphis was __48__away from the gate. “My son was ___49___his arms and pleading with the pilot through the floor-to ceiling windows.” said Marcia, “I was ___50__ and comforting my girls who were also in tears when the phone rang, ___51___us that the pilot was returning to the gate to let us ___52__the plane.” Captain Adam Cohen saw the _53____on their faces through the gate’s windows and decided to turn the plane around. Airline experts pointed out Cohen could have __54___gotten into trouble for the ___55__decision, but Delta ___56_the move instead. “This is __57____we’ll take with us, knowing we made a ____58____.” confirmed Adam. This story is an __59___that we can bring humanity back to society. Show care and it may ___60___you how far that you go. 41. A. competition B. symptom C. connection D. battle 42. A . ride B. run C . fly D. drive 43. A. wait B. delay C. interval D. sleep 44. A. spared B. offered C. brought D. left 45. A. last B. slight C. rare D. proper 46. A. followed B. caught C. booked D. confirmed 47. A. doctor B. meeting C. polite D. funeral 48. A. keeping B. bringing C. pulling D. taking 49. A. raising B. waving C folding D. crossing 50. A. struggling B. shouting C. crying D. praying 51. A. advising B. informing C. warning D. instructing 52. A. land B. guide C. change D. board 53. A. appreciation B. satisfaction C. desperation D. caution 54. A. easily B. merely C. optionally D. deliberately 55. A. careless B. unusual C. selfless D. unwise 56. A. resisted B. opposed C. praised D. sponsored 57. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything 58. A. difference B. change C. promise D. deal 59. A. activity B. event C. incident D. evidence 60. A. surprise B. panic C. disappoint D. Embarrass