【正文】 above. 37. The last paragraph suggests that _____. A. a modern puter won39。 can39。 knows. 39。t know, she said, pointing at the dark screen. Only 39。t take you if you didn39。s flying to Washington, I suggested. I wouldn39。t they? I couldn39。s fet the puter. What about your planes? They39。s down it won39。s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There39。t write you out a ticket. The puter is the only one allowed to do so. I looked down on the puter and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and looking at the black screen. Then I asked her, What do all you people do? We give the puter the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not. So when it goes down, you go down with it. That39。m sorry, I can39。C . This is the highest temperature that many smaller planes are allowed to fly at. So what is it that makes flying in great heat so dangerous? The answer lies in how “thick”, the air is. “As air warms up, it expands ( 膨脹 ), and there’s fewer molecules ( 分子 ) under your wings,” Lou McNally, a professor at EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University in the US, told the Associated Press (AP). When the temperature is high and the air bees thin, “you need more of everything. You need more thrust (推力 ) to take off. You need more distance to take off. You need more distance to land. It gets to a point for some aircraft that it gets just too much,” McNally explained. The US’ Southwest, where Phoenix is located, is experiencing an unexpectedly hot summer. This June was its thirdhottest on record. According to The Guardian, up to 10 people are thought to have died as a result of the hot weather. The unexpected heat attacked airlines(航空公司 ) too, causing them to cancel all flights running on smaller planes for the safety of their passengers. But what about cities whose temperatures are high every summer? Many airlines in hot Gulf countries such as the United Arab Emirates make many flights at night or in the early morning to avoid the problem of thin air, according to AP. They also mainly use larger planes, which are able to fly in greater heat than smaller planes. After the temperature in Phoenix continued to climb over 40176。（本大題共 10小題，每小題 1分，共 10分） Ibby Piracha is one of many mon customers at his local Starbucks in a small town in Virginia, US. However, Ibby isn’t like the other regulars (老顧客 ) – he’s 15 . Krystal Payne, a new waitress, wanted to do something to make Ibby feel more 16 . So she spoke with other waiters about Ibby, learning that they always did what they could to give him excellent service. But Payne wanted to take it a step further. She went home and spent her night learning American Sign Language so she could better municate with Ibby. The next day, she wrote him a small note saying: “I’ve been learning ASL, just so you can have the same 17 as everyone else.” Ibby was so moved by Payne’s action that he posted(貼 ) it on Facebook to share with his friends. His 18 was then reposted by many other people – a result that he did not 19 . But he is happy that Payne is getting what she deserves (應(yīng)得 ). The next morning, Payne heard about the post when her manager 20 her and mentioned that there were many requests(請(qǐng)求 ) from reporters to interview her. A Starbucks spokeswoman heard about her 21 action and said the pany was “very proud” of Payne’s actions. “My job is to 22 people have the experience they expect and that’s what I gave him,” said Payne. Ibby sees Payne’s act of kindness as special encouragement. “It shows that she respects deaf people,” he said. Payne now knows enough ASL to take Ibby’s 23 , which makes Ibby’s life much easier. In the past, Ibby would have to order through text messages that he would show to the waiters. Ibby still loves to visit the coffee shop, saying it is something that “gave me true 24___ even now, I’m still smiling”. 15. A. quiet B. famous C. deaf D. blind 16. A. wele B. cheerful C. different D. confident 17. A. right B. experience C. chance D. mood 18. A. story B. note C. post D. picture 19. A. expect B. care C. want D. notice 20. A. praised B. celebrated C. plained D. warned 21. A. strange B. important C. kind D. brave 22. A. protect B. promise C. allow D. make sure 23. A. step B. rule C. order D. advice 24. A. surprise B. pride C. challenge D. happiness 三 、 閱讀理解 閱讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在每小題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 第 I 卷（客觀題 共 50分）