上海高考英语短文填空专项训练（附解析）.docx

短文填空 用单词的适当形式完成短文 Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Three Thing I Learned While My Plane Crashed On January 15, 2009, US Airways flight 1549 crash-landed on the Hudson River in New York City. Several large geese had flown into its engines and caused both of them ____1____ (fail). Due to a combination of pilot skill and pure luck, everyone on the plane ____2____ (survive) the accident. Although it is an experience that he hopes no one else has to have, passenger Rick Elias learned a lot that day. He says that three important lessons came out of that terrifying moment. The first is in a life-or-death situation, “Everything changes in an instant.” He realized that it was important to do ____3____ that he wanted to do without postponing them. ____4____ it is fixing a friendship that has problems or going on an adventurous vacation, Elias says we shouldn’t wait. As the plane went down, the second lesson Elias learned was that it was important to have negative energy ____5____ (eliminate) from his life. He saw that he had spent too much time winning arguments and feeling important. Now, he says, “I no longer try to be right; I choose to be happy.” The final important lesson Elias learned was that although it wasn’t frightening to look death in the eye, it was sad. He realized ____6____ he really wanted was to see his children grow up. He understood that “the only thing ____7____ matters in my life is being a great dad.” He encourages other parents to be the best mothers and fathers they can be, ____8____ anything else. Since then, Elias has lived those lessons. Even though he is the CEO of a growing company, he has also taken time to do good works. In 2012, he contributes $1 million toward the founding of Golden Door Scholars, ___