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In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP (Pilots N Paws) website from a family in Topeka. They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight (41) . They could not afford to pay for (42) for their dog, Tiffy, and (43) wanted to take her with them.
It just (44) that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who (45) to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia. What I was to do was fly to Topeka to (46) ________ Tiffy.
When I met Tiffy's owners, they seemed very (47) . George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was (48) for him, having to leave his dog to a (49) and trust that everything would (50) .
After some goodbyes, I asked George and his wife to help me (51) Tiffy into the plane. I promised to take care of Tiffy and (52) them as soon as we got to Kansas City.
The flight was (53) , and Tiffy was a great passenger. The next day, she (54) with Karen and made it back to George in Virginia within a few days. He was so (55) and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures. It felt great to know that I had helped bring this family together again.
41. A. turn B. budget C. schedule D. connection
42. A. food B. shelter C. medicine D. transportation
43. A. desperately B. temporarily C. secretly D. originally
44. A. appeared B. proved C. happened D. showed
45. A. waited B. offered C. hurried D. failed
46. A. see off B. look for C. hand over D. pick up
47. A. confused B. nervous C. annoyed D. curious
48. A. hard B. fine C. common D. lucky
49. A. coworker B. passenger C. stranger D. neighbor
50. A. speed up B. work out C. come back D. take off
51. A. feed B. follow C. change D. load
52. A. call B. join C. leave D. serve
53. A. unnecessary B. unexpected C. unavoidable D. uneventful
54. A. returned B. fought C. flew D. agreed
55. A. thankful B. generous C. proud D. sympathetic
必背单词
1. post n. 帖子
2. tight adj. （日程或预算）紧张的
3. budget n. 预算
4. schedule n. 日常安排
5. shelter n. 居所；庇护所
6. transportation n. 交通
7. desperately adv. 极度地
8. temporarily adv. 暂时
9. originally adv. 最初
10. flight n. 飞行；航班
11. happen ★ v. 碰巧
例： Fortunately, it happened that there was no one in the house at the time of the explosion. 幸运的是，爆炸的时候房子里碰巧没有人。
12. hard ★ adj. 艰难的
例： Life can be hard at times for these people. 这些人的生活有时很艰难。
13. load v. 装上
14. unavoidable adj. 不可避免的
15. uneventful adj. 平静顺利的
16. generous adj. 慷慨的
17. sympathetic adj. 有同情心的
词组搭配
1. on a tight budget 预算紧张
例： We rarely invite our friends for dinner because we are on a tight budget . 由于我们的预算很紧张，所以很少请朋友吃饭。
2. afford to do sth. 负担得起做某事
例： [2020全国2] I encourage readers to go to their local library when they can't afford to purchase a book. 我鼓励读者在买不起书的时候去当地的图书馆。
3. pay for 支付；为…付出代价
例： Giving up his job was a small price to pay for his children's happiness. 放弃工作是他为子女的幸福所付出的小小代价。
4. offer to do sth. 主动要求做某事
例： At the beginning, Linda's friends offered to help her but she declined. 一开始，朋友们主动提出帮助琳达，但是她拒绝了。
5. fail to do sth. 未能做某事
例： If you fail to take your responsibilities, it's your fault. 如果你没有尽自己的责任，那就是你的错。
6. see off 送别；送行
例： One of my friends will come to see me off in the airport. 我的一位朋友会来机场为我送行。
7. hand over 转交
例： [2014全国1] Within a short time, however, the burden of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. 但是，过不了多久，照顾动物的重担就被移交给了父母。
8. pick up 用车接；学会；好转
例： He was going to the city center to pick up his parents. 他要开车去市中心接父母。
9. speed up 加速
例： In order to save the child's life, the man sped up in order to reach the hospital as soon as possible. 为了挽救孩子的性命，那男子加速以便尽快赶到医院。
10. work out 进展顺利；找到（解决办法等）；锻炼
例： Because of the sudden rainstorm, things did not work out as planned. 因为突然下暴雨，事情没有按计划进行得那么顺利。
11. take off 起飞；成功
例： [2016江苏] Many businesses started up by college students have taken off thanks to the comfortable climate for business creation. 多亏了良好的创业环境，许多大学生的创业项目已经成功了。
12. take care of 照顾
例： [2020全国1] Her husband worked two jobs to cover the bills, and her 68-year-old mother helped take care of the children at times. 她的丈夫做了两份工作来支付日常开销，而她68岁的母亲有时帮忙照顾孩子。
13. bring together 使聚在一起；使团结起来
例： [2017全国3] In the coming months, we are bringing together artists from all over the globe, to enjoy speaking Shakespeare's plays in their own language. 在接下来的几个月里，我们将汇集来自世界各地的艺术家，享受用他们自己的语言讲述莎士比亚的戏剧的乐趣。
扫清困惑
George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was (48)
hard
for him, having to leave his dog to a (49)
stranger
and trust that everything would (50)
work out
.
困惑： 易错题（50题）
分析： 本题的易错选项是C项，属于“词汇理解有误”的错误类型。A项的词义为“加速”，B项的词义为“进展顺利，成功”，C项的词义为“回来”，D项的词义为“起飞；突然成功”。很多同学会误选come back，是觉得狗的主人乔治把狗狗交给一个陌生人，虽然很不放心，但迫于现实，也只能相信一切（包括狗狗）都会回来，于是果断选择C项。但仔细琢磨，狗狗能回来可以理解，一切都能回来的含义过于广泛，本文只描述了一件事，是关于狗狗的，并未描写乔治的其他事情。所以此处选come back其实不适合。
对于work out的含义，很多同学理解其常见的意思，如“解决；计算出；制定”，殊不知，该词组在此的意思是“进展顺利，成功”，属于比较生僻的含义。而根据上文中的 having to leave his dog to...and trust that everything would可知，乔治虽然很紧张，但是不得不将宠物狗交于陌生人之手，并希望一切都将进展顺利。故50题选B项。
全文翻译
去年4月，我在PNP（Pilots N Paws）网站上看到了托皮卡一个家庭的帖子。他们不得不搬到弗吉尼亚州，但他们的 (41) 预算 非常紧张。他们付不起狗狗蒂菲的 (42) 运输 费，但是 (43) 非常 想带上她。
(44) 碰巧 我正和另一位飞行员凯伦计划另一次PNP飞行，凯伦 (45) 主动提出 把蒂菲从堪萨斯城带到弗吉尼亚州。我要做的是飞往托皮卡去 (46) 接 蒂菲。
当我见到蒂菲的主人时，他们似乎非常 (47) 紧张 。丈夫乔治试图保持冷静，但我可以看出这对他来说很 (48) 难 ，他不得不把他的狗交给一个 (49) 陌生人 ，并相信一切都将 (50) 进展顺利 。
在道别后，我请乔治和他的妻子帮我把蒂菲 (51) 装 上飞机。我答应照顾蒂菲，并且一抵达堪萨斯城就给他们 (52) 打电话 。
这次飞行 (53) 平安无事 ，蒂菲是一位非常好的乘客。第二天，她和凯伦一起 (54) 飞行 ，几天之内就回到了在弗吉尼亚州的乔治身边。他非常 (55) 感激 ，给我发了一封很棒的电子邮件，里面附有照片。知道帮助了这个家庭重新团聚，我感觉好极了。