单选题
{{B}}Direction: {{/B}} {{I}} Read the following text. Choose the best
word or phrase for each numbered blank. {{/I}}
{{B}}Text{{/B}} Nowadays almost every city has
an airport, {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}two, in the ease of some
big cities. Like a railway station, an airport is a very{{U}} {{U}}
2 {{/U}} {{/U}}place. At almost any hour of the day or night it is
thronged{{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}people, many of them are
passengers who are{{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}waiting for a
flight out or who have just{{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Today, a
great number of people travel from one country to another by plane just
as{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}as other people{{U}} {{U}}
7 {{/U}} {{/U}}from one town to another within the same country by train
or bus. The big building in which passengers wait for their
plane is called the{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}. When a passenger
arrives{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}the terminal, he goes to the
airline{{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}has arranged his trip. There
he{{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}his ticket as{{U}} {{U}}
12 {{/U}} {{/U}}that he has a seat in the plane. He also{{U}}
{{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}his heavy luggage to{{U}} {{U}}
14 {{/U}} {{/U}}and sent to the hold of the aircraft. The passenger is
allowed to carry only light articles with him. If his ticket is in order, and
his luggage is not{{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}, he is given a
card called a{{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}pass which allows his
admission{{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}the plane. However, he can
not proceed to the aircraft{{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}}
{{/U}}he{{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}an announcement over the
loudspeakers that his plane is about to{{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}}
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