2023届高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练：完形填空专题十九

高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 完形填空专题十九 ① A passenger gets an emergency flying lesson when his pilot passes out 3000 metres above the ocean. The plane is being flown by Ken Allen, a 64-year-old veteran pilot. To Allen’s right, in the co-pilot’s seat, is his 70-year-old friend Russ Franck who is no pilot, but does enjoy going along for the 1 . The passenger Harrison, a 39-year-old sales executive, is returning to his home in Florida. Some 45 minutes into their scheduled 75-minute 2 to Fort Pierce Airport, Allen suddenly undergoes a severe heart attack and Harrison watches him slump back in his seat. The plane is now careening towards the 3 without a pilot. He and Franck try to wake him up. No 4 . The pilot is unconscious and the plane is out of control. Although he’s never taken a flying lesson, Harrison has flown on enough small planes and 5 enough pilots to know that he has to pull back on the plane’s yoke(操纵杆) to bring its nose up. Squatting behind Allen’s seat, he reaches over the unconscious pilot and 6 the yoke while Franck grabs the co-pilot’s yoke. “Can you hold this steady?” Harrison asks Franck. While holding the co-pilot’s yoke, Franck helps Harrison unbuckle Allen’s seat belt. Harrison pulls him off the seat and gently 7 the unconscious pilot on the floor. Harrison quickly climbs into the pilot’s seat and takes stock of the situation. He needs to 8 an Air-traffic controller to get a quick flying 9 . Harrison gets a call on his headset and the controller Morgan calmly tells him, “Try to hold the wings 10 and see if you can start 11 . Push forward on the controls and descend at a very slow rate.” While Harrison holds the plane steady, Franck tries to figure out where they are and if they are even flying in the right 12 . Harrison and Franck are glued to their headsets, listening to the 13 . “Maintain your height at 3000 feet and start a shallow turn to the right,” the controller guided again. Harrison fo