18．A twenty-three-year Dutch student has enjoyed a short but unexpected holiday in Dubai．Mr Frank Vreede，a business student，had taken a part-time job at Schiphol Airport to help pay for his（41）B，He worked as a baggage handler．
Last Friday night after a（42）Aday in the university library preparing for his final exams，F(xiàn)rank was （43）C a plane at the airport．He was waiting for the next baggage truck to arrive and he felt tired．He decided to have a（44）D rest，so he sat down in the hold of the plane and shut his eyes-just for a moment．
（45）A，while he was sleeping，the plane took off．An hour later，F(xiàn)rank（46）Cand was shocked to discover that the plane was in the air．（47）B was a terrible noise from the engines，and he tried not to（48）D It was dark，uncomfortable and very，very cold．Frank knew he could not （49）Bin the freezing temperatures．It was an impossible situation．
He decided to make as much（50）D as possible．He hit the ceiling of the baggage hold and shouted at the top of his voice．（51）A a passenger heard the noise and called a flight attendant，who immediately informed the pilot．（52）Cthe captain understood what was happening，he ordered hot air to be pumped into the hold．
When the plane arrived at Dubai International Airport，an ambulance was waiting to take a very（53）D and frightened Mr Vreede to hospital．（54）C examined him，but he was unhurt and was allowed to leave after a few hours （55）Bspread quickly about this"stowaway"．The managing Director of one of Dubai's top hotels offered him a free room for the weekend．"He must have wanted to come to Dubai very much if he was prepared to travel in the hold!"（56）A the MD．
"（57）D been so kind，"said Mr Vreede．"I'm really enjoying my stay in Dubai and I'm getting a lot of rest，so I won't fall asleep on the job again．"He also（58）Cto his boss for sleeping at work （59）A working，and promised it would not happen again．"Next time，I'II catch a（60）Bflight!"said Mr Vreede．
| 41．A．business | B．studies | C．flights | D．exams |
| 42．A．tiring | B．boring | C．lazy | D．sad |
| 43．A．boarding | B．repairing | C．loading | D．sweeping |
| 44．A．good | B．quiet | C．full | D．quick |
| 45．A．However | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．Otherwise |
| 46．A．set up | B．threw up | C．woke up | D．looked up |
| 47．A．It | B．There | C．What | D．That |
| 48．A．risk | B．a(chǎn)nger | C．bother | D．panic |
| 49．A．guarantee | B．survive | C．challenge | D．involve |
| 50．A．sense | B．progress | C．fortune | D．noise |
| 51．A．Luckily | B．Generally | C．Actually | D．Usually |
| 52．A．Unless | B．Though | C．Once | D．Since |
| 53．A．sleepy | B．greedy | C．hungry | D．cold |
| 54．A．Workers | B．Passengers | C．Doctors | D．Pilots |
| 55．A．Diseases | B．News | C．Fear | D．Lies |
| 56．A．joked | B．cried | C．whispered | D．replied |
| 57．A．Nobody's | B．someone's | C．Anyone's | D．Everyone's |
| 58．A．a(chǎn)pplied | B．contributed | C．a(chǎn)pologized | D．a(chǎn)ppealed |
| 59．A．instead of | B．in spite or | C．in case of | D．except for |
| 60．A．local | B．regular | C．delayed | D．cheap． |
