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Choose the best
answer and complete the passage (选择最恰当的选项完成短文)
Mr Robinson had to travel somewhere on
business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by1.
He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying, so after he got onto the
plane, he looked for a window seat. He2all of them taken except
one. There was a young man seated beside it, and Robinson was surprised that he
had not taken the one by the window. Anyhow, he went towards it.
When he reached it, however, he saw that there
was a notice on it, written3large letters, saying "This seat is
kept for proper balance. Thank you." Mr Robinson had never seen such a
notice before, but he thought the plane must be carrying something particularly
heavy in its room which made it necessary to have the passengers properly
balance. So he walked on and found4empty seat, not beside the
window to sit on.
Two or three other people5to
sit in the window seat next to the young man, but they also read the notice and
went on. Then when the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl stepped
into the plane. The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in,6 took the notice off the seat beside him, and
in this way succeeded in having a pretty companion (伙伴) during the whole trip.
