IntheweekbeforeChristmas,oneDeltaairlinespilotgaveasadA...

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In the week before Christmas, one Delta airlines pilot gave a sad Arizona family a gift that no one else could.

Father of three, Jay short died after a   41   with lung cancer Dec, 16th. Three days later, his family was attempting to   42    to Tennessee for the funeral scheduled for the next morning. But a 90-munite   43   at the Phoenix airport   44   them only seven minutes to make their connecting flight in Minnesota. “This was our   45   chance to say goodbye to my dad, and if we hadn’t   46   the flight, we would have missed the   47   .” Jay’s daughter said. But when they arrived at the gate, the last plane of the day to Memphis was   48   away from the gate.

“My son was   49   his arms and pleading with the pilot through the floor-to-ceiling windows.” said Marcia, “I was   50   and comforting my girls who were also in tears when the phone rang,    51  us that the pilot was returning to the gate to let us   52   the plane.” Captain Adam Cohen saw the   53   on their faces through the gate’s windows and decided to turn the plane around. Airline experts pointed out Cohen could have   54   gotten into trouble for the   55   decision, but Delta   56   the move instead. “This is   57   we’ll take with us, knowing we made a   58   .” confirmed Adam.

 This story is an   59   that we can bring humanity back to society. Show care and it may    60  you how far that you go.

41. A. competition      B. symptom          C. connection       D. battle

42. A ride              B run              C fly               D. drive

43. A. wait             B. delay            C. interval         D. sleep

44. A. spared           B. offered          C. brought          D. left

45. A. last             B. slight           C. rare             D. proper

46. A. followed         B. caught           C. booked          D. confirmed

47. A. doctor           B. meeting          C. polite           D. funeral

48. A. keeping          B. bringing         C. pulling          D. taking

49. A. raising          B. waving           C folding           D. crossing

50. A. struggling       B. shouting         C. crying           D. praying

51. A. advising         B. informing        C. warning          D. instructing

52. A. land             B. guide            C. change           D. board

53. A. appreciation     B. satisfaction     C. desperation      D. caution

54. A. easily           B. merely           C. optionally       D. deliberately

55. A. careless         B. unusual          C. selfless         D. unwise

56. A. resisted         B. opposed          C. praised          D. sponsored

57. A. nothing          B. something       C. anything         D. everything

58. A. difference       B. change           C. promise          D. deal

59. A. activity         B. event            C. incident         D. evidence

60. A. surprise         B. panic            C. disappoint      D. embarrass

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