There was not one exception.Q: What does the sentence mean?
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I saw lots of designer suits, leather briefcases and all the trimmings of seasoned business travelers.Q: What do “designer suits” and “leather briefcases” indicate?
Not one of us hardened business people could have spoken without a tremoring voice.Q: What does the sentence mean?
The author went through a breathtaking travel six years ago and the experience impressed him deeply because he found a real hero in that emergency.On one Friday morning, a flight 1________for Atlanta, which mainly hosted business travelerswho often traveled by air. Soon after the plane took off, the passengers realized there was something wrong because the aircraft was 2________and jerking. Most of them were3________ travelers and thought this was one of those minor problems. However, things got much worse than they had imagined. The pilot4________ the urgent crisis that one engine was broken and the hydraulic system had 5________, which meant they might have a quite tough 6________. Worse still, they might be about to 7________. Suddenly, panic spread all over the crowd. Many passengers looked visibly frightened. Even the most sobering people looked grim and pale. All around, people cried and screamed. In the 8________, there was a soft and calm voice from a woman who was trying to9________ her daughter. The mother seemed undisturbed by the sounds of grief and fear around her. Even when facing death, the mother still told her daughter firmly about how much she loved her, and put her body over her daughter, trying to protect her as much as she could.Fortunately, the plane10________ safely. No one was hurt in the emergency. However, the mother’s love for her daughter showed people what real courage was.
B. Fill in the blanks with the expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.down to call inbeat upwind uptrial and error at all costs1. Don’t ____ yourself __ over something that you have no control over.2. They decided to _____ a doctor because the child was not any better.3. Ultimately, he said, the issue came ______ a dispute between the two countries. 4. I always said he would ______ in jail.5. Growth is a process of ___________. You can learn as much from failure as you can from success. Maybe more.6. The bridge must be repaired within three days _________.