Recently, I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive, the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight (16) before setting down. High desert winds had (17) the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be (18) the city for a few minutes waiting to (19) . We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened (20) there might be a few bumps(颠簸). Well, that few minutes turned into about four-five minutes, including a ride that would make a roller coaster(过山车) (21) by comparison. The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt (22) and had to use airsickness bags. As you might guess, that’ s not a good thing to have happen in a(n) (23) space because it only (24) to increase the discomfort of the situation.

About twenty minutes into the adventure, the entire airplane became very (25) There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be (26) noticed. Every passenger simply held on for dear life …except one. A (27) was having a good time！ With each bump of the (28) , he would let out a giggle (咯咯地笑)of delight. As I observed this, I (29) that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his (30) . He neither thought about the past nor about the future. Those are what we gown--ups have learned from (31) . He was (32) the ride because he had not yet been taught to fear it. Having understood this, I took a deep breath and (33) back into my seat, pretending I was (34) on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even (35) to giggle once or twice, much to the chagrin(随恼) of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.

24（）

A.if 

B.though 

C.because 

D.while

Networks can be interconnected by different devices. In the physical layer, networks can be connected by (11) or hubs, which just move the bits from one network to an identical network. One layer up we find bridges and switches, which operate at data link layer. They can accept (12) ,examine the MAC address, and forward the frames to a different network while doing minor protocol translation in the process. In the network layer, we have routers that can connect two networks. If two networks have (13) network layer, the router may be able to translate between the packer formats. In the transport layer we find transport gateway, which can interface between two transport connections. Finally, in the application layer, application gateways translate message (14) . As an example, gateways between Internet e-mail and X.400 e-mail must (15) the e-mail message and change various header fields.

14（）

A.syntax

B.semantics

C.language

D.format