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  3. Early in January 2009, the temperature in Tanana, Alaska, fell to 55 below zero F. It was so cold that when the airport runway l

Early in January 2009, the temperature in Tanana, Alaska, fell to 55 below zero F. It was so cold that when the airport runway l

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问题     Early in January 2009, the temperature in Tanana, Alaska, fell to 55 below zero F. It was so cold that when the airport runway lights stopped working, crews were【C1】______from going outside to fix them.
    So it was a real concern when Vicky Aldridge, a nurse practitioner at the village health center, realized that 61-year-old Winkler Bifelt was bleeding【C2】______and needed medical treatment at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital,【C3】______150 miles away. The sun was already down when Aldridge made the【C4】______telephone call to Frontier Flying Service in Fairbanks.
    "We told them the only way we could fly was if they could find enough vehicles to【C5】______the runway with headlights so we could land," said Bob Hajdukovich, the company’s president. Aldridge’s next calls went to airport and town officials, who,【C6】______, called villagers. Forty-five minutes later, enough cars, trucks, minivans and snowmobiles had lined up so that the runway was【C7】______.
    Pilots Nate Thompson and David Fowler landed without【C8】______, and men took off again, with Bifelt.
    "There is this wonderful caring【C9】______in the village," Aldridge said. "If anyone needs anything, all I have to do is to call one or two people and everything will get【C10】______."
【C7】
选项 A、lightened
B、illustrated
C、cleared
D、widened
答案A
解析 第三段最后一句说，45分钟后，各类车来了不少，沿跑道两侧排开，所以跑道有灯光就可以工作了。lighten：减轻，照明(相当于illuminate)，点着；illustrate：演示，说明，插图；clear：清理，放晴；widen：加宽
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