Cloze Test A Wow! What a surprise! I thought as the airplane rose suddenly into the air without my 1 instructor. I was flying alone for the first time in my life. I had 2 two years for this day. At that time, the 3 of those who said I would never learn to fly seemed so far away. I had a disability that made learning 4 . But I loved to fly. I believed I 5 learn. I began flying lessons at the age of 14. At that time it was 6 that a person be 16 7 he made his first solo(单独的) flight. So I had to wait two long years before I could fly a plane 8 . I used that time to master the basic 9 of flying. I practiced straight and level flying, climbs and descents, and coordinated turns(降落和协调转弯). It wasn’t always easy, and many times I would come home feeling 10 and thinking maybe everyone was right—I would 11 learn to fly. But by the next day, I was always 12 to try again. As I 13 higher and higher, everything on the ground became miniatures(缩微模型). Houses, cars, and trees all looked like |