Chair Miller and his crew picked up a new B-24 at California’s March Field on Christmas Eve, 1943, and prepared to fly to England. But they decided to have “one more hamburger” before going out for the distant land of fish and chips.

As the airmen sat in a local restaurant, a beautiful young waitress approached. “I understand you’re going to England,” she said to Miller. Then she told him that her fiancé, an aviation gunner like Miller, was stationed there.

The woman said she was waiting for him to provide an address so she could send him a picture of herself. “You might run into him,” she told Miller hopefully. “Would you take it?”

Miller knew it was unlikely he’d ever see her fiancé. But he didn’t want to disappoint the woman. He took the picture and placed it in his wallet. Later he realized he hadn’t even asked the man’s name. Then he was on to Europe and the war.

On August 9, 1944, Miller’s plane was shot down, and he was forced to parachute to an island off the coast of Holland. Captured by the Nazis, he spent the next nine months as a prisoner of war.

It was on Christmas Eve that someone told him a 19-year-old American prisoner down the hall was badly depressed and possibly suicidal（有自殺傾向）. Miller decided to pay the man a visit.

To break the ice, he mentioned the POW band he’s started, with the help of the Red Gross. The young man, he learned, played the saxophone. The two began to exchange details about their families. Was he married, the kid asked. “Yeah, since 1938,” responded Miller.

“Have you got her picture?” the soldier asked. So Miller reached for his wallet, and pulled out a photograph of his wife.

“She’s beautiful!” the young man responded. Then he noticed that a second picture had fallen out, and an expression of wonder crossed his face. “Where did you get that?” Miller told the story of the waitress at the California hamburger stand.

“That’s my fiancée,” the surprised man said. Miller kept his promise to the beautiful girl back home and turned the picture over to its rightful owner.

1．The reasonable connection between Miller and the young man is that ________.

       A．they were in love with the same waitress

       B．they played with the same POW band

       C．they were kept prisoner in the same camp

       D．they both served as gunners in a new B-24

2．The underlined words “To break the ice” would probably mean “______”.

       A．to keep warm in icy surroundings

       B．to start a conversation after a silence

       C．to get rid of the ice around the house

       D．to escape from the freezing place

3．It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

       A．Miller did not ask about the young man’s name on purpose

       B．the young man killed himself on account of missing his fiancée

       C．Miller joined in the war against the Nazis and was captured

       D．the young man got the photo of his fiancée by accident

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When my wife left this world, I chose to travel in Antigua looking for a quiet place to rest my old body. Not quite old and weak, although almost, and not having yet decided to spend the best half of every day in a rocking chair, I felt I wanted something more than the usual hotel room with 24-hour room service and a piece of hard, round bread thrown through the door on demand each morning.

I decided this year to try something new and booked myself a private holiday home in Antigua. This was the best decision I have ever made, as there was plenty to do, plenty to see and lots of lovely restaurants to visit. There was a private swimming pool, and a cool, wide yard where I ate my breakfast most mornings.

Antigua has to be one of the loveliest places on earth to spend a holiday. The bright blue sea and the endless blue sky are just two of the reasons for this. Also the little bars around the beach areas proved an excellent place for me to spend the long afternoons.

I had to hurry to do what I wanted to do before the holiday came to an end. I managed to visit the Sugar Mill and Shirley Heights on my last two days and yet found myself wondering whether I could stay for a few more days.

I rented (租) a boat and came home after a day’s sailing. Everything is so pleasant in these beautiful islands, swept by the winds and warmed by the sun for so many summer months. The food just tasted better to me, perhaps because I was having such a great holiday. There was always someone to have a drink with, that’s what I liked most.

64. According to the passage, which of the following statements is WRONG?

A. The writer is an old man.                       B. The writer’s wife has died.

C. The writer went to Antigua alone.           D. The writer liked the service in the usual room.

65. Which of the following statements is NOT talked about the private holiday home where the writer stayed? 

It had a private swimming pool.

There were lots of restaurants near it.

The writer often ate breakfast in its yard.

The writer could taste delicious seafood there.

66. The most important reason for the writer to travel in Antigua was that __________.

A. there was bright blue sea                    B. there was endless blue sky

C. there were lots of lovely restaurants    D. there were plenty of people to drink with

67. The passage is most likely taken from a part of __________.

   A. tour guide                  B. travel diary               C. health report             D. news report

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