An airplane pilot felt sorry for his hungry passengers, so he bought them all pizza. The pilot, Gerhard Bradner, works for the USA-based Frontier Airlines. His flight from Washington D.C. to Denver was delayed. He felt hungry and thought he would get a pizza delivery from a Domino's Pizza restaurant near the airport. Then he thought his 157 passengers would also be hungry, so he ordered 50 family-sized pizzas. He paid out of his own pocket, but the owner of the airline said he would give Mr Bradner the money for the pizzas. He announced onboard: "Ladies and gentleman, Frontier Airlines is known for being one of the cheapest airlines in the US, but your captain is not cheap. I just ordered pizza for the entire plane."

Mr Bradner said his airline is like a giant family and his passengers are part of that family. That is why he wanted to buy everyone pizza. He also told reporters that he knows other pilots who have bought food for passengers. Frontier Airlines said in a statement: "Yes, the pilot did buy pizza for the passengers. It is important to note that this isn't the first time one of our pilots has gone above and beyond to provide care for our customers." Bradner even got off the plane and went to meet the pizza delivery guy at the security area and helped carry the pizzas back to the plane. The manager of the Domino's Pizza said he was surprised when he took the order and the caller told him: "I need to feed my whole plane."

1. TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.A pilot bought pizza to thank passengers for flying with his airline.T / F

b.The flight was delayed and the pilot got hungry.T / F

c.The pilot bought 50 family-sized pizzas for everyone onboard.T / F

d.The airline the pilot flies for is one of America's most expensive.T / F

e.Most of the pilot's family were passengers on the plane.T / F

f.The pilot knows other pilots who bought pizza for their passengers.T / F

g.The pilot helped take the pizzas from the delivery guy to the plane.T / F

h.The pizza restaurant manager wasn't at all surprised by the order.T / F

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.How did an airline pilot feel about his passengers?

2.Where was the airplane headed?

3.Where was the pizza restaurant?

4.What kind of pizzas did the pilot buy?

5.What did the pilot tell the passengers about his airline?

6.What did the pilot compare the airline and passengers to?

7.Who did he tell about knowing other pilots who buy pizzas?

8.Where did the pilot collect the pizzas?

9.How did the manager of the pizza restaurant feel about the order?

10.What did the pilot tell the restaurant he needed to do?

答案

TRUE / FALSE

a F b T c T d F e F f T g T h F

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.He felt sorry for them

2.Denver

3.Near the airport

4.Family-sized ones

5.It was one of the cheapest

6.A giant family

7.Reporters

8.From the airport security area

9.Surprised

10.Feed the whole plane