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【题目】After 30 years 【1】_____ a pilot, Captain Peter Elliott got to fly holiday-makers on a Thomas Cook flight from Birmingham, UK, to Tenerife, Spain with his daughter.

Senior First Officer Laura Elliott 【2】____(fly) for six years but has never before got to work with her father.  “It’s my dream to be able to fly with my Dad,” she said.

It had seemed unlikely that the pair would ever co-pilot 【3】_____ same aircraft because Miss Elliott learned to fly on Airbus planes when she joined the company in 2009, and her father flew Boeings. However, after Peter Elliott, 59, retrained to fly Airbuses, their dream of flying together came true.

Miss Elliott, 30, became interested in flying when【4】____(inspire) by her father with a trial flight as her birthday present. Miss Elliott said: “Becoming a pilot was never something I had considered. It was only when my Dad bought me a trial flight for my 18th birthday【5】____ I considered following in my Dad’s footsteps.”

The pair finally sat in the cockpit (驾驶员座舱) together and Mr Elliott made an announcement to passengers【6】___ the flight made it a special day for him as he was flying with his daughter.

Miss Elliott recalled the flight, 【7】____(say), “I was initially nervous and he kept asking 【8】_____ I was nervous or not. It was like going for a driving lesson with him. Thankfully, everything went smoothly and the passengers loved it. If it ever happens again, I will definitely be a lot【9】____(relaxed).”