Difficult landing

One airline had a policy that required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited. He smiled and thanked them for (FLY) the airline.
A pilot on this airline landed his plane into the runway really hard. He thought that passengers (HAVE) angry comments. However, it seemed that all of (THEY) were too shocked to say anything. Finally, everyone got off except for a little old lady. She said, ‘Can I ask you a question?’ ‘Yes, Madam,’ said the pilot. ‘What was it?’ the lady asked, ‘Did we land or were we shot down?’

The North Pole has melted again

Two weeks of warm weather in the high Arctic have caused a lake to begin forming. To be clear, the water (SURROUND) the pole is not sea water from the ocean.
It is (MELT) ice water resting on a layer of ice below. “It’s a shallow lake. It’s a cold lake. But it is, actually, a lake,” writes William Wolfe of Canada.com.
That lake started to form on July 13 during a month of abnormally warm weather – temperatures were 1-3 degrees Celsius higher than average in the Arctic Ocean this month. In addition, the weather is likely to get (BAD) over the coming week. An Arctic cyclone will bring strong winds and rain.