it a realistic as well as exciting 3, I decided that I had to make a jump myself 4. Unluckily, I'm not good at any 5, let alone(更不用说) parachute jumping.

My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a 6 . He took me to a ground school. The first day's 7 included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from an airplane. For this, I had to wait until the following morning.

The next morning, I was taken to the airfield. 8 , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was asked to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon 9. I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked(钩) a line from my parachute to a steel(钢的) ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute 10after I jumped.

\11, Henry,\12, \no word came.

\13. \

Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched(伸直). It worked. All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick 14. My big parachute had opened! It was the best 15 I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was fun.

（1）

A . way B . chance C . idea D . value （2）

A . tell B . write C . read D . copy （3）

A . film B . poem C . story D . program （4）

A . secretly

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B . instead C . finally D . first （5）

A . sport B . driving C . lesson D . drawing （6）

A . try B . hand C . gift D . suggestion （7）

A . jumping B . journey C . training D . entertainment （8）

A . Besides B . Once C . There D . However （9）

A . slowing B . climbing C . landing D . filling （10）

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A . light B . broken C . fixed D . open （11）

A . ready B . up C . on D . away （12）

A . cry B . rest C . laugh D . lie （13）

A . softly B . loudly C . nervously D . excitedly （14）

A . comfort B . wind C . pull D . push （15）

A . failure B . experience C . competition D . danger

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五、 完形填空 (共1题；共15分)

14. （15分）完形填空

A poor woodcutter and his wife lived in the forest in a small hut. It was 1small that it was only large enough for him and his wife2 in.3a cold night, somebody knocked at the door.4woodcutter opened the door and wanted to let the stranger in. His wife said, “I'm afraid we don't have that much space.” The man laughed5 said, “Two can sleep well, three can sit.” And then the stranger6 to come in and they all sat telling stories to each other.

Then came7 knock. The woodcutter told the stranger, “Friend, open the door.” And the man said, “But there is no space.” The woodcutter said, “8 three people can sit 9 four people can sit a little10”.

The stranger opened the door, and a man entered. Suddenly, a strange knock11did not seem to be human's was heard! The woodcutter said, “Open the door. I know who12. It is my donkey.” Everyone said, “13is the donkey going to stand?” The man said 14 all stand when the donkey15 in.

（1）

A . very B . so C . too D . such （2）

A . sleep B . sleeping C . slept D . to sleep （3）

A . on B . in C . at D . to （4）

A . a B . an C . the

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