As the teacher at the skydiving school,Ron was surprised when he saw the grey-haired man drive up to the airfield. He was more surprised when the man said that his name was Walter and asked if he could take skydiving lessons. 1. Ron explained to Walter that anyone over 50 had to be checked by a doctor before they could learn to jump from a plane.

   “I'm afraid you should have thought about that before coming here,” Ron said. “I'm sorry,but I can't let you start learning without a letter from your doctor. ” Walter smiled. u Here is a letter from my doctor. 2.

   So Walter was able to join the skydiving school. He came to all the lessons and worked very hard,although the other students were much younger than him,mostly about 30. 3. Ron asked him if he was feeling OK. Walter replied that he had never felt better. However,he added that there was something he should have told Ron earlier. Ron asked what it was and Walter smiled. Then,just before he jumped,he told Ron that he wasn’t 60. 4.

   Walter's first jump from a plane was six years ago. And yesterday he made his eighteenth jump. “I should have started skydiving a long time ago!” he said.

  閱讀短文,根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從方框里的五個(gè)選 項(xiàng)中選出能填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng) 為多余選項(xiàng)。

   A. He asked me to take lots of tests and he said that I was fine.

   B. Ron asked how old Walter really was and Walter told him he was 75 !

   C. Walter's daughter Betty worries about him.

   D. Ron asked Walter how old he was and Walter replied that he was 60.

   E. Soon it was time for him to make his first jump.

 Ron是一名跳傘學(xué)校的老師,當(dāng)一位頭發(fā)花白的老人問(wèn) 他自己能否參加跳傘課程時(shí),Ron很驚訝,老人對(duì)Ron說(shuō)自 己60歲了,并且拿到了證明其身體條件的醫(yī)生的信,因此 Ron同意了老人跳傘。但是在跳之前,老人對(duì)Ron說(shuō)自己其 實(shí)已經(jīng)75歲了。

1. D下文Ron向Walter解釋50歲以上的人要接受醫(yī)生的 檢查,由此可知空格處應(yīng)該討論的是Walter的年齡,故

D項(xiàng)描述符合此處語(yǔ)境。

2. A上文提到Walter向Ron出示了醫(yī)生的信,下文要講的內(nèi)容應(yīng)該與醫(yī)生有關(guān),故選A項(xiàng)。

3. E 由空格后的“Ron asked him if he was feeling OK. ”可知,Ron問(wèn)Walter是否感覺(jué)良好。由此可推斷應(yīng)該輪 到Walter開(kāi)始自己的第一跳了,故選E項(xiàng)。

4. B上文1空處講到Walter說(shuō)自己60歲了,而現(xiàn)在又說(shuō)自己不是60歲,故接下來(lái)Ron應(yīng)該問(wèn)Walter的真實(shí)年 齡。由此可知B項(xiàng)描述符合此處語(yǔ)境。

grey-haired adj.頭發(fā)灰白的,年老的 mostly adv.主要地

障礙句分析

   He was more surprised when the man said that his name was Walter and asked if he could take skydiving lessons.當(dāng)老 人說(shuō)他的名字叫Walter,并問(wèn)他是否可以參加跳傘課程時(shí), Ron更加驚訝了。

  句中的when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句;that和if各引導(dǎo)一個(gè) 賓語(yǔ)從句;said和asked作并列謂語(yǔ)。

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