When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good 　35 to help us pull through.

　 I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to 36 a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting story, I decided that I had to make a jump myself 　37 . Unluckily, I’m not good at any sport, let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.

　 My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a 　38 . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s 　39 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. There, 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 　40 . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a 　41 from my parachute to a steel（钢制品）ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute 42 after I jumped.

　 “Get ready, Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to cry, “NO, no, no!” But no word came.

　 “Jump!” Harry called loudly. “Jump!”

Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked! All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick 　43 . My big parachute had opened! It was the best

44 I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was fun.

35. A. way 　　　　　　　　 B. chance　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. idea　 　　　　　　　　　 D. value

36. A. tell　　　 　　　　 B. write　　　　 　　　 C. read　 　　　　　　　　 D. copy

37. A. secretly　　 　　 B. instead　　 　　　　　　 C. finally　 　　　　　　　 D. first

38. A. try　　 　　　　　 B. hand　　　　 　　　　 C. gift　　　 　　　　　 D. suggestion

39. A. jumping　　 　　 B. journey　 　　　　　　 C. training 　 　　　　　　 D. entertainment

40. A. slowing　 　　　　 B. climbing　 　　　　　 C. landing　 　　　　　　　 D. filling

41. A. bag　　　 　　　 B. steel　　　 　　　　　 C. line　　 　　　　　　　 D. seat

42. A. light　　 　　　　　 B. broken　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. fixed　　　 　　　　　 D. open

43. A. comfort　 　　　　 B. wind　　　 　　　　 C. pull　　　 　　　　　 D. push

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

One morning, an old woman carrying a big basket of cabbages on her head to the market. She hoped to 　1 them to the people from town.

The mountain road was narrow（窄的）and the old woman was walking 　 2　 , because she did not want to have 　 3　 and lose her cabbages.

Suddenly she 　 4 a loud bell , and a bicycle came round the corner. It passed her and went very fast 　5 the hill. The old woman had to jump to one side of the 　6 so quickly that the basket of cabbages nearly fell into the valley（山谷）.

She looked up, and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was 　7 on without even looking round to see 　8 the old woman was all right.

The old woman began to shout,“Come back, young man! You dropped something!”

When he heard this , the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he 　 9 fell off . Then he turned and began to 　 10 the bicycle back up to the hill. “What is it?”he asked.“What did I drop?”“Little boy,”the old woman answered,“you dropped our manners（礼貌）.”

（　 ）1. A. sened　　　　　 B. sell　　　　　　 C. give　　　　　　 D. take

（　 ）2. A. carefully　　　　 B. clearly　　　　　 C. politely　　　　　 D. hardly

（　 ）3. A. a match　　　　 B. a rest　　　　 　　C. an accident　　　 D. a talk

（　　）4. A. hit　　　　　　 B. made　　　　　　 C. found　　　　　 D. heard

（　 ）5. A. over　　　　　　 B. up　　　　　　　 C. to　　　　　　　 D. down

（　 ）6. A. road　　　　　　 B. street　　　　　　 C. town　　　　 　 D. hill

（　 ）7. A. driving　　　　　 B. riding　　　　　 C. running　　　　 D. walking

（　　）8. A. how　　　　　　 B. why　　　　　　 C. whether　　　　 D. when

（　　）9. A. usually　　　　　 B. hardly　　　　　 C. easily　　　　　 D. nearly

（　 ）10.A. carry　　　　　 B. catch　　　　　　 C. push　　　　　　 D. give

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　　In our town, there is a big zoo with a lot of animals in it. There are some beautiful tigers and two old lions. They eat a lot of meat every day.

　　There are also two big elephants and one baby elephant. The elephants are kind animals. They eat a lot every day. They like children. Children often give them bread and bananas. Elephants like bananas the best.

　　In our zoo there are also brown bears , black bears and white bears. They stand on their hind legs, hold up their fore legs and ask for food. They like cake very much.

　　There's also a Children's Corner in our Zoo. Children ride horses and donkeys and watch the monkeys there. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes and jump down again and play with each other like small children.

1．Which animal likes bananas the best?

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2．The zoo is ________.

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3．Which animal plays like small children?

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4．Why do bears stand on their hind legs?

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A．They are tired and want to have a rest.

B．They want to jump out.

C．They want to ask for food.

5．How many kinds of bears are there in the zoo?

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　　In the zoo there are also brown bears, black bears and white bears. They can stand on their hind（后）legs, hold up their fore（前）legs to ask for food. They like cakes very much. There's also a Children Garden in the zoo. Children can ride horses and watch monkeys them. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes（绳索）and jump down again and play with each other like small children.