When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good    36    to help us pull through.

I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to    37    a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting    38   , I decided that I had to make a jump myself    39   . Unluckily, I’m not good at any    40   , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.

My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a    41   . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s    42    included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n)   43 . For this, I had to wait until the following    44   .

The next morning, I was taken to the airfield.    45   , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was    46    to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon    47   . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a    48    from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute    49   after I jumped.

“Get    50   , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to    51   , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.

“Jump!” Harry called    52   . “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    53   . My big parachute had opened! It was the best    54    I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was    55   .

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

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

A. film             B. poem                       C. story                        D. program

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

A. sport            B. driving                     C. lesson                      D. drawing

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

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

A. tree                     B. tower                       C. building                   D. airplane

A. week            B. month                      C. evening                    D. morning

A. Besides         B. Once                        C. There                       D. However

A. asked            B. invited                            C. forced                      D. taught

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

A. belt                     B. steel                         C. line                          D. seat

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

A. ready            B. up                           C. on                           D. away

A. cry               B. rest                          C. laugh                       D. lie

A. softly           B. loudly                      C. nervously                 D. excitedly

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

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

A. tiring            B. shocking                  C. true                         D. fun

第三部分：阅读理解（共20题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

From age eight to eleven, I attended a small school in Bath, England. It was a small school of four classes with about twenty-five children in each class according to age. For the most part, one teacher had to teach all subjects to the children in the class. However, sometimes the headmaster, Mr. Ronald Broaches, would come in and spend an hour or so, teaching some subjects in which he was especially interested. He was a large man with a very happy nature. He had a sense of humor and would delight in telling the children small stories that would make us laugh. He was a very fair man and had a great influence on many of the children. In my own case, I found that he took great interest in me and he quickly found that I enjoyed puzzles. He would often stop me as I was going to class and take a piece of paper out of his pocket, often with a puzzle already on it. The puzzles were usually mathematical or logical. As time went on, they slowly got more difficult, but I loved them. Not only that, they made me interested in math and problem solving that stays with me to this day. They also served to show me that intellectual activity was rewarding when the correct answers were found, but perhaps more importantly it was great fun. To this day, I can remember Mr. Broaches’ cheerful cry of “Well done!” whenever I got a problem right. The simple communication with a man whom I loved greatly has had a deep influence on my life. I shall forever be thankful that our paths crossed. Mr. Broaches died just two weeks after I had won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Unluckily, I had no chance to speak to him before he died. I learnt later that he had heard of my success and I will always hope that he knew the deep influence he had made on my life.

56. There were ________ children in each class when Richard was in     the school in Bath, England.

   A. 4              B. 8           C. 11                  D. 25

57. From the text, we can learn that ___________.

   A. the puzzles made the students laugh

   B. the students were afraid of the headmaster

   C. the puzzles made Richard enjoy math

   D. the headmaster never taught in the school

58. The writer felt sorry because __________.

   A. Mr. Broaches had passed away before he won the Nobel Prize

   B. he didn’t express his thanks before Mr. Broaches died

   C. he couldn’t find Mr. Broaches after he grew up

   D. Mr. Broaches didn’t know his success

59. What is the best title（标题）for the text ?

   A. The Story of Mr. Broaches.

   B. The Story of Richard J. Roberts.

   C. My Early School Life.

   D. An Important Teacher in My Life.

When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good    36    to help us pull through.

I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to    37    a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting    38   , I decided that I had to make a jump myself    39   . Unluckily, I’m not good at any    40   , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.

My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a    41   . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s    42    included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n)   43 . For this, I had to wait until the following    44   .

The next morning, I was taken to the airfield.    45   , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was    46    to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon    47   . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a    48    from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute    49   after I jumped.

“Get    50   , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to    51   , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.

“Jump!” Harry called    52   . “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    53   . My big parachute had opened! It was the best    54    I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was    55   .

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         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. tree               B. tower                       C. building                   D. airplane

9. A. week             B. month                      C. evening                    D. morning

10.A. Besides         B. Once                        C. There                       D. However

11.A. asked            B. invited                            C. forced                      D. taught

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

13.A. belt                     B. steel                         C. line                          D. seat

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

15.A. ready           B. up                           C. on                           D. away

16.A. cry               B. rest                          C. laugh                       D. lie

17.A. softly           B. loudly                      C. nervously                 D. excitedly

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

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

20.A. tiring           B. shocking                  C. true                         D. fun

—Did you go to see the play last night?

—Unluckily,I couldn’t __________ it.But I am going to see it soon.

A.do              B.manage              C.make          D.take

When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good   36   to help us pull through.
I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to   37   a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting   38   , I decided that I had to make a jump myself   39  . Unluckily, I’m not good at any   40  , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.
My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a   41   . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s   42    included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n)   43 . For this, I had to wait until the following   44  .
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield.   45  , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was   46    to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon   47   . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a   48   from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute    49  after I jumped.
“Get   50  , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to   51  , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.
“Jump!” Harry called   52   . “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   53  . My big parachute had opened! It was the best   54   I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was   55  .