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

One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our __1__we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to __2__a new place or country, we __3__ what it will be like. We predict(预料) the __4__ people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things __5__. Things are often very different from the way we __6__them to be. One of the __7__ dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been __8__ to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had __9__and analyzed (分析) the problem from every angle(角度) for days, but there __10__ to be no way of __11__ out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he __12__ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his __13__. The hypnotist(催眠者)sat in the chair opposite him and spoke __14__： I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about __15__. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your __16__ will get heavier. Soon you'll be asleep. You will hear my voice and __17__ my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are __18__ asleep, and when you wake up you will __19__ nothing. You will forget everything. Now I am going to __20__ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.

1. A. brains               B. senses              C. minds            D. sights

2. A. visiting              B. seeking             C. reaching            D. discovering

3. A. imagine             B. know              C. feel                D. guess

4. A. custom              B. habit               C. style               D. way

5. A. quickly              B. simply              C. correctly           D. neatly

6. A. required             B. wished             C. left                         D. expected

7. A. funny               B. dull                C. famous              D. silly

8. A. managing            B. trying              C. thinking              D. hoping

9. A. studied              B. learned             C. discussed         D. researched

10. A. used              B. ought              C. seemed             D. had

11. A. making             B. finding             C. turning             D. letting

12. A. gave              B. sat                 C. woke                    D. got

13. A. dream             B. lesson              C. research          D. exercise

14. A. softly              B. loudly              C. slowly             D. firmly

15. A. everything          B. something

C. nothing                D. anything

16. A. eyes               B. feet              C. head                 D. body

17. A. believe             B. repeat              C. take               D. understand

18. A. really              B. extremely           C. actually             D. almost

19. A. accept            B. remember         C. hear              D. receive

20. A. count             B. say               C. add                D. speak

One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our 1._____we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to 2._____a new place or country, we 3._____what it will be like. We predict( 预料) the 4._____ people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things 5._____. Things are often very different from the way we 6._____them to be. One of the 7._____ dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been 8._____ to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had 9._____and analysed(分析) the problem from every angle(角度) for days, but there 10._____ to be no way of 11._____ out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he 12._____ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his 13._____. The hypnotist(催眠者)sat in the chair opposite him and spoke 14._____: I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about 15._____. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your 16._____ will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep. You will hear my voice and 17._____ my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are 18._____ asleep, and when you wake up you will 19._____ nothing. You will forget everything. Now I am going to 20._____ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.

Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I 36 across some old love letters that my parents wrote to

each other. these letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and 37 with dust. 38 to read and sort them, I asked

them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home. They agreed.

   As I carefully opened each letter, all of them 39 with age, I discovered a new page 40 unknown to me in

this private chapter of my parents’ lives.

   My father used to   41 in the army. So his letters were full of frontline(前线) 42 of the things about the war.

Each of my mother’s letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick(口红) kiss. I was  43 to these letters

like a magnet(磁铁).

   Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very 44 and was hospitalized(住院). This time, he

was fighting a 45 kind of war. As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the  46 . He told me how much receiving

those lipstick-kissed letters had 47 to him when he had been so far from home.

   It so happened that the next day would be February 14. From the  48 letters I chose the card my father had

sent mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside.

   At his bedside, I joked with him, saying  49  .“Today is Valentine’s Day, don’t you want to sent Mother a

present?” He became more 50 when I handed him the old 51 . He carefully opened it and took out the card,

and when he 52 it, his eyes were filled with tears.

   My father, in a voice tight with 53 read the loving 54 he’d sent to my mother fifty-six years earlier. And

this time, he could read it to her  55  .

1.A. drew           B. hit          C. came         D. fell

2.A. covered            B. hidden           C. buried           D. filled

3. A. Pretending        B. Deciding     C. Preferring       D. Suggesting

4.A. tender             B. tasty            C. useful           D. delicate

5.A. recently       B. previously       C. usually      D. occasionally

6. A. serve             B. study        C. work         D. report

7.A. documents      B. accounts     C. introductions   D. occupations

8.A. devoted        B. drawn            C. thrown       D. abandoned

9.A. depressed      B. dead         C. ill          D. dangerous

10.A. different         B. traditional      C. typical          D. familiar

11. A. wars         B. illnesses   C. prescriptions   D. letters

12.A. intended          B. meant        C. planned          D. said

13.A. divided           B. separated   C. sorted       D. updated

14.A. softly            B. angrily          C. sadly        D. loudly

15. A. fantastic        B. enthusiastic     C. curious          D. positive

16.A. Christmas card    B. lipstick    C. basket       D. envelope

17.A. found         B. wrote            C. missed           D. recognized

18.A. emotion           B. sorrow           C. sickness     D. astonishment

19.. A. story           B. speech           C. message      D. motto

20.A. in peace          B. in private       C. in danger   D. in person

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