Bungee jumping is not a new activity. Men on Pentecost Island in the South Pacific have been doing land jumping for hundreds of years. The men tie long vines(藤) from plants around their ankles（踝关节）. They spend days building tall towers out of vines and logs(圆木). Then they jump off them.

According to their beliefs, the first land diver was a woman. She decided to run away from her rude husband. So she climbed up a tall tree and tied some vines around her feet. Her husband also climbed up the tree and tried to catch her, but the woman jumped and the man followed. The vines saved her life, but her husband died.

This ancient custom caught the interest of some students at Oxford University in England. In the late 1970s, they formed a group called the Dangerous Sports Club. They were some of the first people to test several of what are now called extreme sports. They are said to have invented modern bungee jumping.

In the spring of 1979, members of the group jumped off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. They were attached to the bridge by a bungee cord, a long elastic rope that stretches. The group soon received even more attention when they organized a bungee jump off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.

A man named A. J. Hackett of New Zealand decided to make the sport into a business. He started developing bungee ropes and material with a friend. They held a major jump in 1987 off the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. They later got permission to open the first bungee jumping operation on the Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown, New Zealand. Many people paid 75 dollars to jump off the bridge with a bungee cord attached to their ankles.

1.The second paragraph tries to tell us________________.

A．a story about a woman land diver

B．the beginning of modern bungee jumping

C．the beginning of land jumping on Pentecost Island

D．a story about a brave woman and her rude husband

2.The underlined word them in the first paragraph refers to__________.

A．plants            B．tall towers         C．vines             D．logs

3. The Dangerous Sports Club first caught people’s attention when they jumped off_________.

A．the Eiffel Tower                         B．the Kawarau Bridge

C．the Golden Gate Bridge                   D．the Clifton Suspension Bridge

 

Charlie was spending his summer holidays by the sea. One day he climbed over some rocks(岩石) . He was looking for some crabs  (螃蟹) for supper.

He took off his shorts and put them on a rock. The afternoon went quickly. Time was flying by. Look! The sea was coming in fast. It was over some of the rocks now. 

Charlie looked up.  "It's getting late. Oh dear! Look at the sea.  Where are my shorts now?" he thought. He saw them on a rock. 

Oh dear! The rock was an island! Now he must swim and got them. Charlie jumped into the sea and started swimming.  He reached the rock and put his shorts on his head. Then he started swimming back.  Oh no! The sea was too strong for Charlie.  It was pulling him away from the beach.  "Help!" he called. "I can't get back. "Luckily, a boat was coming by. The people in the boat saw Charlie and heard his call for help.  "Are you all right?" asked the woman in the boat.  "No! I can't swim back. The sea is too strong. "The woman stopped the boat and she and a girl pulled Charlie into the boat.  He threw his shorts into the boat too. Then they turned the boat Bound and took Charlie back to the 

beach.  "That was lucky," said the woman.  "Thank you very much," said Charlie. 

"Be careful next time," said the woman.  "The sea is usually very strong near these rocks. ""Next time, I'm going to keep my shorts in my bag," said Charlie.  "Better safe than sorry!"

1. What was Charlie doing that day?          

A. He was watching the sea             B. He was looking for sea food

C. He was lying on the beach           D. He was helping the people in the boat

2. Charlie cried for help because _________.

A. the sea was carrying him away from the beach

B. the sea was pulling Charlie onto the rocks

C. the sea was getting lower

D. the sea was going out

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As darkness fell，hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses.  They were starting   36   at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with   37   beautiful and dangerous.

The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had  38  the top，using the southern route. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the 39 side. But now one man was daring to try the   40 route. He was Walter Bonatti，a great mountain climber from Italy.

For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him   41 ．Now they were waiting to see his   42 ．If he planned to   43  the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was  44   .

A tiny green light   45   high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people   46  .

The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so  47  !But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the  48  light.

In the morning，Bonatti   49 ．He could not see the top，but he knew he was  50  there. Though the climb was painful，he moved up．

Bonatti had spent months  51   for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and  5 2  to climb to the top？

He was finally at the top！News about his  53  was radioed to the world.

The trip  54  the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ 55  ”，and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

36．A. back         B. forward                C. down          D. up

37．A. flowers          B. ice and snow   C. green trees             D. rocks

38．A. watched    B. passed          C. reached         D. climbed

39．A. western       B. eastern                C. southern      D. northern

40．A. difficult        B. different        C. same             D. easy

41．A. patiently     B. carefully        C. anxiously      D. eagerly

42．A. face        B. figure                   C. flag               D. signal

43．A. return  B. go on                  C. rest             D. stop

44．A. turning back      B. moving up    C. arriving         D. ill

45．A. rose             B. appeared             C. turned on           D. turned off

46．A. cheered      B. laughed                C. jumped            D. shouted

47．A. sleepy       B. excited         C. tired              D. happy

48．A. yellow      B. blue      C. green               D. red

49．A. woke up             B. turned up       C. got up              D. looked up

50．A. already          B. almost        C. no longer           D. surely

51．A. training        B. preparing     C. planning      D. asking

52．A. courage         B. skill            C. money            D. wish

53．A. victory            B. thing                   C. climb             D. courage

54．A. along     B. up         C. down         D. to

55．A. necessary    B. important    C. great          D. impossible

完形填空

　　As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their house. They were starting 1 at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with 2 －beautiful and dangerous.

　　The huge mountain is called Matter－horn. Mountain climbers had 3 the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the 4 side. But now one man was daring to try the 5 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.

　　For two days he had climbed. The village people had 6 him anxiously. Now they were waiting to see his 7 . If he planned to 8 the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was 9 .

　　A tiny green light 10 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 11 .

　　The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and 12 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the 13 light.

　　In the morning, Bonatti 14 . He could not see the top, but he knew he was 15 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.

　　Bonatti had spent months 16 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and 17 to climb to the top?

　　He was finally at the top! News about his 18 was radioed to the world.

　　The trip 19 the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ 20 ”, and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

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