Question

【題目】

Irene O’Shea just started skydiving (跳傘) at the age of 100. But she is showing no ______ of stopping now.

At the end of 2018, the 102-year-old woman decided to challenge a previous record (挑戰(zhàn)之前的紀錄) held by Kenny Meyers. Kenny Meyers set his record in 2017 ______ finishing jumping in Sussex County. Irene was confident (自信的) and jumped from a plane in South Australia. She was ______ in breaking the record for the world’s oldest skydiver. When Irene set the record, she was even 21 days ______ than Meyers was when he set the record in 2017. Many people got a surprise after seeing Irene’s photos. They couldn’t ______ that Irene made it at her age. Irene also showed that she wouldn’t give ______ skydiving.

In fact, this was the ______ time for Irene to try skydiving. She made her first jump on her 100th birthday. In 2017, she made ______ jump for a charity. This time Irene also ______ some money for Motor Neuron Disease Association of SA (SA運動神經元疾病協會) to help people who get motor neuron disease. Irene’s daughter ______ of the disease. She was happy to help more people in this way.

【1】A.noticesB.signsC.breaks

【2】A.beforeB.afterC.if

【3】A.lonelyB.commonC.successful

【4】A.olderB.youngerC.higher

【5】A.decideB.waitC.imagine

【6】A.offB.upC.away

【7】A.firstB.secondC.third

【8】A.otherB.othersC.another

【9】A.raisedB.changedC.controlled

【10】A.leftB.cheeredC.died

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【7】C

【8】C

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要敘述了Irene雖然老了，但是創(chuàng)造了跳傘記錄的事情，介紹了她的三次跳傘經歷。

【1】句意：但她現在沒有顯示出停止的跡象。

notices通知；signs標志、跡象；breaks休息、停頓。根據前句Irene O’Shea just started skydiving (跳傘) at the age of 100. 可知，Irene在100歲時才開始跳傘，再結合后句中but的提示可知，空處的詞應是名詞“跡象”，故答案為B。

【2】句意：Kenny Meyers2017年在蘇塞克斯郡完成了跳傘之后創(chuàng)下了他的記錄。

before在……之前；after在……之后；if如果。根據常識可知，記錄肯定是在完成跳傘之后，故答案為B。

【3】句意：她成功打破了世界最老跳傘員的記錄。

lonely孤獨的；common平常的；successful成功的。根據后半句句意“打破了世界最老跳傘員的記錄”可知，空處的詞應是“成功的”，故答案為C。

【4】句意：當Irene創(chuàng)下這個記錄時，她甚至比Meyers在2017年創(chuàng)造記錄時還老21天。

older更老；younger更年輕；higher更高。根據前句She was ___3___ in breaking the record for the world’s oldest skydiver. 她成功打破了世界最老跳傘員的記錄可知，空處的詞應是“更老”，故答案為A。

【5】句意：他們無法想象Irene在她的的這個年齡時成功了。

decide決定；wait等待；imagine想象。根據常識可知，在Irene的這個年齡，跳傘成功確實難以想象，故答案為C。

【6】句意：Irene還表明她不會放棄跳傘運動。

off離開；up向上；away不在、離開。give up 放棄，固定搭配，表示老太太不會停止跳傘，故答案為B。

【7】句意：事實上，這對Irene來說是第三次嘗試跳傘。

first第一；second第二；third第三。根據下文She made her first jump on her 100th birthday. In 2017, she made ___8___ jump for a charity. 她在100歲生日時第一次跳。在2017年，她又一次為慈善事業(yè)跳可知，這是第三次，故答案為C。

【8】句意：在2017年，她又一次為慈善事業(yè)跳。

other別的、其他的；others別的人或物；another三者或以上當中的另外一個。根據上文In fact, this was the ___7___ time for Irene to try skydiving. 事實上，這對Irene來說是第三次嘗試跳傘可知，空處的詞表示“三者或以上當中的另外一個”，故答案為C。

【9】句意：這次Irene為SA運動神經元疾病協會籌錢來幫助那些患神經元疾病的人們。

raised籌集；changed改變；controlled控制。根據后半句句意to help people who get motor neuron disease.來幫助那些患神經元疾病的人們可知，空處的詞應是“籌集”，故答案為A。

【10】句意：Irene的女兒死于這種疾病。

left離開；cheered歡呼；died死。根據句中賓語“the disease疾病”的提示，空處的詞應是died與of一起構成短語die of，死于……，故答案為C。