Question

閱讀短文，根據短文內容及首字母提示，在空白處填入一個適當的單詞。

Ron, the teacher at the skydiving（跳傘運動） school, was surprised when the gray-haired man said that his name was Walter and asked if he could take skydiving lessons. Ron asked him how old he was and he （1） r                 that he was 60. Ron explained to Walter that （2） a                over 50 had to be checked by a doctor before he could learn to jump from a plane. “I’m sorry, but I can’t let you start learning （3） w                a letter from your doctor.”

Walter smiled. “Here is a letter from my doctor. He asked me to take （4） l           of tests and he says that I’m fine.”

So Walter was able to join the skydiving school. He came to all the lessons and worked very （5） h               . Soon it was the time for him to make his （6） f          jump. Ron asked him if he was feeling OK. Walter answered that he had never felt better. However, he added that there was something he should have told Ron （7） e               . Ron asked what it was and Walter smiled. Then just before he jumped, he told Ron that he wasn’t 60. Ron asked how old Walter （8） r                   was and Walter told him he was 75!

Walter has a lot of （9） h                . He enjoys riding fast motorbikes and （10）

c             mountains. Last year he was saved by a police helicopter（直升飛機） in Wales.

His daughter Betty worries about him. “I think he should stop all these activities. But my mother says that as long as he’s happy, it’s OK.”

Answer 1

1. replied  2. anyone/anybody     3. without  4. lots   5. hard/happily

6. first    7. earlier   8. really   9. hobbies  10.climbing