Margaret Thompson and her husband, Kenneth, stretched their legs together on walking holidays in Switzerland. In Interlaken, they would head up the mountain and watch the paragliders (滑翔伞运动员) ______ themselves into the sky. Back in town, in a large park, they watched them return to the ______ . “Some day I’d love to do that,” Thompson told Kenneth.
But there was always so much to do in Interlaken. _______, Thompson didn’t know if Kenneth would have ______ it. “He was not so keen on heights as I was,” she said. So she ______ to watch the gliders take flight and land.
Kenneth died in 2005. Eleven years later, Thompson ______ took to the skies herself, in a paraglider at the age of 80. Although some people get scared while flying, she said she just feels ______ . Thompson did her second paraglide when she turned 85.
Thompson asked the organizers about the age ______ for paragliding. They said: “Any age, as long as you’re ______.” Thompson, now 86, plans her third flight for when she is 90.
Thompson______ living above her parents’ shop in Belfast. At 18, she helped in the shop while ______ for her music diplomas (文凭) in Stranmillis, south Belfast. She started to ______ piano to local children, and at the height of her teaching she gave 70 ______ a week. She still has 15 pupils on her books.
Is she scared of getting older? “Fear? No. People say: ‘Isn’t getting old ______ ?’ I say: ‘No. You are free to do more things that you want to do,’” Thompson said.
“People might worry about falling, it being the end of them. But that doesn’t ______ me at all. When it’s your time, it’s your time. No matter where you are,” Thompson added.
41. A.launch | B.move | C.push | D.pull |
42. A.space | B.ocean | C.earth | D.sky |
43. A.Therefore | B.Besides | C.However | D.Instead |
44. A.cared | B.enjoyed | C.remembered | D.needed |
45. A.pretended | B.determined | C.continued | D.tried |
46. A.quietly | B.immediately | C.patiently | D.finally |
47. A.safe | B.free | C.lucky | D.ready |
48. A.standard | B.difference | C.group | D.limit |
49. 50. A.settled down | B.grew up | C.went on | D.turned up |
51. A.writing | B.acting | C.studying | D.searching |
52. A.teach | B.offer | C.sell | D.show |
53. A.skills | B.tasks | C.lessons | D.performances |
54. A.necessary | B.possible | C.harmful | D.awful |
55. A.threaten | B.bother | C.control | D.surprise |