1 . Most people can't live to 100． Those who do live so long can hardly walk， let alone take part in any activities． A few people， however， take part in dangerous activities even though they are more than 100 years old﹣ They keep going and going! There is a great grandmother who likes challenging herself although she is 101 years old this year．

Mary Hardison believes that people should always be cheerful and more importantly， take on all kinds of adventures while they physically still can． So， instead of celebrating her 101st birthday with a boring party， she decided to go paragliding（滑翔跳伞）﹣ an idea she got from her 75﹣year﹣old son who recently took it up as a hobby．

So on her birthday， cheered on by her big family， she tied herself up together with expert instructor Kevin Hintze， and jumped down fearlessly from the sky near her home in Ogden， Utah． And， it was not just a simple jump either． According to Kevin Hintze， the grandmother encouraged him to turn around， as they made their way down．

This is not the first time that Mary has done something "wild" and "crazy"． For her 90th birthday she rode all the adult rides at Disneyland． And， she is not done yet﹣ For her 102nd birthday she hopes to go down the 3，000 feet Alpine Slide at Utah's Park City Mountain Resort!

Not surprisingly， this great action has made Mary Hardison very famous and also earned her a place in the Guinness World Records where she broke a 2007 record set by a 100﹣year﹣old British woman． What an amazing lady!

1. What do we know about Mary Hardison？

A．She took up paragliding as her hobby at the age of 75．

B．She is a 101﹣year﹣old lady who likes challenging herself．

C．She was recorded in the Guinness World Records in 2007．

D．She is the oldest woman in the Guinness World Records．

2. From whom did Mary get the idea of going paragliding？

A．A 100﹣year﹣old British woman．

B．Kevin Hintze．

C．Her grandson．

D．Her 75﹣year﹣old son．

3. How does the author feel about Mary's action？

A．Amazed．

B．Supportive．

C．Doubtful．

D．Worried．

4. The text is likely to appear in ________．

A．a news report

B．an advertisement

C．a novel

D．a science report

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

This morning, they left on a long trip to Hawaii. They were as     1    (excite) as if it were their honeymoon(蜜月).

When my parents married(结婚), they had only enough money for a three-day trip fifty miles from home. They made an     2    (agree) that each day they would put a dollar in a special metal box and save it for a honeymoon in Hawaii for their fiftieth anniversary(周年纪念).

Dad was a policeman, and Mom was a school teacher. They lived in a small house and did all     3    (they) own repairs. Raising five children was a challenge, and sometimes money was short,     4     no matter what emergency came up, Dad would not let Mom take any money out of the “Hawaii account(账户)”. As     5     account grew, they put it in a saving account and then bought CDs.

My parents     6    (be) always very much in love since the day they got married. I can remember Dad     7    (come) home and telling Mom, “I have a dollar in my pocket,” and she would smile     8    him and say, “I know how to spend it.”

When each of us children married, Mom and Dad gave us a small metal box and told us their secret,     9    we found attractive. All five of us are now saving for our dream honeymoon. Mom and Dad never told us how much money they had managed     10    (save), but it must have been fairly large because when they cashed in those CDs, they had enough for the flights to Hawaii and a hotel room for ten days and plenty of spending money.

3 .           The friendship between us lasts forever. Mary Allen was my best friend— ___a sister. We did ___together, piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and __.

When I was 13,my family moved. Mary and I kept in___through letters, and we saw __on special occasions—like my wedding and ___.Soon we were busy___children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less___.One day a card that I ___came back stamped “Address Unknown”.I had no ____how to find Mary.

Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to 1__stories of my children and then grandchildren. I needed to share my sorrow when my brother and then my mother died. There was an ____place in my heart that only a friend like Mary ____fill.

One day I was reading a newspaper ____I noticed a picture of a young woman 1__looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman—Mary’s married name.“There must be thousands of Wagmans，” I thought,but I wrote to her ____.

She called as soon as she got my letter.“Mrs Tobin！” she said ____，“Mary Allen Wagman is my mother.” Minutes later I heard a voice that I ____at once, even after 50 years. We laughed and cried and asked about each other’s lives.

Now the empty place in my heart is ___，and there’s one thing that Mary and I know____： we won’t lose each other again!

1.

A．like

B．so

C．namely

D．as

2.

A．everything

B．nothing

C．nowhere

D．everywhere

3.

A．such

B．much

C．so on

D．many

4.

A．secret

B．touch

C．friend

D．pace

5.

A．other

B．others

C．each other

D．another

6.

A．Mary’s

B．his

C．Mary

D．their

7.

A．for

B．in

C．at

D．with

8.

A．often

B．possibly

C．probably

D．hardly

9.

A．gave

B．took

C．sent

D．missed

10.

A．doubt

B．idea

C．question

D．wonder

11.

A．read

B．share

C．find

D．discover

12.

A．eager

B．equal

C．empty

D．enough

13.

A．could

B．can

C．will

D．must

14.

A．while

B．since

C．once

D．when

15.

A．whom

B．who

C．which

D．whose

16.

A．anyway

B．however

C．meanwhile

D．therefore

17.

A．disappointedly

B．rudely

C．excitedly

D．coldly

18.

A．realized

B．accepted

C．received

D．recognized

19.

A．cleared

B．fixed

C．filled

D．removed

20.

A．by chance

B．on purpose

C．for sure

D．in a way