阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。Rontheteacherattheskydiving（跳伞运动）schoolwassurprisedwhenthegray-hairedmansai

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阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Ron the teacher at the skydiving （ 跳伞运动 ） 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 （ 直升飞机 ） 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