17．Far out in the lake was a large wooden platform on which stood an improbably high diving board-a kind of wooden Eiffel Tower．It was，I'm sure，the county's tallest wooden structure and no one had ever been known to jump from it．
So it was quite a shock when our teacher，Mr．Milton，announced that he would dive off the high board that very afternoon．
Word of his questionable plan was already spreading through town as Mr．Milton swam out to the platform．He was just a tiny，stick figure when he got there but even from such a distance the high board seemed almost to touch the clouds．Once at the top，he paced the enormously long board，then took some deep breaths and finally stood at edge．He was going to do it．
Several hundred people had gathered at the shore to watch．Mr．Milton stood for quite a long time，then he raised his arms，took one massive bounce and launched himself into a perfect dive．It was beautiful．He fell with perfect style for what seemed minutes．The crowd fell silent．The only sound to be heard was the faint whistle of his body tearing through the air toward the water far，far below．
But about three quarters of the way down he seemed to have second thoughts and began suddenly to panic，waving his arms and legs like someone having a bad dream．When he was perhaps thirty feet above the water，he gave up on waving and spread his arms and legs wide，apparently hoping that it would somehow slow his fall．
It didn't．
He hit the water at over six hundred miles an hour．The impact was so loud that it made birds fly out of their trees three miles away．I don't think he entered the water at all．He just bounced off it，about fifteen feet back into the air．After that，he lay still on the surface，spinning like an autumn leaf．
He was brought to shore by two passing fishermen in a rowboat and placed on an old blanket where he spent the rest of the afternoon．Occasionally he accepted small sips of water，but otherwise was too shocked to speak．From head to toe，he was covered with deep red bruises．
…It was the best day of my life．
24．What did the writer think of Mr．Milton's plan to jump from the diving board？A
A．Crazy．
B．Disappointing．
C．Heroic．
D．Confused．
25．In Paragraph 3，Mr．Milton is described as"a tiny，stick figure"because he wasC．
A．tired after swimming
B．very small and thin
C．very far away
D．sure to be broken
26．Why did Mr．Milton suddenly start swinging his arms and legs during the dive？B
A．He thought it was the best way to slow his fall．
B．He lost his confidence and started to panic．
C．He was signalling the crowd for help．
D．He wanted to show his courage．
27．Which of the following sentences from the passage is an example of a fact？D
A．He hit the water at over six hundred miles an hour．
B．The impact was so loud that it made birds fly out of trees up to three miles away．
C．He just bounced off it，about fifteen feet back into the air．
D．He was brought to shore by two passing fishermen in a rowboat．
分析 本文屬于說(shuō)明文閱讀，作者通過(guò)這篇文章主要向我們描述了我的老師Mr．Milton從很高的跳水板上跳下去潛水，起初他十分輕松自在，但是后來(lái)他很驚恐害怕，并且停止揮動(dòng)手臂和腿希望降低速度，最后他被路過(guò)的漁民帶到岸邊，震驚得說(shuō)不出話來(lái)，而且身上都是紅色的深傷痕．
解答 24．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第二段So it was quite a shock when our teacher，Mr．Milton，announced that he would dive off the high board that very afternoon．可知當(dāng)我知道我們老師要從跳水板上跳下來(lái)我覺(jué)得很震驚，從而可以推斷出我覺(jué)得這個(gè)舉動(dòng)是瘋狂的，故選A．
25．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第三段He was just a tiny，stick figure when he got there but even from such a distancethe high board seemed almost to touch the clouds．可知他之所以看起來(lái)很小很單薄是因?yàn)樗嚯x我們太遠(yuǎn)了，故選C．
26．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第四段he seemed to have second thoughts and began suddenly to panic他似乎有了別的想法，突然開(kāi)始恐慌，可知他有點(diǎn)驚慌了，似乎有點(diǎn)失去自信，因此他突然揮舞著他的胳膊和腿，故選B．
27．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"He was brought to shore by two passing fishermen in a rowboat and placed on an old blanket where he spent the rest of the afternoon"他被路過(guò)的小船上兩個(gè)漁民帶上了岸放在一個(gè)舊毯子，他下午的其余時(shí)間都花在岸邊；可知他被路過(guò)的小船上兩個(gè)漁民帶上了岸；故選D．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
