7. What can be inferred about the author from the text?

A. He skydived for the first time at the age of 48.

B. He jumped at his daughter's recommendation.

C. Never had he considered attempting to do skydiving.

D. The older he gets, the less fearful of heights he is.

【答案】4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者退休以后在女儿的鼓励下参加了跳伞活动，最终他战胜了自我，享受到生命中最激动人心的时刻。

【4题详解】

推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句"I asked if so many people died jumping out of airplanes in this area that they needed to keep building more cemeteries to bury all the bodies!"作者询问是否很多人都因为跳伞死亡后被埋在了这个地方，可推知他很害怕跳伞可能会有生命危险。故D项正确。

【5题详解】

细节理解题。根据第三段第三句"As Bailey stepped to the door, she looked back at me and said "Dad, I'm sure you can do it!""可知，在Bailey跳伞之前，女儿鼓励作者挑战自我。故A项正确。

【6题详解】

推理判断题。根据最后一段前两句"The next five minutes were some of the most exciting of my life. It was so beautiful and peaceful-except for the parts where I was screaming."可知，作者认为跳伞以后的五分钟是他人生中最刺激的五分钟，说明他非常开心。故B项正确。

【7题详解】

推理判断题。根据第一段第一句可知作者2年前50岁，那么现在应该是52岁，所以A项错误；第一段最后一句"As I age, I seem to have developed a growing fear of heights"告诉我们随着年龄增加，我越来越恐高，故D项错误。B项是第二段里直接告诉我们的，不需要推理。根据第一段第三句"I can promise you that of all the things I was thinking of doing, jumping out of an airplane never came close to making the list."可知，跳伞从来不是作者认为作者能做的事情，也就是说作者从来没有考虑过跳伞。故C项正确。