Jim is a ___小题1:___ (talent) man who can do quite a lot of things. He is an honest man as ___小题2:___as a kind man., but he is never at ___小题3:___ mercy of anybody. In a way, it’s his shortcoming. The ___小题4:___day, he and I went to the zoo together. When he saw the tiger in the distance, he thought of a foolish ___小题5:___ to control the tiger by attempting ___小题6:___ (ride) it! If the adults had not come in time, he wouldn’t have escaped from the jaws of ___小题7:___(die). Another time I went surfing with him. When he set loose, he surfed ___小题8:___ the direction of the middle of the sea without anybody following him. I ___小题9:___ next to him at the beginning, but he surfed so fast that I couldn’t keep up with him. Gradually, we couldn’t see him at all. It was not until late in the afternoon ___小题10:___ he returned to the shore.
小题1:talented
小题2:well
小题3:the
小题4:other
小题5:idea
小题6:to ride
小题7:death
小题8:in
小题9:was
小题10:that
题目分析：作者介绍朋友吉姆是个有天赋的，诚实的善良的人，通过作者举的例子也可以看出吉姆是个喜欢冒险的人。
小题1:吉姆是个有天赋的人,能做很多事情。这里使用的形容词“有天赋的”： talented。
小题2:他是个诚实的人也是一个善良的人。As well as不但……而且……
小题3:但是他从不受任何人的支配。词组：at the mercy of受……支配。
小题4:几天前，我和他一起去动物园。The other day几天前。
小题5:他有了一个愚蠢的想法想通过骑上老虎将它控制。考查名词“想法，主意”：idea。
小题6:attempt to do试图做……，所以填to ride。
小题7:如果大人没有及时感到，他不会逃脱死亡的爪子。考查名词“死亡”：death。
小题8:他朝着海的中间冲浪没有人跟着他。和direction搭配用介词in。
小题9:我就在他旁边。因为是回忆过去的事情，be动词用一般过去式：was。
小题10:晚上直到很晚他才回到岸边。考查强调句：It was not until……that……“直到……才……”。
