Dorothy Hoffner was a 104-year-old Chicago woman. On 1 October, 2023, she jumped out of a plane from 13,500ft (4,100 metres) at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois, 85 miles (140km) south-west of Chicago. It was not her first time jumping from a plane. Four years ago, she tried it for the first time.

“Age is just a number,” Hoffner said after landing. “The whole thing was delightful, couldn’t have been better.” 

Hoffner’s close friend Joe Conant said Hoffner was found dead Monday morning by staff at the Brookdale Lake View senior living community. She died in her sleep on the night of 8 October, Sunday. 

Conant said Hoffner had amazing energy. “She never seemed to be tired. She just kept going,” he said Tuesday. “She was not someone who would take naps (小睡) in the afternoon. She showed up in all occasions. She was always there, fully present. She kept going, always.”

Conant was working through paperwork to make sure that Guinness World Records certifies Hoffner posthumously (于死后) as the world’s oldest skydiver, but he expects that will take some time. The present record was set in May 2022 by 103-year-old Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson of Sweden. Conant said Hoffner didn’t skydive to break a record. And she had no interest in any publicity or anything. She wasn’t doing it for any other reason than she wanted to go skydiving.

“She was a dear friend who was an inspiration,” Conant said.

1.How old was Hoffner when she skydived for the first time?

A 106.

B 104.

C 102.

D 100.

解析：选D。D数字计算题。根据第一段第一句可知霍夫纳今年104岁，结合最后一句“Four years ago, she tried it for the first time.”可知，这是霍夫纳的第二次跳伞，她第一次跳伞发生在四年前，那时她100岁。故选D。

2.What does the underlined word “delightful” mean?

A Expensive.

B Convenient.

C Awful.

D Exciting.

解析：选D。D词义猜测题。根据划线部分后面的“couldn’t have been better.”可知，霍夫纳在10月1日跳伞着陆后说整个体验都精彩，好得不能再好了，因此这次体验很令人愉快。故选D。

3.Which word can best describe Hoffner?

A Humorous.

B Honest.

C Active.

D Polite.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知，霍夫纳有惊人的能量，她不知疲倦，她不会在下午小睡，由此可见她积极、有活力。故选C。

4.Why did Hoffner skydive?

A Because she wanted to break a record.

B Because she just wanted to do it.

C Because she wanted to make a video.

D Because Conant wanted her to try it.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第五段最后一句“She wasn’t doing it for any other reason than she wanted to go skydiving.”可知，霍夫纳跳伞不是为了打破世界纪录，她单纯是因为想去跳伞。故选B。

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A Age is not a problem.

B Doing is better than saying.

C Better early than late.

D By doing we learn.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，尽管多萝西·霍夫纳已经104岁了，但是她勇于挑战自己，成为史上年龄最大的高空跳伞者，A项“年龄不是问题”最符合文意。故选A。