问题补充：
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.talented
答案：
(答案→)talented
解析：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……”。
