When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good
36 to help us pull through.
I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to
37 a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting
38 , I decided that I had to make a jump myself
39 . Unluckily, I’m not good at any
40 , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.
My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a
41 . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s
42 included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n)
43 . For this, I had to wait until the following
44 .
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield.
45 , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was
46 to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon
47 . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a
48 from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute
49 after I jumped.
“Get
50 , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to
51 , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.
“Jump!” Harry called
52 . “Jump!”
Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick
53 . My big parachute had opened! It was the best
54 I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was
55 .
| 小题1: | | A．way | B．chance | C．idea | D．value |
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| 小题2: | | A．tell | B．write | C．read | D．copy |
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| 小题3: | | A．film | B．poem | C．story | D．program |
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| 小题4: | | A．secretly | B．instead | C．finally | D．first |
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| 小题5: | | A．sport | B．driving | C．lesson | D．drawing |
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| 小题6: | | A．try | B．hand | C．gift | D．suggestion |
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| 小题7: | | A．jumping | B．journey | C．training | D．entertainment |
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| 小题8: | | A．tree | B．tower | C．building | D．airplane |
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| 小题9: | | A．week | B．month | C．evening | D．morning |
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| 小题10: | | A．Besides | B．Once | C．There | D．However |
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| 小题11: | | A．asked | B．invited | C．forced | D．taught |
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| 小题12: | | A．slowing | B．climbing | C．landing | D．filling |
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| 小题13: | | A．belt | B．steel | C．line | D．seat |
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| 小题14: | | A．light | B．broken | C．fixed | D．open |
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| 小题17: | | A．softly | B．loudly | C．nervously | D．excitedly |
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| 小题18: | | A．comfort | B．wind | C．pull | D．push |
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| 小题19: | | A．failure | B．experience | C．competition | D．danger |
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| 小题20: | | A．tiring | B．shocking | C．true | D．fun |
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