Children in America will leave their parents’ houses w 1  they grow up. They u 2    live far away from their parents b  3   they want to find good jobs. Their parents often let them c 4　　  

their own jobs. Americans think i  5   important f  6    them to depend on their children to do some work a  7   their homes. And in many families, the children are paid for d 8   some housework, so that they can  l   9   to make money for their own u  10    .

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When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good 　35 to help us pull through.

　 I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to 36 a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）. To make it a realistic as well as exciting story, I decided that I had to make a jump myself 　37 . Unluckily, I’m not good at any sport, let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping.

　 My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a 　38 . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s 　39 included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from an airplane. For this, I had to wait until the following morning.

　 The next morning, I was taken to the airfield. There, a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was asked to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon 　40 . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a 　41 from my parachute to a steel（钢制品）ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute 42 after I jumped.

　 “Get ready, Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to cry, “NO, no, no!” But no word came.

　 “Jump!” Harry called loudly. “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 　43 . My big parachute had opened! It was the best

44 I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was fun.

35. A. way 　　　　　　　　 B. chance　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. idea　 　　　　　　　　　 D. value

36. A. tell　　　 　　　　 B. write　　　　 　　　 C. read　 　　　　　　　　 D. copy

37. A. secretly　　 　　 B. instead　　 　　　　　　 C. finally　 　　　　　　　 D. first

38. A. try　　 　　　　　 B. hand　　　　 　　　　 C. gift　　　 　　　　　 D. suggestion

39. A. jumping　　 　　 B. journey　 　　　　　　 C. training 　 　　　　　　 D. entertainment

40. A. slowing　 　　　　 B. climbing　 　　　　　 C. landing　 　　　　　　　 D. filling

41. A. bag　　　 　　　 B. steel　　　 　　　　　 C. line　　 　　　　　　　 D. seat

42. A. light　　 　　　　　 B. broken　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. fixed　　　 　　　　　 D. open

43. A. comfort　 　　　　 B. wind　　　 　　　　 C. pull　　　 　　　　　 D. push

44. A. failure　 　　　　 B. experience 　　　　　　 C. competition 　　　　　 D. danger