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江西省上高二中10-11学年高一上学期第一次月考(英语) 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 .
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