When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful． The help of others is a good to help us pull through write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to a story about parachute jumping（跳伞）． To make it a realistic as well as exciting , I decided that I had to make a jump myself ．Unluckily, I’m not good at any , let alone（更不用说）parachute jumping．
My friend Mr． Smith was willing to give me a ． He took me to a ground school． The first day’s included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n) For this, I had to wait until the following ．
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield． , a heavy parachute was put on my back． Then I was to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway． Once on board, the plane was soon ． I began to feel nervous． As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked（钩）a 13 from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane． The line was to pull my parachute after I jumped．
“Get , Henry,” Harry said． I moved carefully to the door．I wanted to , “NO, no, no!” But no word came．
“Jump!” Harry called ． “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 ． My big parachute had opened! It was the best I ever had． I looked down． There were rivers, trees, fields and houses． I heard the soft sound of the air． This was ．
1.A． way B． chance C． idea D． value
2.A． tell B． write C． read D． copy
3.A． film B． poem C． story D． program
4.A． secretly B． instead C． finally D． first
5.A． sport B． driving C． lesson D． drawing
6.A． try B． hand C． gift D． suggestion
7.A． jumping B． journey C． training D． entertainment
8.A． tree B． tower C． building D． airplane
9.A． week B． month C． evening D． morning
10.A． Besides B． Once C． There D． However
11.A． asked B． invited C． forced D． taught
12.A． slowing B． climbing C． landing D． filling
13.A． belt B． steel C． line D． seat
14.A． light B． broken C． fixed D． open
15.A． ready B． up C． on D． away
16.A． cry B． rest C． laugh D． lie