When we are unfamiliar with something， we may feel nervous and scared. The help of others is a good 1 to help us pull through.

    I write for a big newspaper， and I wanted to 2 a story about parachute jumping(跳伞). To make it a realistic as well as exciting 3 ， I decided that I had to make a jump myself 4 . Unluckily， I'm not good at any 5 ， let alone(更不用说) parachute jumping.

    My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a 6. He took me to a ground school. The first day's 7 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.8 ， 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 9. I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters， Harry， my teacher， hooked(钩)a line from my parachute to a steel(钢的) ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute 10 after I jumped.

    “Get 11 ， Henry，” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to 12 ， “No， no， no!” But no word came.

    “Jump!” Harry called 13. “Jump!”

    Away from the plane， and down， down I fell， arms stretched(伸直). It worked. All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick 14 My big parachute had opened! It was the best 15 I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers， trees， fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was fun.