According to some (0) scientists (SCIENCE), high-risk sports can be particularly (31) valuable (VALUE) for certain types of people. Such activities help them to learn that being (32) frightened (FRIGHT) doesn’t mean that they have to lose control. The recent fashion for jumping from bridges attached to a (33) ___
length__ (LONG) of elastic rope, known as “bungee jumping”, has now been tried by over one million people (34) worldwide (WORLD) and interest in it is continuing to grow.
Before the special elastic rope (35)
tighted tightened(TIGHT) around them, jumpers reach speeds of nearly 160kph. First-timers are usually too (36) terrified (TERROR) to open théir mouths, and when they are finally (37) lowered (LOW) safely to the ground, they walk around with broad smiles on their faces, saying (38) repeatedly (REPEAT) how amazing it was. However, for some people, it is only the (39) embarrassment (EMBARRASS) of refusing to jump at the last minute that finally persuades them to conquer their fear of (40)
height heights(HIGH) and push themselves off into space.
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