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Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from a BBC news report.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

daredevil / tightrope / altitude / safety harness / stuntman

1.
Chinese inventor claims he reached an __________ of 4,000m on his home made flying machine.

2.
Strapped to a __________ tethered more than 100 floors up, he began his climb up the silvery, glass-covered tower just after 1800 (1400 GMT) on Monday.

3.
"human cannonball" __________ plunged to his death in an accident seen by hundreds of people at a daredevil show.

4.
The New York state assembly has made an exception to a century-old ban on stunts at Niagara Falls, to allow a renowned __________ walker to cross from one side to the other.

5.
Sam has a touch of the ___________. He flies helicopters, boxes, rides motorbikes and carries the air of a dashing gentleman untroubled by life's frailties.