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Up Up and Away!

An adventurer who became the first person to fly across the English Channel on a cluster（簇）of balloons has launched a house into the sky just like in the hit movie Up-in reparation for a more ambitious journey and a new record

Fearless Trappe from North Carolina stepped into the cartoon themed home before flying above the leon International Balloon Festivel in Mexico more than a week ago.

The 38-year-old Trappe was using the event as a warm-up for his planned trans-Atlantic flight scheduled for next summer He aims to complete the 2 500-mile journey in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium（氦气）ballooms

The brave man is learning to sail a lifeboat in case he meeds to ditch (在海中迫降)into the ocean during the danger-filled adventure

He sill fly at between 18 000 feet and 25 000 feet beating his previous world altitude record of 21 600 feet and must fly uninterrupted a distance ten times longer than his previous world record of 230 miles in order to succeed.

The adventurer Trappe who holes records for crossing the Alps flying the most cluster balloons and the longest distance has opent his entire carreer building up to this ambitious plan.

“I didn’t wake up one day and think：‘I’ going to fly across the Atlantic ’”he said “he said  Every attempt before this was prepared for this fight I’ve been training for a long time”

1.The adventurer flew across the English Channel to          

A．test the balloons

B．launch a house

C．shoot a hit movie

D．prepare for breaking a record

2.To finish the journey he will fly a distance of            

A．2500 miles        B．18 000 feet        C．25 000 feet        D．230 miles

3.About the ambitious journey which is NIT mentioned in the passage?

A．When he will fly                        B．How high he sill fly

C．How far he will fly                       D．How long it will take him

4.How many world records does Jonathan hold?

A．Two              B．Three            C．Four             D．Five

5.What does he last paragraph imply?

A．Trappe can’t sleep worrying about the adventure

B．Trappe was born to set world records

C．Trappe always keeps his ambition in mind

D．Trappe never thought of crossing the Ataantic before

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.C

分 析：
这篇文章主要报道了Trappe乘坐一簇热气球穿越了英吉利海峡，打破了世界纪录。

1.根据An adventurer who became the first person to fly across the English Channel on a cluster（簇）of balloons has launched a house into the sky just like in the hit movie Up-in reparation for a more ambitious journey and a new record， 故选D。

2.根据He aims to complete the 2 500-mile journey in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium（氦气）ballooms，故选A。

3.文章提到了他飞行的时间、距离及高度，只有D选项没有提到，所以答案为D。

4.根据The adventurer Trappe who holes records for crossing the Alps flying the most cluster balloons and the longest distance has opent his entire carreer building up to this ambitious plan.因此选C。

5.根据“I didn’t wake up one day and think：‘I’ going to fly across the Atlantic ’”he said “he said  Every attempt before this was prepared for this fight I’ve been training for a long time”因此选C。

考点：
新闻报道类短文阅读理解

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