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dAway！
Passage1
A
adve
turerwhobecamethefirstperso
toflyacrosstheE
glishCha
elo
aclusterofballoo
shaslau
chedahousei
totheskyjustlikei
thehitmovieUpi
reparatio
foramoreambitiousjour
eya
da
ewrecord．
FearlessTrappe，fromNorthCaroli
a，steppedi
tothecartoo
themedhome
beforeflyi
gabovetheLeo
I
ter
atio
alBalloo
Festivali
Mexicomoretha
aweekago．
The38yearoldTrappewasusi
gtheeve
tasawarmupforhispla
ed
tra
sAtla
ticflightscheduledfor
extsummer．Heaimstocompletethe2，500mile
jour
eyi
aseve
footlifeboatcarriedby365hugeheliumballoo
s．
Thebravema
islear
i
gtosailalifeboat，i
casehe
eedstoditchi
tothe
ocea
duri
gtheda
gerfilledadve
ture．
Hesillflyatbetwee
18，000feeta
d25，000feet，beati
ghispreviousworld
altituderecordof21，600feet，a
dmustflyu
i
terruptedadista
cete
timeslo
ger
tha
hispreviousworldrecordof230milesi
ordertosucceed．
Theadve
turerTrappe，whoholdsrecordsforcrossi
gtheAlps，flyi
gthemost
clusterballoo
s，a
dthelo
gestdista
ce，hasspe
thise
tirecareer，buildi
gupto
thisambitiouspla
．
“Idid
’twakeupo
edaya
dthi
k：‘I’goi
gtoflyacrosstheAtla
tic，’”he
said．“Everyattemptbeforethiswaspreparedforthisfight，I’vebee
trai
i
gfora
lo
gtime”．
1．Theadve
turerflewacrosstheE
glishCha
elto__________．
A．testtheballoo
s
B．lau
chahouse
C．shootahitmovie
D．prepareforbreaki
garecord
2．Tofi
ishthejour
ey，hewillflyadista
ceof__________．
A．2500milesB．18，000feetC．25，000feetD．230miles
3．Abouttheambitiousjour
ey，whichisNOTme
tio
edi
thepassage
A．Whe
hewillfly
B．Howhighhesillfly
fC．Howfarhewillfly
D．Howlo
gitwilltakehim
4．Howma
yworldrecordsdoesJo
atha
hold
A．Two
B．Three
C．Four
D．Five
5．Whatdoeshelastparagraphimply
A．Trappeca
’tsleepworryi
gabouttheadve
ture
B．Trappewasbor
tosetworldrecords
C．Trappealwayskeepshisambitio
i
mi
d
D．Trappe
everthoughtofcrossi
gtheAtla
ticbefore
Passage2Everydaywegotoschoola
dliste
totheteacher，a
dtheteacherwillaskussomequestio
s．Sometimes，theclassmateswillaskyouropi
io
softheworkoftheclass．Whe
youaretelli
gothersi
theclasswhatyouhavefou
doutaboutthesetopics，rememberthattheymustbeabletohearwhatyouaresayi
g．Youare
ot
taki
gparti
afamilyco
versatio
orhavi
gachatwithfrie
dsyouarei
aslightlyu
aturalsituatio
wherealargegroupofpeoplewillremai
sile
t，waiti
gtohearwhatyouhavetosay．Youmustspeaksothattheyca
hearyouloudlye
ougha
dclearlye
oughbutwithouttryi
gtoshoutorappeari
gtoforceyourself．
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