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I
ter
atio
alBalloo
Festivali
Mexicomoretha
aweekago．
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gtheeve
tasawarmupforhispla
edtra
sAtla
ticflight
scheduledfor
extsummer．Heaimstocompletethe2，500milejour
eyi
aseve
footlifeboatcarriedby
365hugeheliumballoo
s．
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i
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da
gerfilledadve
ture．
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18，000feeta
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ghispreviousworldaltituderecordof21，
600feet，a
dmustflyu
i
terruptedadista
cete
timeslo
gertha
hispreviousworldrecordof230miles
i
ordertosucceed．
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turerTrappe，whoholdsrecordsforcrossi
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d
thelo
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thise
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．
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k：‘I’goi
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tic，’”hesaid．“Everyattempt
beforethiswaspreparedforthisfight，I’vebee
trai
i
gforalo
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turerflewacrosstheE
glishCha
elto__________．
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s
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chahouse
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D．prepareforbreaki
garecord
2．Tofi
ishthejour
ey，hewillflyadista
ceof__________．
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ey，whichisNOTme
tio
edi
thepassage
fA．Whe
hewillfly
B．Howhighhesillfly
C．Howfarhewillfly
D．Howlo
gitwilltakehim
4．Howma
yworldrecordsdoesJo
atha
hold
A．Two
B．Three
C．Four
D．Five
5．Whatdoeshelastparagraphimply
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’tsleepworryi
gabouttheadve
ture
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tosetworldrecords
C．Trappealwayskeepshisambitio
i
mi
d
D．Trappe
everthoughtofcrossi
gtheAtla
ticbefore
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