Question

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（氦氣）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”
【小題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

【小題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

【小題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

【小題4】How many world records does Jonathan hold?

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

【小題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

【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：這篇文章主要報道了Trappe乘坐一簇?zé)釟馇虼┰搅擞⒓�利海峽，打破了世界紀(jì)錄。
【小題1】根據(jù)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， 故選D。
【小題2】根據(jù)He aims to complete the 2,500-mile journey in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium（氦氣）ballooms，故選A。
【小題3】文章提到了他飛行的時間、距離及高度，只有D選項沒有提到，所以答案為D。
【小題4】根據(jù)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.因此選C。
【小題5】根據(jù)“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”因此選C。
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