Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history have thought about the problem. One of these, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that could fly. But they were never built.,
Throughout history, other less famous men have wanted to fly. An example was a man in England 800years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into the air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. He fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body.
The first real step took place in France in 1783. Two brothers, the Mongolfiers, made a very large “hot air balloon”. They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year, the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted 8 minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about 8 kilometers.
【小題1】 Leonardo da Vinci        .

A．said that man would fly in the sky one day
B．built a kind of machine which never flew
C．drew many beautiful pictures of the birds
D．made designs of flying machines
【小題2】Eight hundred years ago an Englishman        .
A．made a kind of flying machine
B．tried to fly with wings made of chicken feathers
C．wanted to build a kind of balloon
D．tried to fly on a large bird
【小題3】 In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly        .
A．lost his lifeB．flew only 8 minutes
C．was not woundedD．succeeded in flying
【小題4】The very first air passengers in the balloon were      .
A．the King and QueenB．two Frenchmen
C．two animalsD．the Mongolfiers


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】C

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