英语阅读理解练习题及答案第二节

英语阅读理解练习题及答案第二节

　　On Nov.18th,1908,three n ent up in a balloon(气球).They started early in London. The headman as Augusta Gaudron, and the other to n ere Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they ere ready for a long ay.

　　Soon they heard the sea. They ere carrying the usual rope(绳子),and it as hanging don from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a tal box. This uld hold ater, or it uld be empty. So they ere able to change its eight(重量).It as for use over the sea. They ere also carrying so bags of sand.

　　After the sun rose, the balloon ent higher. It ent up to 3,000 tres, and the air as very ld. The ater in the balloon beca ice. Sno fell past the n's basket, and they uld see more sno on the ground. The n tried to thro out so more sand; but it as hard. They tried to break the icy sand ith their knives, but it as not easy. The ork as slo and they ere still falling, so they had to drop so hole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.

　　At last they pulled the box into the basket. It as still snoing; so they　climbed to get aay from the sno. They rose to 5,100 tres! Everything beca icy. They ere so ld that they decided to land. They ca don in Poland　heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 kiloters from London!

　　21. Three n fle in balloon ________.

　　A. for nearly 1,800 kiloters B. to another city

　　C. to visit Poland D. more than a century ago