1、The 38-year-old Trappe was using the event as a warm-up for his planned trans-Atlantic flight scheduled for next summerHe aims to complete the 2,500-mile journey in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium balloonsThe brave man is learning to sail a lifeboat,in case he needs to ditch into th
2、e ocean during the danger-filled adventureHe 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 succeedThe adventurer Trappe,who holds
3、 records for crossing the Alps,flying the most cluster balloons,and the longest distance,has spent his entire career,building up to this ambitious plan“I didnt wake up one day and think:I going to fly across the Atlantic,”he said“Every attempt before this was prepared for this fight,Ive been trainin
4、g for a long time”1The adventurer flew across the English Channel to_Atest the balloons Blaunch a houseCshoot a hit movie Dprepare for breaking a record2To finish the journey,he will fly a distance of_A2500 miles B18,000 feet C25,000 feet D230 miles3About the ambitious journey,which is NOT mentioned
5、 in the passage?AWhen he will fly BHow high he sill fly CHow far he will fly DHow long it will take him4How many world records does Jonathan hold?ATwo BThree CFour DFive5What does he last paragraph imply?ATrappe cant sleep worrying about the adventureBTrappe was born to set world recordsCTrappe alwa
6、ys keeps his ambition in mindDTrappe never thought of crossing the Atlantic beforePassage 2Every day we go to school and listen to the teacher,and the teacher will ask us some questionsSometimes,the classmates will ask your opinions of the work of the classWhen you are telling others in the class wh
7、at you have found out about these topics,remember that they must be able to hear what you are sayingYou are not taking part in a family conversation or having a chat with friends-you are in a slightly unnatural situation where a large group of people will remain silent,waiting to hear what you have
8、to sayYou must speak so that they can hear you-loudly enough and clearly enough but without trying to shout or appearing to force yourselfRemember,too,that it is the same if you are called to an interview whether it is with a professor of your school or a government official who might meet youThe pe
9、rson you are seeing will try to put you at your ease but the situation is somewhat different from that of a ordinary conversationYou must take special care that you can be heard1When you speak to the class,you should speak _Aas slowly as possible Bin a low voice Cloudly Dforcefully2Usually,when you
10、speak to the class,the class is _ Anoisy Bquiet Chaving a rest Dserious3 The situation in the class is _ that in your house Anot very different from Bsometimes the same as Csometimes not the same as Dnot the same as4If you are having a conversation with an official,the most important thing for you i
11、s _Ato show your ability Bto be very gentle Cto make sure that you can be heard Dto put the official at ease5The main idea of this passage is _Athat we should talk in different ways in different situations Bthat we must speak loudlyCthat we must keep silent at any timeDthat we must talk with the cla
12、ssPassage 3About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildingsInstead,they receive their elementary and high school education by working at home on computersThe Center for Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools” and that is about twi
13、ce as many as two years ago The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they liveSome educators say cyberschools receive money that should support traditional public schoolsThey also say it is difficult to know if students are learning wellOther educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speedThese people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schoolsThey say learning at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from schoolWhatever
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