阅读下列短文.从所给的四个选项中.选出最佳答案 Would you like to spend your vacation travelling by ball

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Would you like to spend your vacation ( holidays) travelling by balloon? The first balloon trip took place in France in 1783. It lasted only eight minutes. About a year later, an American and a Frenchman decided to cross the channel by balloon. When they were flying over the channel, they discovered a hole in the balloon. It grew bigger and bigger. The gas keeping the balloon up was escaping ( giving off ). The men threw all their belongings into the water to make the balloon lighter. It started to rise higher again, but it was still too close to the water. Finally the men threw away most of their clothes to save themselves. The crowd waiting for them in England were very surprised when the balloon landed!

(1) The men threw most of their clothes away ______.

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A．to get out of danger

B．because there was a hole in the balloon

C．because the balloon was going down

D．to save their clothes

(2) The crowd waiting for them were surprised because ______.

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A．the men threw all their belongings into the water

B．the gas keeping the balloon up was escaping

C．the hole in the balloon was gone

D．the two men had almost nothing on when they landed

(3) The two men had their balloon trip in _______.

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A．1783　B．1781　C．1784　D．1782

(4) Why was it too close to the water when they had thrown all their belongings?

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A．Because they wanted to land

B．Because they were too fat

C．Because they wanted to do so

D．Because there was something wrong with the balloon

(5) The channel between France and England is called ______.

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A．the England Channel　B．the English Channel

C．the British Channel　  D．the Great Britain Channel

试题答案

答案：A;B;C;D;B