Question

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及各空中所給的首字母, 填寫(xiě)一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~, 使短文意思完整且符合邏輯。

　　How about spending your holiday traveling by balloon (氣球)? Do you
know much about balloon trips? Now 1. t_____of people are interested in
traveling in this way. The first balloon trip occurred (發(fā)生) in 1783. It 2. o_____
lasted for a few minutes, but it became very 3. p_____. A few short years later, a
Frenchman, Jean Pierre Blanchard, and his American friend, John Jefferies,
decided to fly 4. a_____ the English Channel (英吉利海峽) by balloon. Many
people were 5. l_____ forward to their success. Unfortunately, while they were
high over the Channel, they 6. d_____ a hole in the balloon. The hole 7. b_____
bigger and bigger causing the gas in the balloon to escape. Filled with fear, they
8. t_____ all their things into the water to make the bal-loon lighter. Their plan
worked and the balloon 9. r_____ again. At last they succeeded in 10. l_____
their balloon on the opposite shore (岸).
1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____
6. _____ 7. _____ 8. _____ 9. _____ 10. _____

Answer 1

1. thousands 2. only  3. popular 4. across 5. looking

6. discovered 7. became 8. threw 9. rose 10. landing