Last week, he went to a friend’s house for dinner, and there were some other guests there, too.

　　They had a good dinner and were pleased. Then the hostess（女主人）went to Mr Juta and said, “It’s said that you can sing Chinese songs, Juta? Please sing us a Chinese song! ”

　　Mr Juta was very happy, he began to sing an old song about the Yangtse River of China. The guests listened to it for a few minutes and then one of the guests began to cry. She was a young woman and had dark hair and very dark eyes.

　　One of the other guest went to her, put his hand on her back and said, “Please don’t cry. Are you Chinese?”Another young man asked, “Do you love China?”

　　“No, ”the young woman answered, “I’m not Chinese, and I’ve never been to China, but I’m a singer, and I love music! ”

　　1．Mr Juta likes___________very much．

　　A. dancing　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　  B. dinner

　　C. singing　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 　　   　　   D．singing foreign songs

　　2．When did he begin to sing?

　　A. Before the dinner.

　　B. After the dinner.

　　C. In the middle of the dinner.

　　D. As soon as he got to the friend’s house.

　　3．Why did the young woman cry?

　　A. Because she was a foreign person.

　　B. Because she was a Chinese.

　　C. Because she was a singer.

　　D. Because Mr Juta’s singing was too bad.

　　4．What did you think of Juta’s singing?

　　A. Wonderful.     　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. Too bad.

　　C. Not bad. 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　  D. Very good.

On Nov.18th, 1908, three men went up in a balloon. They started early in London. The headman was Auguste Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.

Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope, and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to use the box to change the weight of the balloon. The three people were also carrying some bags of sand.

After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metres, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole 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 was still snowing; so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 metres! Everything became icy. They were very cold and  they decided to land. They came down in Poland　heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797 kilometres from London!

1.Where did they start their travel on Nov.18th, 1908?

2.What was the metal box used for?

3. Why did they have to drop some whole bags of sand during the travel?

4. How long did they travel in the end?

5.

What do you think of the three people and their travel? (请自拟一句话作答)

—Where are Kate and Michael?　　

   —They __________ England.

A. have gone to          B. have been to           C. had been in