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On,1908,threemenwentupinaballoon（气球）.TheystartedearlyinLondon.TheheadmanwasAugustaGaudron,andtheothertwomenwereTannarandMaitland.Theyhadabigballoonandtheywerereadyforalongway.

Soontheyheardthesea.Theywerecarryingtheusualrope（绳子）,anditwashangingdownfromthebasketoftheballoon.Attheendoftheropetheyhadtiedametalbox.Thiscould

holdwater,oritcouldbeempty.Sotheywereabletochangeitsweigh（toverthesea.Theywerealsocarryingsomebagsofsand.

重量）.Itwasforuse

Afterthesunrose,theballoonwenthigher.Itwentupto3,000metres,andtheairwasverycold.Thewaterintheballoonbecameice.Snowfellpastthemensbasket,andtheycouldseemoresnowontheground.Thementriedtothrowoutsomemoresand;butitwashard.Theytriedtobreaktheicysandwiththeirknives,butitwasnoteasy.Theworkwasslowandtheywerestillfalling,sotheyhadtodropsomewholebagsofsand.Oneofthemfellonanicylakeandmadeablackholeintheice.

Atlasttheypulledtheboxintothebasket.Itwasstillsnowing;sotheyclimbedtogetaway

fromthesnow.Theyroseto5,100metres!Everythingbecameicy.Theyweresocoldthattheydecidedtoland.TheycamedowninPolandheavilybutsafely.Theyhadtravelled1,797kilometersfromLondon!

Threemenflewinballoon .

fornearly1,800kilometers B.toanothercity

C.tovisitPoland D.morethanacenturyago

Themetalboxwasusedfor .

carryingthebagsofsand B.keepingdrinking-water

C.carryingropesofthebasket D.changingweight

Whentheballoonwentuphigher, .

thetemperatureoftheballoonbegantofall B.Theysawthesungodown

C.Theymadeaholeinthebasketwiththeirknives

D.Theycouldseeablackholeontheground

Theballoonlanded .

inLondon B.onthesea C.onalake D.inaforeigncountry

WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue

Thethreemenstartedtheirjourneybeforethesunrose.