三 : Cloze: Man has always wanted to fly. Even as long as eight hundred years ago, an Englishman had 1___ He made a pair of 2___ from chicken feathers and fixed them to his 3___ Then he jumped from a tall building. As you can 4___, he did not fly very far. 5___, he fell to the ground and 6___ several bones. The first real attempt at flying 7___ place in France in 1783. The two Montgolfier brothers 8___ that hot air rises. 9___ they could fill a large balloon with hot air, they thought it would rise into the air and 10___. They were right. They made a very large hot air balloon of cloth and paper. It 11___ ten meters in diameters. They filled It with hot air and the balloon 12___ two hundred meters into the air and sailed about eight kilometers forward. At the next attempt, they arranged for a balloon to 13___ passengers. We do not know 14___ the passengers felt 15___ the trip as they were a cock, a duck, and a sheep. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and carried the animals safely. 1. A. wanted B. tried C. flown D. succeeded 2. A. sticks B. fans C. wings D. flags 3. A. hands B. feet C. head D. shoulders 4. A. imagine B. think C. know D. see 5. A. Unfortunately B. Differently C. Instead D. Hopefully 6. A. hurt B. hit C. broke D. wound 7. A had B. made C. took D. got 8. A. thought B imagined C. saw D. knew 9. A. If B. When C. After D. Since 10. A. go B. fly C. blow D. flow 11. A. lasted B. lengthened C. measured D. got 12. A. rose B. raised C. got D. went 13. A. drive B. carry C. ride D. move 14. A. which B. that C. when D. what 15. A. about B. with C. during D. over