20. The best title
of this article is ________.
A. A new island B.
The birth of an island
C. A new world D.
Scientists discovered Surtsey
(E)
On Nov.18th,1908,three men went up in a balloon(气球).They
started early in London. The headman was Augusta 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(绳子),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 change its
weight(重量).It was for use over the sea. They 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 so cold that
they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely.
They had travelled 1,797 kilometers from London!