At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing; so they climbed up to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 meters! 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!

　　56. The metal box was used for ________.

　　A. carrying the bags of sand

　　B. keeping drinking-water

　　C. carrying ropes of the basket

　　D. changing weight

　　57. The balloon landed ________.

　　A. in London

　　B. on the sea

　　C. on a lake

　　D. in a foreign country

　　58. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. The three men started their journey before the sun rose.

　　B. The balloon began to go up when they threw bags of sand out of the basket.

　　C. When they pulled the box into the basket, the balloon began to climb up.

　　D. The three men had to land because they felt cold.

　　B

　　Nelson Mandela is respected and admired across the world. And to South Africans he is a superstar. He is a hero who shocked the world by fighting for peace between races, despite the 27 years he spent in the prison of the South Africa’s white, racist regime(政权).

　　Mandela who won the nation’s first all-race elections after the fall of apartheid (种族隔离) in 1994, retired 1999. But he remains as popular as ever.

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