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专业 .专注 Passage 1 Up ，Up ，and Away ！ An adventurer who became the first person to fly across the English Channel on a cluster of balloons has launched a house into the sky just like in the hit movie Up-in reparation for a more ambitious journey and a new record ． Fearless Trappe ， from North Carolina ， stepped into the cartoon themed home before flying above the Leon International Balloon Festival in Mexico more than a week ago ． The 38-year-old Trappe was using the event as a warm-up for his planned trans-Atlantic flight scheduled for next summer ． He aims to complete the 2 ，500-mile journey in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium balloons ． The brave man is learning to sail a lifeboat ，in case he needs to ditch into the ocean during the danger-filled adventure ． He sill fly at between 18 ，000 feet and 25 ，000 feet ，beating his previous world altitude record of 21 ，600 feet ，and must fly uninterrupted a distance ten times longer than his previous world record of 230 miles in order to succeed ． The adventurer Trappe ，who holds records for crossing the Alps ，flying the most cluster balloons ，and the longest distance ，has spent his entire career ，building up to this ambitious plan ． 学习 参考 专业 .专注 “didnI ’waket up one day and think ： ‘Igoing’ to fly across the Atlantic ，’” he said ．“ Every attempt before this was prepared for this fight ， I ’ ve been training for a long time ”． 1．The adventurer flew across the English Channel to__________ ． A ．test the balloons B．launch a house C．shoot a hit movie D．prepare for break