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Nothing in Wiley Post’s early years suggested that he would become a famous pilot, His family were farmers. In 1913, Wiley saw something that forever changed his life —an airplane. After watching the plane. He measured different parts of the place with his hands. Many years later. Wiley post would say that first airplane was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen.

Wiley Post began to study everything he could find about flying. He began to educate himself about subjects such as mathematics. Radio and machinery. His self-education would continue the rest of his life. Post finally rode in an airplane in 1919. At the time, many people believed all pilots were special people. They believed it took special skills and courage to fly an airplane. But after his first ride. Wiley Post knew that flyi8ng was something he could learn to do.

Wiley Post began his career in flying. Not as a pilot, but as a performer who jumps from airplanes using a parachute (降落傘). He did this with a group that performed flying tricks to eam  money.

Wiley Post then decided the only was to become a good pilot was to buy an airplane of his own. He needed more money than he earned in the flying show. He went to work in the oil——producing areas of Texas. But he damaged his left eye in an accident. Doctors had to get rid of his eye. Judging distance is difficult without two eyes. Wiley Post began teaching himself to judge distance with only one eyes. It took a long time, but he succeeded. In 1928,  he got a job flying the plane that belonged to a rich oil producer from Oklahoma called F. C. Hall. In 1930, Post entered the National Air Races in this plane and won.

On June 23, 1931, Post and Gatty flew around the world. But many people said Gatty was the real hero. He had guided the fight. This hurt Post. Wiley Post began to plan another flight around the world. This time he would go alone.

On July 15, 1933, Post took off from Floyd Bennett Field in New York. He became the first person to fly from New York to Berlin without stopping. He had flown around the world in eighteen hours and forty——nine minutes.

32．Wiley Post took the first job in flying with the purpose of            .

A．earning money.                             B．becoming a performer.

C．learning something new.                D．training himself to become a pilot.

33．How long did it take Wiley Post from his first ride to his first competition ?

A．6 years.                  B．9 years.                  C．11 years.                 D．17 years.

34．It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that Wiley Post            .

A．once stopped his dream of becoming a pilot.

B．had taken many different jobs related to flying.

C．couldn’t correctly judge distance with only one eye.

D．experienced many difficulties before he became a real pilot.

35．What can we learn about Wiley Post from the passage ?

A．He dreamed of being a pilot since his early years.

B．He was a man with strong will.

C．He bought an airplane before damaging his left eye.

D．He was a man having many interests.

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