完形填空。
Flying like a bird has been the dream of humans since ancient times. Last week a group of modern
birdmen put their courage on their wings and1gravity in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
'Yes, you can buy a ticket and fly to another city. But running with your own wings and feeling your
feet ready to2is totally different, 'Dong Fang, a middle school student in Hangzhou who3a home-
made aircraft competition, said in an excide voice.4by the Intemational Bognor Birdman Competition
in the UK, the competition in Hangzhou was a similar . The Bognor Birdman Competition startde in
l97l in the England coastal city Bognor. People ran off the end of a pier (码头)with their own aircraft in
a(n)5to 'fly' the farthest distance.
In the competition, a teacher called Ni was amazed to see how imaginative the students were. He was
surprised to see his students create 10 different aircrafts with all kinds of material6in the past month.
'We'd rather call ourselves dreamers7pilots because whether our wings really leave the ground,our
dream really flies,' said Dong Fang.
Jing Yuchen and his team named their plane 'weiming E', which8an unknown goose. The 17-year-old
boy deeply believes their goose of steel pipe and sailcloth will honour its name by successfully it fly.
'Our work is much more imaginative than others. With several colourful balloons on its back and a pair
of light plastic wings, it is9the most eye-catching work, if not the best,' said Yu Liang, another student.
'Although nlost of those home-made aircrafts cannot really take the boys flying, the boys' braveness and
10in this project will encourage every one of them to fly high in the future,' Ni said.
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