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高中英语名著TomSwift&hisSkyRacer（汤姆·史威夫特和他的空中赛艇）阅读素材（pdf）.pdf

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TOMSWIFTANDHISSKYRACERorTheQuickestFlightonRecordTOMSWIFTANDHISSKYRACERorTheQuickestFlightonRecordVICTORAPPLETON1TOMSWIFTANDHISSKYRACERorTheQuickestFlightonRecordCHAPTEROneThePrizeOffer"IsthisTomSwift,theinventorofseveralairships?"Themanwhohadrungthebellglancedattheyouthwhoansweredhissummons."Yes,I'mTomSwift,"wasthereply."Didyouwishtoseeme?""Ido.I'mMr.JamesGunmore,secretaryoftheEagleParkAviationAssociation.Ihadsomecorrespondencewithyouaboutaprizecontestwearegoingtohold.Ibelieve--""Oh,yes,Iremembernow,"andtheyounginventorsmiledpleasantlyasheopenedwiderthedoorofhishome."Won'tyoucomein?Myfatherwillbegladtoseeyou.HeisasmuchinterestedinairshipsasIam."AndTomledthewaytothelibrary,wherethesecretaryoftheaviationsocietywassoonseatedinabig,comfortableleatherchair."Ithoughtwecoulddobetter,andperhapscometosomedecisionmorequickly,ifIcametoseeyou,thanifwecorresponded,"wentonMr.Gunmore."IhopeIhaven'tdisturbedyouatanyofyourinventions,"andthesecretarysmiledattheyouth."No.I'mthroughforto-day,"repliedTom."I'mgladtoseeyou.Ithoughtatfirstitwasmychum,NedNewton.Hegenerallyrunsoverintheevening.""Oursociety,asIwroteyou,Mr.Swift,isplanningtoholdaverylargeandimportantaviationmeetatEaglePark,whichisasuburbofWestville,NewYorkState.Weexpecttohavealltheprominent'bird-men'there,tocompeteforprizes,andyournamewasmentioned.Iwrotetoyou,asyoudoubtlessrecall,askingifyoudidnotcaretoenter.""AndIthinkIwroteyouthatmybigaeroplane-dirigible,theRedCloud,wasdestroyedinAlaska,duringarecenttripwemadetothecavesoficethere,aftergold,"repliedTom."Yes,youdid,"admittedMr.Gunmore,"andwhileourcommitteewasverysorrytohearthat,wehopedyoumighthavesomeotheraircraftthatyoucouldenteratourmeet.Wewanttomakeitascompleteaspossible,2TOMSWIFTANDHISSKYRACERorTheQuickestFlightonRecordandweallfeelthatitwouldnotbesounlesswehadaSwiftaeroplanethere.""It'sverykindofyoutosayso,"remarkedTom,"butsincemybigcraftwasdestroyedIreallyhavenothingIcouldenter.""Haven'tyouanaeroplaneofanykind?Imadethistripespeciallytogetyoutoenter.Haven'tyouanythinginwh