Passage 4From the world’s heaviest apple, the oldest lady to the world’s smalles
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Passage 4
From the world’s heaviest apple, the oldest lady to the world’s smallest dog, these are all parts of a group of the world’s strangest people and things. And they are all in the Guinness Book of Records(《吉尼斯记录》).
The book is going to celebrate its birthday this August. It began exactly half a century ago. And it’s always one of the best selling books in the world.
People now can break over 1000 records every week! Why do so many people want to break the records? Do they want their names in the book or meet more people around the world? “It gives people a chance to show they’re the best in the world.” said one of the record keepers Stewart Newport.
The book was started by Hugh Beaver from Britain. In 1951, he went shooting birds and talked with his friends about the fastest bird in Europe. Three years later, they were still talking about it. So Beaver believed that people must have different ideas. So, he decided to start a book to record the world’s truly greatest people and things in it!
The newest book came out last Tuesday. This book has a lot of interesting records. Here are two:
☆ A British dog, Whitney, is the world’s smallest dog. It’s only 76mm tall.
☆ An American woman Lee Redmond has the longest fingernails(指甲).They grew as long as 600 mm! She made the record in 1971.
小题1:We can see everything in the Guinness Book of Records except .| A．the heaviest fruits and vegetables | | B．the smallest people and animals | | C．the strangest people and things | | D．very ordinary people and things |
小题2:The Guinness Book of Records has been one of the best selling books for .| A．50 years | B．76 years | C．600 years | D．1000 years |
小题3:Newport thought many people tried to break Guinness records because .| A．their names be kept in the world records. | | B．their names could be seen by the whole world. | | C．they could meet more people all over the world. | | D．they could be known as the greatest by the world. |
小题4:Which of the following is right according to the passage?| A．Newport started the Guinness Book of Records in Britain. | | B．More than four thousand records are broken each month. | | C．The Guinness Book of Records started in the year 1954. | | D．The newest book of Guinness comes out every Tuesday. |
小题5:The writer of this passage wants to .| A．tell us the strangest records in the world | | B．show us the beginning of the Guinness Book of Records | | C．give us an introduction to the Guinness Book of Records | | D．let us know the most interesting things in the world |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:C |
解析
介绍吉利斯的由来
小题1:根据文章内容可知答案为D
小题2:通过文章内容“The book is going to celebrate its birthday this August. It began exactly half a century ago.”可知答案为A
小题3:根据文章内容“It gives people a chance to show they’re the best in the world.” said one of the record keepers Stewart Newport.”可知答案为D
小题4:根据文章内容可知答案为C
小题5:根据文章内容可知答案为C |
举一反三
My favorite animals are elephants. Elephants are 1 living animals on land. There are two kinds of elephants--African elephants and 2 elephants. African elephants are larger than Indian elephants, and they have 3 ears.
Elephants have to eat 4 because they are so big. One elephant can eat between 100 5 1,000 pounds 6 grass in a day! They can live for 60--70 years. There are no bones in the back of 7 feet, only fat. Elephants walk on tiptoe. They can move quietly and walk in the mud 8.
Elephants grow tusks. The tusks are large teeth that stick out of ___9__ mouths. Sometimes, hunters kill elephants 10 the tusks. People use the tusks to make beautiful things and piano keys.
| 小题1: | | A．the bigger | B．the biggest | C．bigger | D．biggest |
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| 小题2: | | A．Africa | B．African | C．India | D．Indian |
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| 小题3: | | A．much larger | B．the largest | C．largest | D．large |
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| 小题4: | | A．a lot of | B．many | C．a lot | D．lots of |
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| 小题7: | | A．elephants’ | B．elephants | C．elephant"s | D．elephant |
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| 小题8: | | A．hard | B．hardly | C．easily | D．easy |
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| 小题10: | | A．get | B．get to | C．to get | D．getting |
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Victoria Middle School Report Student: Jenny Brown
Math
| B
| good work all year
| Chinese:
| A
| does well this year
| English:
| A+
| very interested in it and does a very good job
| Science:
| C
| A little weak in this subject
| Computer:
| D
| not really interested and needs to improve
| Sports:
| A
| captain of girls’ soccer team, and also on the basketball team
| Total Grade
| B
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Date:1/4/10 Signed: Ms Ding
小题1:Whose school report is it?| A．Victoria’s | B．Ms Yang’s | | C．Jenny Brown’s | D．We don’t know |
小题2:Which subject of the following was Jenny best at?| A．Math | B．Chinese | C．Science | D．English. |
小题3:How did Jenny do in sports?| A．Well | B．So-so | C．Very badly. | D．Badly. |
小题4:From the report, we can know that Jenny .| A．is good at computer | | B．does well in Chinese | | C．like science better than math | | D．is the captain of the basketball team |
小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?| A．Jenny is very interested in English. | | B．Jenny is the best student in her class. | | C．Jenny doesn’t do well in math at all. | | D．Jenny does well in all the subjects. |
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The building is shaking. A woman with a baby in her arms is trying to open the door, but fails. Finding no way, she rushes into her bedroom and there they survive the earthquake.
In a factory building, as the workshop floor swings under the terrible shaking, workers run for safety. Some hide(隐藏) under the machines and survive , but others who try to run outside are killed by the falling ceilings.
These scenes, played by actors and actresses, are from a film of science education 《Making a Split Second Decision》 shown in 1998 on China Central TV in memory of Tangshan Earthquake.
By studying actual cases in the earthquake areas and scientific experiments, experts(专家)find that buildings remain untouched for the first 12 seconds of an earthquake.
In this short time, one has the best chance of surviving an earthquake by staying near the inside walls, in bedrooms and under beds, experts concluded in the film. “Earthquakes seem to catch the lives of those who run,” said many survivors in the earthquake areas, describing how their friends were killed on the doorways or along the stair steps as they tried to get out of the building.
Their advice was proved in the film, “Take a hiding-place where you are rather than run, unless you are sure you can reach a safe open place in ten seconds.”
小题1:The word “survive” appears in the passage several times. It probably means in Chinese.小题2:The workers who tried to run outside the building died because .| A．the factory building was shaking terribly | | B．they were making a film | | C．they didn’t have enough time to run outside | | D．they were too nervous |
小题3:The passage suggests that you should when an earthquake happens.| A．cry for help | | B．not move and lie on the floor at once | | C．run down the steps as fast as you can | | D．find a safe place and hide in at once or run out in ten seconds |
小题4:Where can we probably find this passage?| A．In a magazine. | B．In an advertisement. | | C．In a history book. | D．In a poster |
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Everyone has got two personalities — the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don"t show your secret personality when you"re awake because you can control yourself, but when you"re asleep, your sleeping positionshows the real you. In a normal night, of course, you often change your sleeping positions（姿势）. The important position that best shows your secret personality is the one that you go to sleep.
If you go to sleep on your back, you"re a very open person. You normally trust（信任） people and you are easily influenced by new ideas. You don"t like to make people unhappy, so you never express your real feelings. You"re quite shy and you aren"t very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a person who likes to keep secrets. You worry a lot and you"re always easily becoming sad. You never want to change your ideas, but you are satisfied with your life the way it is. You usually live for today not for tomorrow.
If you sleep on curled up (蜷缩), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and often protect yourself from being hurt, so you are very defensive. You"re shy and you don"t usually like meeting people. You like to be on your own.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strength and weakness. You"re usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel worried, but you don"t often get unhappy. You always say what you think, even if it makes people angry.
小题1:You may find the passage in ________.| A．a science magazine | B．a guide book | | C．a sports newspaper | D．a story book |
小题2:Tina hardly tells her secrets to her friends. She probably goes to sleep _____.| A．on curled up | B．on her stomach | | C．on her back | D．on her side |
小题3:What does the underlined word "defensive" in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese? |
Everybody dreams. But only some people remember their dreams. Our dreams often include all the senses—smells, sounds, sights, tastes and things we touch.
Early in the twentieth century, two famous scientists developed their personal ideas about dreams. Austrian psychiatrist(奥地利心理学家) Sigmund Freud believed people often dream about things they want but can’t have. Swiss(瑞士) psychiatrist Carl Jung worked closely with Freud for several years, but he believed dreams provide solutions to problems we face when we are awake.
Other researchers are studying how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sad emotions(感情). Robert Stickgold is a professor of psychiatry (心理学教授). He says that when we dream, the brain is trying to make sense of the world. He does not agree with Sigmund Freud that dreaming is the way we express our hidden feelings and desires(愿望).
Scientists believe it is important to keep researching dreams. Yet there is still no agreement on exactly how the brain works when we are dreaming or why we dream.
小题1:Dreams . | A．are remembered by everyone | | B．express all that we think in our mind | | C．include few senses and things we touch | | D．include all the senses and things we touch |
小题2:In the passage, all the psychiatrists .| A．believe dreams can help people understand all the problems that they face | | B．believe when we dream, the brain is trying to make sense of the world | | C．study dream and dreaming and have their own different ideas | | D．have the same idea that people often dream about the things they want |
小题3:Which would be the best title (标题) for the passage?| A．The fact of Dreams | B．The Ways of Dreams | | C．The Solutions to Dreams | D．The Mystery of Dreams and Dreaming |
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