Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用浆划)a bathtub（浴缸）145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29, 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon ,Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Brunt field Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.
Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney, Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28 1989.The climbers carried a dinner table, chairs, and a meal up the mountain .When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.
People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood; however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.
1.According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?
A. A record for paddling a bathtub.
B. A record for climbing a mountain.
C. A record for pushing a hospital bed.
D. A record for swimming across a river.
2.What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?
A. The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney.
B. Only nine people held the highest dinner party.
C. They had a meal on the mountain.
D. They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party.
3.Which of the following show the right order(顺序)of what happened in the passage?
a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.
b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.
c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.
d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.
A. a-b-c-d B. d-b-c-a C. a-d-b-c D. b-a-d-c
4.Which of the following is mentioned(提及)in the passage?
A. Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh.
B. People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things.
C. Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given.
D. Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain.
Shen Hao was born in 1964. He was the former first secretary of Party branch（原党支部第一书记）of Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, Anhui Province. He died on November 6, 2009. From 2004 to 2009, he had done many good things for villagers. For the development of Xiaogang Village he had made great contributions. So he was respected by all the villagers.
During the six years, he repaired the village roads, built a building for a number of villagers. He rented a house in the village and thought about how to get the villagers to get rich all day. Even in the New Year, he still got together with his villagers. At last, under his leadership, Xiaogang Village was out of poverty. Now the villagers are leading a rich life.
He is a very filial（孝顺的）son, but he had almost no time to get together with his over 90 year-old mother. But she never complained. His wife works in the bank and she is very busy. They both have little time to look after their daughter.
Although he did not do what he should do to his mother, wife and daughter, all the villagers will remember their good secretary forever.
1.Why was Shen Hao respected by all the villagers?
A. Because he repaired roads.
B. Because he built a building for some people.
C. Because he is a filial man.
D. Because he has made great contributions for the development of Xiaogang Village
2.What did Shen Hao think about all day?
A. He thought about how to mend the road.
B. He thought about how to build houses.
C. He thought about how to make the village rich.
D. He thought about how to get together with his family.
3.The underlined word “poverty” means________ in Chinese.
A. 贫乏 B. 贫穷 C. 虚弱 D. 贫瘠
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Shen Hao was only 45 years old when he died.
B. Shen Hao spent much time in taking care of his daughter.
C. Shen Hao helped the villagers a lot.
D. Now in Xiaogang Village, people are leading a rich life.
A poem
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You meet me or not Still there I am standing Not sad not happy You miss me or not Still there my emotions(感情) Not coming not leaving ________①_______ Still there my love Not less not more |
You follow me or not Still there my hands in yours Not abandoning (抛弃) Coming into my arms Or Let me stay in your heart Quietly in love ___②___in peace |
1.The underlined word “yours” means ___________.
A. your hands B. your heart C. your emotions D. your love
2.The missing sentence in ① is ___________.
A. You love me B. I love you
C. You love me or not D. I love you or not
3.The missing word in ② is ________.
A. Sad B. Sadly C. Happy D. Happily
Only Mother Love is true love. It gives everybody everything all 56._________ life. When you are still a baby, Mother takes good care of you as possible. In your walking hours she always holds you in her arms. When you are 57.________, she stops her work right now to look after you day and night and 58._________ about herself. When you are growing up day by day, she feels very happy. When you are 59.__________ enough go to school, Mother still looks after you all the time. On cold winter days, she always 60.________ you to put on more clothes. She always stands in the wind 61._________ for you back from school. When you hurry to leave home for school with little breakfast, she always feels 62.________ about you at home. She usually knows about your 63.__________ and spends much money on your school things. When you do well at school, you will see the brightest smile on her face.
Mother is 64.__________ ready to give everything she has to her children, not to receive. What true love that is in the 65.__________! We will remember Mother Love for ever!
Electric bicycles which run on battery-operated (电瓶) motors are winning over riders of ordinary bikes 41 their speed, quality and environmental advantage.
They were first 42 on 1980s in China, but the selling was not very good. Today, thanks 43 improvements on battery quality, the electric bikes sell well. There are now more than 100 electric bicycle producers in China and 26 million such bicycles were produced in 2011. Japan is another large 44 of such bicycles in the world with a total production reaching 381,721in 2010.
45 China is one of the largest producers of electric bicycles in the world, the 46 of its producers with mass production (大批量生产) is actually small.
Electric bicycles are still 47 in China. Time is needed for people to become familiar with them and accept them. Each bike’s price of between 2,000 yuan (US $318) and 3,000 yuan (US $477) is still 48 for ordinary citizens (民众). Although such bikes are quick, safe and 49 to operate, their batteries still have shortcomings (不足). They weigh more than 10 kilograms; their service life is 50 two years and they 51 400 yuan each.
There were more than 450 million bikes in China in 2006. If just one percent of all these bikes are replaced by electric 52 , the market will be very large. And 53 the battery is further improved and the price is 54 , many of us will not be able to keep back from 55 the latest electric bikes
1.A. because of B. because C. towards D. at
2.A. build B. built C. building D. to build
3.A. for B. in C. by D. to
4.A. producer B. production C. produce D. to produce
5.A. But B. If C. Although D. When
6.A. buyer B. number C. price D. owner
7.A. old B. tall C. new D. short
8.A. small B. large C. expensive D. high
9.A. easy B. difficult C. hard D. easily
10.A. other than B. more than C. over D. less than
11.A. spend B. cost C. take D. make
12.A. cars B. bike C. ones D. one
13.A. where B. unless C. whether D. if
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-- I made some mistakes at the dinner table last night.
-- _______. I’ll tell you some table manners later.
A. You’re welcome B. of course C. Never mind D. Thank you anyway
