[沖刺中考]英語閱讀與填空：11-Tuesday 吉尼斯紀(jì)錄 206詞

11-Tuesday 吉尼斯紀(jì)錄 206詞

題材： 吉尼斯紀(jì)錄　 詞數(shù)： 206　 建議閱讀時(shí)間： 4分鐘

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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 a bathtub 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 Bruntsfield 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．

生詞

the Guinness Book of Records　n． 《吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄》

paddle　n． 槳 v． 用槳?jiǎng)潱篐e paddled a little boat furiously against the current．他竭盡全力劃著一葉小舟逆流而上。

bathtub　n． 浴缸：an old wooden bathtub老式木制澡盆

bedding　n． 寢具，床上用品

hold　v． 保持，持有：She holds the world record in the 100 metres．她保持著100米短跑的世界紀(jì)錄。/He succeeded in holding third position in 49.11 seconds．他成功地以49.11秒保住了第三名。

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．The word“cover ”in the passage means________．

A．start

B．go

C．keep

D．know

3．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．

4．Which of the following shows the right order 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(chǎn) b c d

B．d b c a

C．a(chǎn) d b c

D．b a d c

5．Which of the following is mentioned 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．

參考譯文

每個(gè)人都想雁過留聲。少數(shù)人甚至想做前人從未做過的事情。這些人的名字有時(shí)候能載入《吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄》。

做一件特別的事常常需要一群人的參與。有這么一支隊(duì)伍，他們劃著澡盆在24小時(shí)內(nèi)行進(jìn)了145公里。這支隊(duì)伍有13名成員。他們于1983年5月28日和29日劃著澡盆穿行在英國(guó)阿什福德附近的河流。一月后，英國(guó)埃文郡的另一支競(jìng)爭(zhēng)隊(duì)伍只用了50分鐘就劃著醫(yī)院的病床前進(jìn)了16公里！然而，劃病床最長(zhǎng)距離的紀(jì)錄卻依然由不倫特斯寢具中心的男士們保持著。這支來自愛丁堡的隊(duì)伍于1979年劃著病床前進(jìn)了5203公里。完成這段旅程花了他們35天的時(shí)間。

另一支隊(duì)伍是舉辦晚宴地點(diǎn)最高的世界紀(jì)錄保持者。來自澳大利亞悉尼的9人于1989年6月28日爬上了瓦斯卡蘭山（位于秘魯境內(nèi)，最高峰6768米，為秘魯?shù)谝桓叻?，南美洲第二高峰）。這些登山者帶著餐桌、椅子和飯菜上山。到達(dá)山頂后，所有的人都穿上暖和的衣服開始吃晚飯。

世界各地的人們都想盡力做一些不尋常的事以創(chuàng)造紀(jì)錄。對(duì)這種行為，我們應(yīng)當(dāng)予以理解，但到目前為止，并非所有的紀(jì)錄都能載入《吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄》。

參考答案

Tuesday 1．A　2．B　3．D　4．D　5．C