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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(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.

小题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.小题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.小题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小题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.

答案

小题1:A

小题2:D

小题3:D

小题4:C

小题1:根据文章内容They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29, 1983可知为A

小题2:根据文章内容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可知答案为D

小题3:根据整个文章的内容可知答案为D

小题4:根据文章内容可知答案为C

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    Baseball is America's national sport. So it is not unusual that many popular expressions come from

baseball. But first, let me explain a little about the game.

    Each baseball team has nine players. The pitcher of one team throws the ball to a batter from the

other team. The batter attempts to hit the ball. If he misses, it is called a strike. If a batter gets three

strikes, he loses his turn at bat and is called out. The batter also is out if he hits the ball in the air and

an opposing player catches it. But if the batter hits the ball and it is not caught, the batter tries to run

to one or more of the four bases on the field. The batter can run to all four bases if he hits the ball

over the fence or out of the ballpark. Such a hit is called a homerun.

    Now, here are some common expressions from baseball. Someone who is "in the ball" is intelligent

and able to do a good job. But a person who "threw a curve ball" did something unexpected. Someone

who "steps up to the plate" is ready to do his or her job. A "pinch hitter" takes the place of someone

else at a job or activity.

    Sometimes I have to give information quickly, without time to think it over. Then I would say

something "right off the bat." If someone is doing an extremely good job and is very successful, you

might say he or she is"batting one thousand."

    If I say I want to "touch base" with you, I will talk to you from time to time about something we

plan to do. I might say I"touched all the bases" if I did what is necessary to complete a job or activity.

And if I "covered my bases" I was well prepared. However, someone who is "way off base" did

something wrong or maybe even dishonest or immoral. A person with strange ideas might be described

as "out in left field." Finally, when a situation changes completely, we say "that is a whole new ballgame."

1. The writer's purpose is ____. [ ]

A. to explain the rules of a sport game-baseball

B. to tell you more about America's national sports

C. to introduce some useful expressions from baseball

D. to show the connection between expressions and sports

2. The underlined sentence "The batter also is out" means ____. [ ]

A. the batter will run to one of the four bases

B. the batter will not continue the game

C. the match will be over immediately

D. the batter will change his position

3. Which of the following expressions means that someone is able to do a good job? [ ]

A. to be on the ball

B. to step up the plate

C. to throw a curve ball

D. to touch all the bases

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