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.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 |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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 |
阅读以上材料内容，从下面各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。（每小题1分，共5分）Where is the swimming lesson?
| A．Changchun Stadium. | B．People Theatre. |
| C．Great Swimming Pool. | D．Great Garden. |
When is the concert?
| A．On Thursday(18:00~20:00). | B．On Saturday(10:00). |
| C．On Saturday(15:00~17:00) | D．On Wednesday(10:30~12:00) |
If you want to ask something about the basketball match, you can call _______.
| A．70564368 | B．58796382 | C．62603941 | D．89687255 |
On Saturday, you can _____.
| A．have the swimming lesson and go to the concert |
| B．see the film Fast & Furious 7 and go to the concert |
| C．watch the basket match and see the film Fast & Furious 7. |
| D．watch the basketball match and see the film Fast & Furious 7. |
If two adults and one child want to see the film Fast & Furious 7, the tickets will cost _____ yuan.
| A．8 | B．16 | C．40 | D．48 |
Confucius() is the greatest teacher in Chinese history. He was born on September 28, 551BC() in the Kindom of Lu, in today’s Shangdong Province. When he was young, he and his mother had a hard life. At the age of fifteen, he began to learn music, and he did well in it. Then he went on learning other subjects. When he was thirty, he became a teacher. He started his own school. He believed everyone should have a chance to get education whether they were rich or poor. He had about 3,000 students and many of them became famous.
Chinese see Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher. His most important ideas are kindness and good manners. He said young people should take care of old. People should stop thinking of themselves and work for others. His ideas are around in people’s everyday life. Today people can still hear them, and they go far into east and south Asia.
阅读短文，根据短文内容判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。（每小题1 分，共5分）Confucius is the greatest teacher in Chinese history.
Confucius and his mother had a comfortable life when he was young.
Confucius was good at music when he was fifteen.
As a teacher, Confucius thought that only the rich could get education.
Being kind and having good manners are Confucius’ most important ideas.
Tornadoes(龙卷风) are one of the worst weather events on earth. Each year, tornadoes kill many people. The storms often carry homes, cars and trees from one place to another. And they can also destroy anything when they pass by.
A tornado comes from a thunderstorm(雷雨) in the sky down to the ground. It is big at the top and small at the bottom.
A tornado appears when winds in different directions meet in the cloud and begin to turn in circles. People can see tornadoes almost everywhere in the world. But most happen from late winter to middle summer. There is a second high season in November. During spring, warm air moves north and mixes with the cold air left from winter. In November, the opposite happens. Cold air moves south and mixes with the warm air left from summer.
Tornadoes always come suddenly. Weather scientists have done something to predict(预测) tornadoes. But the storms often move too fast for people to protect themselves. Last year, tornadoes killed more than one hundred people in United States.
Scientists say the best place to be in is a small room, without windows, in the middle the lowest part of a building when tornadoes come.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。According to the passage, we know the shape of the tornadoes may be like ______.
In the United States, most tornadoes happen _____.
| A．from late summer to middle summer |
| B．from late autumn to middle winter |
| C．from late autumn to middle spring |
| D．from late winter to middle summer |
According to Paragraph 4, tornadoes appear when ______.
| A．warm air and cold air mix |
| B．cold air and cold air mix |
| C．warm air and warm air mix |
| D．warm water and cold water mix |
What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “destroy”?
| A．保护 | B．珍惜 | C．毁灭 | D．惩罚 |
From the passage, we know that ______.
| A．the United States has very few tornadoes |
| B．tornadoes are one of the worst weather events in the world |
| C．people should stay in big rooms with windows when tornadoes come |
| D．more than one thousand people were killed by tornadoes in the USA last year |
Travelling around the world is a dream for many people, but a young couple from China has made his dream come true. They drove along the ancient Silk Road, from China to the UK.
Luo Chang and Ding Jie, a young couple from China’s Guizhou Province, spent two months drving from their home in Shanghai all the way to London. The journey covered about 20,000 kilometer, and they crossed 14 countries and regions(地区).
Ding Jie said, “ People were excited to see two travelers driving a foreign license car, appearing on their streets. We were stopped many times to take photos with them. Sometimes, when we couldn’t understand each other’s language, they would express their ideas with gestures(手势).
During their driving trip, they also spent many nights in local people’s homes. Luo Chang said, “This is an amazing experience. We were driving on a highway or a country road to someone’s home. Someone you’ve never met but was already preparing dinner for you. We feelwe have friends all over the world.
During the trip, Luo and Ding took nearly 10,000 photos and kept diaries to record the beautiful scenery(风景), the friendly people and the different customs on the way.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。The young couple’s dream was _______.
| A．to travel around the world |
| B．to travel around the UK\ |
| C．to travel around China |
| D．to travel around the USA |
The young couple covered about ______ kilometers and crossed _____ countries and regions.
| A．20,000; 15 | B．20,000; 14 | C．10,000; 15 | D．2,000; 14 |
How did the young couple travel?
| A．By train. | B．By ship |
| C．By car. | D．By plane. |
During the trip, the couple recorded the following EXCEPT ______.
| A．beautiful scenery | B．friendly people |
| C．different customs | D．foreign licenses |
From the passage, we can learn that _____.
| A．the couple knew 14 languages |
| B．the couple spent all the nights in hotels |
| C．the couple was welcomed during the trip |
| D．the couple drove along the Silk Road, from China to Brazil |
George was head of an African country. He was going to pay a visit to the USA. He decided to learn some English words so that he might greet Bill Clinton, president of the USA then, in English. So he asked his wife for help because she knew a little English. His wife told, “When you meet Mr. President, just greet him with “How are you”, and he may answer ‘I am fine’. Then you need only to say ‘Me, too’, and leave the rest to your interpreter(口译).”
When his plane landed at the airport, George said to the smiling Clinton, “Who are you?”. This was quite unexpected to the president and surprised him greatly. But he quickly calmed() down. Still with a smile on his face, he answered, “I am Hillary’s husband.” To his reply, George answered back without a moment “Me, too”, and looked at the president’s wife, Hillary, smiling sweetly as well.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在答题卡上涂A，错误的在答题卡涂B。George was from Africa.
George’s wife knew a lot of English.
George wanted to learn some English words to greet Bill Clinton in English.
Bill Clinton was very surprised at first when George said “Who are you?” to him.
From the passage we know that George was Hillary’s husband.