题目内容
Sydney held the ______ Olympic Games in 2000.
- A.28th
- B.29th
- C.27th
- D.26th
2000年举办的是第27届奥运会。
D
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(记录)in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用桨划)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(距离)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.
【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. |
A.start | B.go through | C.keep | D.know |
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. |
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 |
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. |
The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both at home and abroad.
United Kingdom Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema. |
United States The Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values. |
Australia The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney’s Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese. |
Singapore The family dinner on new year’s eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition. |
1. Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in ___________.
A. 1890????????????? ????????????? ? ????????????? B. 1980????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C.2000????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D.2002
2. At the Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to _________.
A. say hello to the traditional new year
B. refuse a good chance
C. tell others they are alone
D. share different cultures
3.. Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except _________.
A. fireworks?????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. lion dances?????
C. trick or treat???? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. dragon boat races
4. In Singapore, Chinese families don’t hold the new year dinner at a restaurant but at home because___________.
A. they want to keep Chinese tradition
B. the restaurant is far away
C. they moved there from other places
D. they were born in Singapore
5. After reading the passage above, we might say__________.
A. all parts of the world celebrate the Spring Festival
B. the Chinese new year is celebrated only in China
C. celebrations for the Spring Festival are just held in four foreign countries???????
D. Chinese across the world have a strong feeling towards the Spring Festival