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           3 Brilliant British Races BOGNOR BIRDMAN (JULY 18-19) 

   Every summer,thousands of people from around the world gather in Bognor Regis on the southern coast of England to see who can fly the longest distance in homemade flying machines before jumping into the English Channel. The record,set in 1992,is 292 feet. Frequently,participants compete in special clothes. Dr. Who and his Tardis,a group of flying doughnuts(油炸圈饼) ，and a skateboarding cow have all taken the leap in past competitions. They didn't get so far.

            WORLD HEN RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS (AUGUST 1) 

   Chickens are extremely difficult to train,but that doesn 51 stop about 50 international hen owners from entering their birds in the World Hen Racing Championships each year in Bonsall,England. Keeping alive a century-old tradition,the hens race along a 50-foot course. While some owners let their untrained chickens “wing it,” others try to get their chickens into competition shape with daily“sprints (短跑) ” during the months leading up to the race. 

          BRITISH LAWN MOWER RACING ASSOCIATION’S 12-HOUR RACE (AUGUST 8) 

   Mowing the lawn(刈草坪） for 12 hours straight is some people's idea of an impossibility. For others,it's the most interesting part of the summer. Drivers start their engines at 8:00 in the evening,and,in teams of three,work straight through the night until 8:00 the next morning,averaging 25 mph. Last year,the winning team finished a record 311 miles on the course in Billingshurst,England,doing justice to the association's motto: “Per Herbam Ad Astra,” or “Through the Grass to the Stars."

21. The Bognor Birdman event.

   A. was first held in 1992

   B. is actually a local festival

   C. features high-tech flying machines

   D. has an unbeaten record in recent two decades

22. The underlined phrase “wing it” in the text probably means .

   A. compete with their wings spread

   B. compete without preparation

   C. race along the course nonstop

   D. race with trained chickens

23. What do the three races have in common?

   A. They are irregularly scheduled.

   B. They are held in the same season.

   C. They are all held in coastal areas.

   D. They are all traditional competitions.

21. D 22. B 23. B

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本文是应用文。文幸介绍英国几项趣味比赛。

21. D.细节理解题。第一段中提到The record,set in 1992.is 292 feet可知，这项赛事近二十年没 有出现新的纪录。

22. B.词义靖测题。由下一句的others try to get their chickens into competition shape with daily “sprints” during the months leading up to the race 可知,有些人参赛之前会对自己的鸡进行训练， 再由While的转折可知，wing it应该是“临场发 挥”的意思。

23. B.细节理解题。三项比赛在7、8月份举办，都 是夏季。

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   B. after his parents went broke

   C. when he was bom in England

   D. when he moved to the United States

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   C. Hard-working and determined.

   D. Single-minded and responsible.

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   C. The advanced way of deejaying.

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   A. So,what does the word mean?

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   C. No one seems to know how the word “Hoosier” came to be.

   D. And how did people from Indiana come to be called “Hoosiers”？

   E. Other early uses provide some ideas about the meaning of the word.

   F. However,research and debate are likely to continue about this mysterious word.

   G. Some theories and stories about the origin of the word “Hoosier” are known to be false.

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43. A. have   B. take   C. earn   D. see

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45. A. encouraged   B. reviewed   C. formed   D. supported

46. A. smoothly   B. casually  C. mainly   D. slowly

47. A. thrown   B. hidden   C. produced   D. removed

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56. A. extended   B. attended   C. celebrated   D. established

57. A. measures   B. notes   C. advantage   D. responsibility

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   D. Field trips are harder to organize.

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   C. Schools’ education budgets are properly regulated.

   D. Schools encourage students to know the real world.

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   B. sometimes waste a lot of time

   C. help students gain more knowledge

   D. are less important than in-class learning 

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   B. the effect of standardized tests

   C. the problem of budget cuts

   D. the decline of field trips

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