72. What made people surprised was that Lewis Pugh could ____.

A. swim so long in the icy water

B. make high body temperature last a long time

C. keep his body temperature so high before diving

D. keep whole body temperature very high all the time

D

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Stuck on a desert island?
Started on 23rd April by Steve　　　　　 Posts 1---7 of 42
Post 1 Steve USA	Hi, everyone. What would you miss most and least if you were stuck on a desert island? For me, it would be the changing seasons in New England. I guess this will sound stupid but I’d probably miss the rain, too. I wouldn’t miss getting up at six every day to go to work, though! What about you?
Post 2 Tomas Germany	Good question, Steve. I think I’d miss different types of bread, and shopping at the supermarket. I’d miss the food most. What would I miss least? My mobile phone---I’d like to be completely quiet---at least for a little while.
Post 3 Paola Italy	I would miss the company of people because I know I’d like to have someone to share experiences with. I’d go mad on my own. And I sure wouldn’t miss junk mail(垃圾邮件)---I hate coming home every evening and finding a pile of junk mail in my post box.
Post 4 Miko Japan	Hi, I would miss Manga cartoon, the Internet and Japanese food, like sushi. I’d also miss TV shows and shopping for clothes…In fact, I’d miss everything.
Post 5 Roger UK	I would miss my daily newspaper and listening to the news on TV and radio. I’d feel very cut off if I didn’t know what was happening in the world. What I’d miss least would be traffic jams in the city, particularly my journey to work.
Post 6 Jayne Canada	Why hasn’t anyone mentioned their family? I’d be lost without my husband and two kids. They are the most important for me. And I can’t get started in the morning without a cup of black coffee. I wouldn’t miss doing the housework.
Post 7 Jaime Mexico	It would have to be music. I couldn’t live without my music. I wouldn’t miss going to school at all or doing homework!

71. Before Lewis Pugh dived in the icy Antarctic waters, he ____.

A. trained for some time in a special pool

B. kept running to keep the cold out

C. was busy with a case

D. sat beside a fire to keep his body warm

70. The underlined word “astounded”(in Paragraph 6)means ____.

A. interested 　　　　　　 B. excited　 　　　　　　　 C. disappointed 　　　　 D. shocked

69. According to the passage, which of the following about Lewis Pugh is true?

A. Lewis Pugh is an athlete in swimming.

B. Lewis Pugh may be a lover of extreme sports.

C. Lewis Pugh doesn’t like swimming in warm water.

D. Lewis Pugh likes making world records.

68. The best title for the passage is ________

A. TV and Attention Problems　　　　　 　 B. Attention and Learning

C. Disadvantages of Watching TV　　　 　 D. Causes of ADD

C

CAPE TOWN(Reuters)---Extreme swimmer Lewis Pugh has set a new world record for the most southerly long-distance swim, conquering the icy Antarctic waters at 65 degrees south, his research team said on Tuesday.

The 0. 6 mile swim follows just months after a record Arctic swim, making the British lawyer the first person to complete such a success in both the world’s coldest seas.

“As soon as I dived in, I had a screaming pain all over my body,” he said in a statement from a Canadian-Norwegian expedition ship in the Antarctic seas.

Sporting only a swimsuit, cap and goggles, Pugh took less than 19 minutes to complete the swim near Vernadsky, the Ukrainian scientific base on Antarctica, in water of 0 degrees Celsius(32 degrees Fahrenheit)and heavy snow.

“I am not sure how I kept on going for so long. I had to concentrate all the time and swim as fast as I could to keep the cold out,” he said.

Pugh, who trained for months in an icy plastic pool in Cape Town’s harbor, has astounded scientists with his ability to raise his body temperature before swimming, allowing him to survive temperatures that only a few can stand.

“When he enters the water, his body temperature inside is extremely high(38. 4 degrees Celsius)and he is able to keep up this temperature for up to 15 minutes in ice cold water,” said leading South African sports scientist Tim Noakes.

“To my knowledge, this ability has not been described before. ”

67. Watching TV at an early age may cause all of following problems except ________.

A. gaining weight　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. being too aggressive

C. poor eyesight　　　　　　　　　　 　 D. ADD

66. Children with attention problems may _________.

A. control their actions　　　　　　　　 B. sit and read quietly

C. complete tasks easily　　　　　　　　 D. talk a lot in class

65. The word “extended” underlined in Para 3 means________.

A. stretched or pulled out

B. continued for a long period of time

C. enlarged or broad in meaning, scope, or influence

D. the body stretched out at all length

64. The little house meant a lot to Mrs. Robson because____________

A. Mr. Robson built it himself

B. all of her friends had visited it

C. she kept a lot of pets in it

D. an important part of Mrs. Robson’s life was spent there

B

A new study suggests that very young children who watch a lot of television may have attention problems later in school.

Children with attention problems cannot sit or control their actions. They talk too much, lose things, forget easily and are not able to finish tasks.

People with attention problems may suffer a disease known as ADD. Experts say the cause of ADD involves chemicals in the brain. Some education researchers have been saying for years that watching television at a very young age could change the normal development of the brain. For example, they say that children who watch a lot of television are not able to sit and read for an extended period of time. Every hour of watching television increased the chances of having attentions problems by about ten percent.

The researchers say that all the children with attention problems might not have ADD. But they still could face major learning problems in school. The findings support advice by a group of doctors that children under the age of two should not watch television.

One of the researchers said that there are other reasons why children should not watch television. Earlier studies have linked it with children becoming too fat and too aggressive. Experts say further study is necessary and important, and more work needs to be done to discover the cause and effect.

63. Mrs. Robson was going to ___________

A. be in hospital　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. live with her daughter

C. meet her husband　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. live where she was born