Passage 4
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.
【小题1】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
【小题2】The Guinness Book of Records has been one of the best selling books for           .
A.50 yearsB.76 yearsC.600 yearsD.1000 years
【小题3】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.
【小题4】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.
【小题5】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

Most people have jobs. They go to work nearly every day. Some people are lucky, because they have very interesting jobs. Some people must take a long time to learn how to do their jobs. For example, to be a doctor, one should study for at least five years.

Some young people have very interesting and high-paying jobs. Many young athletes are very successful. Football and tennis players are usually under 35 years old, for older people can’t play these sports very well. They can’t move fast enough. Golf, however, is a good sport for older people. Many golf players are quite old, but they can still play golf very well.

Most people work until they are about 60 years old. Then they retire and have a lot of free time. Some people never retire. These people usually have interesting jobs. Writers, artists, scientists and actors usually work till they are very old.

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

1.One should study for at least _________ years to be a doctor.

A. three         B. four          C. five         D. six

2.Which sport can old people play?

A. Football.      B. Tennis.       C. Basketball.    D. Golf.

3.What does the underlined word “retire” mean in Chinese?

A. 锻炼         B. 学习        C. 退休        D. 养老

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Some people have interesting jobs, but some don’t.

B. People usually stop working when they are about 60 years old.

C. Football and tennis players can work as long as they like.

D. According to the passage, writers, artists and doctors have interesting jobs.

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Good jobs.                   B. Interesting jobs. 

C. Different jobs.                D. High-paying jobs.

 

Deserts(沙漠)do not stay the same size (形状).Sometimes they grow bigger. Sometimes they get smaller. The world’s biggest desert, Sahara, is in Africa. Right now, the Sahara desert is growing fast.

Why is the Sahara growing ? In some places , People farm too much.  In other places ,animals eat all the grass. or people cut down the trees. This makes the soil(土壤) weak. Weak soil lets the desert grow.

Why is it a problem? people can not grow food in the desert. people can not build houses, hospitals , or schools in the desert . so people must leave their homes .They must live somewhere else.

What can people do ? They can plant trees. They can also farm less. These things make soil stronger. maybe the Sahara will stop growing . It’s a big problem. Many people must work together to solve (解决) it?

1.What is the main idea ?(中心思想)

A.The Sahara Desert is in Africa .

B.Farming too much makes the soil weak.

C.Big problem are caused (引起) by the growing Sahara desert.

D.Planting trees will help the world.

2.The Sahara is growing .Which of these things is not a reason(理由)?

A.Building homes

B.Farming too much

C.Animals eating the grass

D.Cutting down trees

3.What do we know about deserts ?

A.Their size never changes

B.They are caused by people

C.They can make trouble for people

D.They are all in Africa.

4.Planting trees can   

A.make the soil weaker

B.help people farm less

C.be good for the soil

D.make the Sahara grow.

5.Stopping growing the desert

A.is easy

B.takes a lot of people

C.is not a big problem

D.is not important

 

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