【题目】Have you ever ridden a Ferris wheel lately? Can you imagine the flying feeling as you are pulled up to the top and then moved down to the bottom quickly again?

Today a Ferris wheel is usually 40 to 60 feet tall. That seems very high when you are on the top looking down. But the first Ferris wheel was 264 feet high taller than a twenty-story building! Can you imagine the view from the top of that?

The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The people who planned the fair were looking for an attraction that would bring people to Chicago. George Ferris handed a drawing of a giant wheel that people could ride on. At first everyone laughed at his strange idea. But Mr. Ferris did not give up and finally the idea was accepted. The ride opened in June of 1893.

Today’s Ferris wheels have 12 to 16 seats which each carry 2 or 3 people. But that first one had 36 enclosed cars each holding 60 passengers. When filled it carried 2160 people. During that summer in Chicago about 1.5 million people rode the Ferris wheel.

After the fair the ride was moved to a nearby amusement park built especially to show off the wheel. In 1904 it was moved again to St. Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. After the fair there the wheel stood unused. In 1906 it was finally sold to a company for scrap metal (废铁).

Luckily a Chicago bridge builder W.E. Sullivan figured out how to make a smaller Ferris wheel that could easily be taken apart and put together. In 1906 he started the company that still makes many of the Ferris wheels used today.

But whenever you ride one remember that it all began with George Ferris’s strange idea!

【1】How tall is a Ferris wheel today?

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【2】What was the first Ferris wheel built for?

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【3】What did people think of Ferris’s idea at first?

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【4】How many people rode the first Ferris wheel during the summer in 1893?

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【5】Compared with today’s Ferris wheels what was the first Ferris wheel like?

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The 4 Smallest Countries In The World

Nauru 21 km

Located east of Australia Nauru is the smallest island country in the world. It is also a country with the most overweight people in the world with 97% of its men and 93% of women being overweight.

Tuvalu 26 km

Located in the Pacific Ocean west of Australia. There are about 10000 people with 8 km of roads and only 1 hospital on the main island. Since it’s a difficult place to get to in 2010 only about 2000 visitors came to Tuvalu.

Vatican 0.44 km

The world’s smallest country is the Vatican also known as the Holy See. This country fits within the Italian capital city of Rome. It is also home to the biggest church in the world St. Peter’s Basilica and holds some of the most important art works.

Monaco 2 km

Located on the French Riviera Monaco is home to the largest number of rich people per capital in the world. With a population of over 36000 Monaco is the world’s most densely (密集地) populated country. People there are mostly French-speaking. The most popular event is the Formula 1 race held there every year.

【1】Which is the smallest island country?

A. Nauru. B. Tuvalu. C. Vatican. D. Monaco.

【2】What’s the area of Vatican?

A. 21 km. B. 26 km. C. 0.44 km. D. 2 km.

【3】Which of the following about Monaco is TRUE?

A. It’s the world’s smallest country.

B. It’s the most difficult place to get to.

C. It has the most overweight people in the world.

D. It’s the world’s most densely populated country.

【题目】 Do you believe that you arent smarter than 3-year-old Alexis Martin, one of the youngest members of the high IQ club Mensa? Preschooler (学龄前的) Alexiss IQ is 159, which is only one point lower than Stephen Hawkings. Doctors say the average IQ of a person is about 100.

She learned to read at the age of 2. She reads at a fifth grade level and has taught herself Spanish on her parents iPad! Now, she is a member of the Mensa Club, which only accepts people with an IQ within the top two per cent of people in the world!

Alexis father, Ian Martin, said he first realized Alexis was special when she was 12 months old. She could recite (背诵) bedtime stories. Wed be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime stories from the night before. She didnt just recite them, and she recited them exactly.Alexis father would try to trick her and say that her story went a different way, but she always corrected him. Most 12-month-old children take their first steps on their own and most 18-month-olds can only name a small number of objects and body parts, and follow simple two-step questions.

Even though Alexis is a genius (天才), her parents are faced with lots of challenges like how to teach her to make friends of her own age.

Will she go into kindergarten early? We are kind of hesitant (迟疑的) because we do want her to get to that social world, Ian said.

【1】 Alexis Martin is a girl who _____________.

A. has many hobbies B. has a high IQ

C. is good at telling stories D. likes reading

2 According to the report, Stephen Hawkings IQ is as high as ___________.

A. 158 B. 159 C. 160 D. 101

3Alexis Martin could recite bedtime stories at ____________.

A. the age of 2 B. the age of 1

C. one and a half years old D. the age of 3

4What would Alexis do when her father said her bedtime stories went a different way?

A. She would refuse to listen.

B. She would try to recite it.

C. She would correct him.

D. She would laugh at it.

5Which of the following statements about Alexis is NOT true?

A. She is accepted by the Mensa Club.

B. She has made a lot of friends.

C. She learned to read at the age of 2.

D. She learned a foreign language by herself.

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