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阅读理解Every summer many people try to swim across the English Channel．The shortest distance is only about twenty miles (one mile is about 1.6km) , but because of the strong currents , the distance that must be swum is usually more than twice as far．
The strong currents from the Atlantic Ocean divides in two before it passes round the British Isles．One goes round the north of Scotland , then into the North Sea, and then south, towards the Dutch and Belgian coasts．The other goes up the English Channel．They meet at Thames estuary（泰晤士河口）and make the swimmers impossible to swim in a straight line across the Channel．
The first man who succeeded in swimming the Channel was Captain Webb, an Englishman．This was in August 1875．He landed in France 21 hours 45 minutes after he started at Dover．Since then there have been many successful swimmers and time has been shortened．One French swimmer crossed in 11 hours and 5 minutes．In 1960 a Canadian crossed in 10 hours and 23 minutes , thus, making a record．
1．The distance at the nearest point from England to France is ______．
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A．about thirty-two kilometers
B．more than forty kilometers
C．less than twenty kilometers
D．about twenty kilometers
2．The narrowest part of the English Channel is called ______．
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A．the Strait of Dover
B．the mouth of the Thames
C．the Atlantic Ocean
D．the North Sea
3．To swim with the current is ______ to swim against the current．
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A．more difficult than B．as easy as
C．easier than D．not so easy as
4．The man who made the new record in swimming across the English Channel has shortened ______．
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A．11 hours 22 minutes B．11 hours and 5 minutes
C．11 hours 23 minutes D．less than 11 hours
5．______ try to swim the Channel．
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A．Only Englishmen
B．Only British and French people
C．Only Egyptian and Canadian Swimmers
D．People of many different nationalities
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