1、Section Using Language Summing Up&Learning Tip 一、根据汉语或首字母提示写出单词的适当形式 1.She b 50 dollars for the camera.答案:bid 2.She has won the title of the worlds c .答案:champion 3.The tournament is open to both a and professionals.答案:amateurs 4.He had hopes of being s for the national team.答案:selected 5.This kind
2、of train can a a speed of up to 240 kph.答案:attain 6.The young man was the most (勇敢的)man I ever met.答案:courageous 7.Id (感激)it if you wouldnt mention it.答案:appreciate 8.A (政治家)must be able to communicate.答案:politician 二、用适当的介词填空 1.One story says he went abroad his teens.答案:in 2.Hangzhou is the goal my
3、 journey.答案:of 3.I went to the tropics the first time last year.答案:for 4.Women were first allowed to compete the Olympic shooting in 1968.答案:in 5.He became an excellent doctor the age of 27.答案:at 6.He developed a passion swimming when living in the country.答案:for 7.He set the racing world on its ear
4、 breaking eight world records.答案:by 三、完成句子 1.I think Tom,(而不是你),is to blame.答案:rather than you 2.He grows grass (也种花).答案:as well as flowers 3.(你如何发现它是)what we are all concerned about.答案:How you find it is 4.She (全力倾注于自己的事业).答案:devoted herself to her career 5.(上次我们见面),you had a beard.答案:The last time
5、 we met 6.The news shocked the public,(引发了)a great concern about students safety at school.答案:leading to 四、阅读理解 1.A When someone meets a stranger with the same hobby,that person immediately becomes a friend.People enjoy the company of others who share a similar interest.Often they will form a club a
6、nd travel great distances to attend meetings where they can talk about their hobbies.Other people have such unusual hobbies that no one else can share them.Sometimes they try to do something better,faster or longer than anyone else in order to have their names included in the GuinnessBookofWorldReco
7、rds.A lady in Massachusetts may have the worlds easiest hobby:she lets her hair grow.Diane Witt has not cut her hair for twelve years.It is now eight feet(2.44 metres)long,and she will soon set a new world record and her name will be placed in the GuinnessBook.A thirty-year-old man in Pennsylvania p
8、layed the piano for forty-five days and eleven hours,while a musician in Connecticut played the flute for forty-three hours.A teacher in California typed for over 162 hours,and a lady from Iowa spent six years typing the numbers from one to one million.Probably the cleanest people in the world are t
9、wo young women from England who stayed in the shower for over ninety-eight hours;but a man in Oregon was more than twice as clean after taking a shower that lasted two hundred hours.Someone once said that“Records are made to be broken”.One record that many young men might enjoy breaking is the one m
10、ade by Roger Guy,English of California.During a period of eight hours,Roger kissed three thousand young women.1.From the passage we know that .A.some people do something special to put names in the GuinnessBookofWorldRecords B.it took a lady from Iowa six months to type the numbers from one to one m
11、illion C.a teacher in California typed for over 8 days D.a lady in New York hasnt have hair cut for 12 years 答案:A 解析:细节理解题。根据第一段最后两句“Otherpeoplehavesuchunusualhobbiesthatnooneelsecansharethem.Sometimestheytrytodosomethingbetter,fasterorlongerthananyoneelseinordertohavetheirnamesincludedintheGuinness
12、BookofWorldRecords.”可知一些人特意做一些特别的事以便被记录入吉尼斯世界纪录大全。D项的 NewYork 应改成 Massachusetts,B、C 项的时间不对,故选 A 项。2.Which of the following is TRUE?A.Diane Witts hair is now eight metres long.B.A thirty-year-old man in Pennsylvania played the piano for 2,160 hours.C.A musician in Connecticut played the violin for on
13、e day and 19 hours.D.Two young women from England stayed in the shower for over 4 days.答案:D 解析:细节理解题。根据第三段中的“ProbablythecleanestpeopleintheworldaretwoyoungwomenfromEnglandwhostayedintheshowerforoverninety-eighthours”可知 D 项正确。A 项的 metres 应改成 feet;B 项的时间不对;C 项的violin 应改成 flute。3.The underlined word“co
14、mpany”(in Paragraph 1)means .A.being excellent B.being similar C.being friendly D.being together 答案:D 解析:词义猜测题。根据上下文可知人们喜欢跟有相同兴趣的人走在一起,所以此词是“陪伴,在一起”的意思。4.What would be the best title for the passage?A.GuinnessBook.B.How to Get World Records.C.Some World Records.D.Records Are Made to Be Broken.答案:C 解
15、析:主旨大意题。此文主要是向我们介绍一些世界纪录,因此 C 项是最佳选项。5.Judging from the writing style of the passage,it is .A.a piece of advertisement B.a science report C.a passage for professional reading D.a passage from a magazine 答案:D 解析:推理判断题。吉尼斯世界纪录不是广告,故 A 项错误;文章的专业性不强,不属于专业性的阅读文章,也不可能是科学报告;文章的内容应归为生活消遣类,因此最可能出现在杂志上。6.B Be
16、lowisaselectionaboutsomeGuinnessWorldRecords.Top6UnusualGuinnessWorldRecords Fastest100mrunningonallfours The 2008 Guinness World Records Day was,according to GWR,their biggest day of record-breaking ever,with more than 290,000 people taking part in record attempts in 15 different countries.Kenichi
17、Itos record attempt was part of this special day.He is just another example of Japanese with“super powers”.His“super power”is to run with great speed on all fours.Kenichi Ito ran 100 m on all fours in 18.58 seconds.The Japanese set this record at Setagaya Kuritsu Sogo Undojyo,Tokyo,in 2008.Mostpeopl
18、einsideasoapbubble The Discovery Science Centre in Santa Ana,California celebrated this year the 15th anniversary of the Bubble(泡泡)Festival.A bubbles math principles and science were presented and demonstrated at the three-week-long exhibition.The intriguing Bubble Show was also part of the program.
19、Fan Yang and Deni Yang impressed the audience with their awesome skills for bubble making.The Yang family cooperated with the Discovery Science Centre to set a new Guinness World Record for most people inside a soap bubble and they succeeded.The family that has been working with soap bubbles for 27
20、years created a huge soap bubble and got 118 people inside it.The record was set on April 4,2011.Longestearsonadog A bloodhound from Illinois has the longest ears ever measured on a dog.The right ear is 13.75 inches long and the left one 13.5 inches.The dog named Tigger earned this title in 2004 and
21、 is owned by Christina and Bryan Flessner.Mr.Jeffries is the previous record holder of this title.Each of his ears measured approximately 11.5 inches long.His grandfather used to hold this amazing world record,but when he died Mr.Jeffries took over.Mostlivinggenerations Did you ever wonder what is t
22、he Guinness World Record for most living generations in one family?Seven is the answer.The ultimate authority on record-breaking mentions on the website that the youngest great-great-great-great grandparent of this family was Augusta Bung“aged 109 years 97 days,followed by her daughter aged 89,her g
23、randdaughter aged 70,her great grand-daughter aged 52,her great-great grand-daughter aged 33 and her great-great-great granddaughter aged 15 on the birth of her great-great-great-great grandson on January 21,1989”.MostT-shirtswornatonce Believe it or not,there is a record also for this category.Krun
24、oslav Budiseli set a new world record on May 22,2010 for wearing 245 T-shirts at the same time.The man from Croatia was officially recognized as the new record holder by Guinness World Records after he managed to put on 245 different T-shirts in less than two hours.The T-shirts weighed 68 kg and Bud
25、iseli said he began struggling around T-shirt No.120.He dethroned the Swedish Guinness record holder who wore 238 T-shirts.Heaviestpumpkin Guinness World Records confirmed on October 9,2010 that a gigantic pumpkin(南瓜)grown in Wisconsin was officially the worlds heaviest.It weighed 1,810 pounds 8 oun
26、ces and was unveiled by Chris Stevens at the Stillwater Harvest Festival in Minnesota.Stevens pumpkin was 85 pounds heavier than the previous record,another huge pumpkin grown in Ohio.The proud farmer said his secret is a precise mixture of rain,cow manure,good soil,sea grass and fish emulsion.Some
27、of the worlds heaviest pumpkins,including the record holder,were on public display at the Brown Botanical Gardens in New York for a dozen days.6.Why is Kenichi Ito described as a man with a“super power”?A.He set a good example to all Japanese.B.He made record attempts in 15 different countries.C.He
28、set a new record for“Fastest 100 m running on all fours”.D.He participated in the 2008 Guinness World Records Day activities.答案:C 解析:细节理解题。根据第一项吉尼斯世界纪录 Fastest100mrunningonallfours 中的最后两句可知,这位日本人在四肢着地的情况下跑 100 米跑得最快,因此获得赞誉。7.Jeffriesisthenameof .A.theownerofthedogwiththelongestears B.thegrandfathero
29、fthedogwiththelongestears C.thepresentholderoftherecordfor“Longestearsonadog”D.theformerholderoftherecordfor“Longestearsonadog”答案:D 解析:细节理解题。根据第三项吉尼斯世界纪录 Longestearsonadog 部分的第二段第一句可知,Jeffries 是前纪录保持者的名字。8.HowmanyT-shirtshadKrunoslavBudiseliputonbeforehefeltitdifficulttogoon?A.68.B.120.C.238.D.245.答
30、案:B 解析:细节理解题。根据第五项吉尼斯世界纪录 MostT-shirtswornatonce 中的倒数第二句可知,当穿到第 120 件 T 恤衫时,他开始感觉到了吃力。9.Accordingtothegiveninformation,whichGuinnessWorldRecordwasmostrecentlyset?A.Therecordfor“Mostpeopleinsideasoapbubble”.B.Therecordfor“Mostlivinggenerations”.C.Therecordfor“MostT-shirtswornatonce”.D.Therecordfor“Heaviestpumpkin”.答案:A 解析:细节理解题。根据第二项吉尼斯世界纪录 Mostpeopleinsideasoapbubble 部分的第二段最后一句可知,该项纪录的时间是 2011 年 4 月 4 日,与其他纪录的时间相比,这是最近的。
