11-Tuesday 吉尼斯纪录 206词

题材： 吉尼斯纪录　 词数： 206　 建议阅读时间： 4分钟

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Everyone would like to be remembered．A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do．These people sometimes have their names recorded in the Guinness Book of Records．

Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual．One such team paddled a bathtub 145 kilometers for 24 hours．This group had 13 members．They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford，Great Britain on May 28 and 29,1983．A month later，a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon，Great Britain，pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes！However，the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Bruntsfield Bedding Center．This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979．It took the team 35 days to cover the distance．

Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world．Nine people from Sydney，Australia，climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28,1989．The climbers carried a dinner table，chairs，and a meal up the mountain．When they reached the top，they all put on warm suits for dinner．

People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record．It should be understood，however，that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records．

生词

the Guinness Book of Records　n． 《吉尼斯世界纪录》

paddle　n． 桨 v． 用桨划：He paddled a little boat furiously against the current．他竭尽全力划着一叶小舟逆流而上。

bathtub　n． 浴缸：an old wooden bathtub老式木制澡盆

bedding　n． 寝具，床上用品

hold　v． 保持，持有：She holds the world record in the 100 metres．她保持着100米短跑的世界纪录。/He succeeded in holding third position in 49.11 seconds．他成功地以49.11秒保住了第三名。

1．According to the passage，what record was made near Ashford in May，1983？

A．A record for paddling a bathtub．

B．A record for climbing a mountain．

C．A record for pushing a hospital bed．

D．A record for swimming across a river．

2．The word“cover ”in the passage means________．

A．start

B．go

C．keep

D．know

3．What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage？

A．The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney．

B．Only nine people held the highest dinner party．

C．They had a meal on the mountain．

D．They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party．

4．Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the passage？

a．A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford．

b．A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing．

c．A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran．

d．A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon．

A．a b c d

B．d b c a

C．a d b c

D．b a d c

5．Which of the following is mentioned in the passage？

A．Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh．

B．People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things．

C．Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given．

D．Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon，Great Britain．

参考译文

每个人都想雁过留声。少数人甚至想做前人从未做过的事情。这些人的名字有时候能载入《吉尼斯世界纪录》。

做一件特别的事常常需要一群人的参与。有这么一支队伍，他们划着澡盆在24小时内行进了145公里。这支队伍有13名成员。他们于1983年5月28日和29日划着澡盆穿行在英国阿什福德附近的河流。一月后，英国埃文郡的另一支竞争队伍只用了50分钟就划着医院的病床前进了16公里！然而，划病床最长距离的纪录却依然由不伦特斯寝具中心的男士们保持着。这支来自爱丁堡的队伍于1979年划着病床前进了5203公里。完成这段旅程花了他们35天的时间。

另一支队伍是举办晚宴地点最高的世界纪录保持者。来自澳大利亚悉尼的9人于1989年6月28日爬上了瓦斯卡兰山（位于秘鲁境内，最高峰6768米，为秘鲁第一高峰，南美洲第二高峰）。这些登山者带着餐桌、椅子和饭菜上山。到达山顶后，所有的人都穿上暖和的衣服开始吃晚饭。

世界各地的人们都想尽力做一些不寻常的事以创造纪录。对这种行为，我们应当予以理解，但到目前为止，并非所有的纪录都能载入《吉尼斯世界纪录》。

参考答案

Tuesday 1．A　2．B　3．D　4．D　5．C