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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. From the world's heaviest apple, the oldest lady to the world's smallest dog, these are all part of a group of the world's strangest people and things. And they are all in the Guinness Book of Records(《吉尼斯纪录》). 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 1,000 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 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 76 mm 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. (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 [　　] (2) The Guinness Book of Records has been one of the best selling books for ________. A. 50 years B. 76 years C. 600 years D. 1000 years [　　] (3) Newport thought many people tried to break Guinness records because ________. A. their names could 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 [　　] (4) Which of the following is right according to(根据)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. [　　] (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 [　　]

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答案：1．D ;2．A ;3．D ;4．B ;5．C ;