German scientists say that eating a little chocolate every day may keep you away from cardiovascular(心血管的) disease. The scientists have found that chocolate, especially dark chocolate , can help you cut down 39 percent of heart disease, including taking a very small amount . However, the study advises people not to eat too much chocolate, because too much chocolate is bad for our bodies. So the scientists advise people to eat small amount of chocolate instead of sugar or high-fat snacks.
Scientists said, “Dark chocolate shows the greatest effects, milk chocolate fewer , and white chocolate no effects.” The results showed chocolate may cut down blood pressure, but they also say that further study is needed.
In the eight-year study, people’s daily diet, exercise habits, and blood pressure were studied in 19,357 persons aged 35 to 65. They found that people who are an average of 7.5 grams of chocolate a day had a very lower chance of heart disease than those who ate much less chocolate , and average of 1.7 grams a day.
【小题1】It took the scientists __________ years to prove that small amount of chocolate is good for people.

A．8

B．35

C．39

D．65

【小题2】In the study, scientists studied _______________.

A．where chocolate came from

B．how chocolate was made

C．people’s daily diet, exercise habit and blood pressure

D．why people liked chocolate so much

【小题3】From the passage, we know that _________________.

A．chocolate was popular in Germany before

B．chocolate is good for us, but we should not eat too much

C．eating 1.7 grams of chocolate each time is the best

D．people aged 35 had better not eat chocolate

D

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（记录）in the Guinness Book of Records.

Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled（用桨划）a bathtub（浴缸）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（距离）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.

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 through         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（顺序）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（提及）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.

 

Early in the year of 2010, a chocolate theme park was opened in Beijing. About 80,000 kilograms of chocolate was used to build the park. The park displayed a mini-army of 560 Terracotta Warriors(秦始皇陵兵马俑) and a 33-foot-long replica(复制品)of a section of the Great Wall. People were able to watch different types of chocolate, and bought some chocolate souvenirs to take home.

 

A walking robot maid(女保姆)was made by South Korean scientists. They spent two years developing the robot maid. She is 1.3 meters tall and weighs 55 kilograms. She can clean at home, make the bed and even heat food in a microwave oven. She can also be used in different or dangerous situations for humans.

 

In 19th FIFA World Cup, the football players from all of Nike’s national teams wore special sports clothes. The special clothes were made from recycled plastic bottles from Japan and Taiwan. Each special shirt was made up of eight recycled plastic bottles. It was the first time that the athletes wore such uniforms. People think that they are the most environmentally friendly(环保的) uniforms in football history.

根据表格内容，选择正确答案。
【小题1】The theme park in Beijing was made of ____________.

A．wood

B．stone

C．plastic

D．chocolate

【小题2】People could _____________ in the chocolate theme park.

A．see the walking robot maid	B．visit a replica of the Great Wall
C．watch a football match	D．buy Nike sports clothes

【小题3】 The walking robot maid was made in ___________ .

A．Beijing

B．Japan

C．South Korean

D．Taiwan

【小题4】They used __________ recycled plastic bottles to make one special shirt.

A．eight

B．eighteen

C．eighty

D．eighty-five

【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The walking robot maid can eat food as humans do.

B．The special sports clothes were bad for people’s health.

C．People could buy a robot maid in the chocolate theme park.

D．It took the scientists two years to develop the walking robot maid.

One of my favorite things to do is hiking in mountains．Because
nobody likes the idea of getting lost，I always prepare before every
trip．But what’s the best navigation tool，a Global Positioning Sys-
tem(GPS)or a good old map and compass?
Five of my friends and I hiked through the mountains on a trail
(路线)I marked．One team of three carried a GPS，and the other
team used a map and compass．
It took the GPS team 3 hours and 1 1 minutes to get through the
whole hike，however，it took the map and compass team only 2
hours and 49 minutes．The biggest problem the GPS team met was
that they lost the satellite signal(卫星信号)in some places．With
no map or compass，they had to walk around until they were in a
place where the signal was good．The map and compass team was
able to spot different landmarks，compare them to their maps and then use the compass to point them in the right direction．
When I head out on my future hikes，I'm bringing a map，a compass and a GPS to show me the way．
(    )【小题1】The two teams____．
A．had the same navigation tool  B．went along the same trail    C．had the same problem
(    )【小题2】The GPS team spent ____ time than the map and compass team in the whole hike．
A．1ess    B．more    C．the same
(    )【小题3】In the end，the writer found out____．
A．the map and compass were too old navigation tools to use any more
B．it wasn’t necessary to bring a map and a compass together with a GPS
C．the GPS had some disadvantages in hiking in mountains

German scientists say that eating a little chocolate every day may keep you away from cardiovascular(心血管的) disease. The scientists have found that chocolate, especially dark chocolate , can help you cut down 39 percent of heart disease, including taking a very small amount . However, the study advises people not to eat too much chocolate, because too much chocolate is bad for our bodies. So the scientists advise people to eat small amount of chocolate instead of sugar or high-fat snacks.
Scientists said, “Dark chocolate shows the greatest effects, milk chocolate fewer , and white chocolate no effects.” The results showed chocolate may cut down blood pressure, but they also say that further study is needed.
In the eight-year study, people’s daily diet, exercise habits, and blood pressure were studied in 19,357 persons aged 35 to 65. They found that people who are an average of 7.5 grams of chocolate a day had a very lower chance of heart disease than those who ate much less chocolate , and average of 1.7 grams a day.
【小题1】It took the scientists __________ years to prove that small amount of chocolate is good for people.

A．8

B．35

C．39

D．65

【小题2】In the study, scientists studied _______________.

A．where chocolate came from

B．how chocolate was made

C．people’s daily diet, exercise habit and blood pressure

D．why people liked chocolate so much

【小题3】From the passage, we know that _________________.

A．chocolate was popular in Germany before

B．chocolate is good for us, but we should not eat too much

C．eating 1.7 grams of chocolate each time is the best

D．people aged 35 had better not eat chocolate