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Below is a selection about Guinness（吉尼斯） World Records.

Top 6 Unusual Guinness World Records

?Fastest 100 m running on all fours

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 （尝试） in 15 different countries. Kenichi Ito’s 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.

?Most people inside a soap bubble

The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California celebrated this year the 15th anniversary of the Bubble （泡泡） Festival. A bubble’s math principles and science were presented and demonstrated （演示，证明） at the three-week-long exhibition. The intriguing Bubble Show was also part of the program. Fan Yang and Deni Yang impressed the audience with their wonderful skills for bubble making. The Yang family cooperated with the Discovery Science Center 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 years created a huge soap bubble and got 118 people inside it. The record was set on April 4, 2011.

?Longest ears on a dog

A bloodhound （寻血猎犬） 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 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.

?Most living generations

Did you ever wonder what is the 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 granddaughter 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”

?Most T-shirts worn at once

Believe it or not, there is a record also for this category. Krunoslav 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 Budiseli said he began struggling around T-shirt No. 120. He dethroned （罢黜） the Swedish Guinness record holder who wore 238 T-shirts.

? Heaviest pumpkin

Guinness World Records confirmed on October 9, 2010 that a gigantic pumpkin （南瓜） grown in Wisconsin was officially the world’s heaviest. It weighed 1,810 pounds 8 ounces 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 waste, good soil, sea grass and fish emulsion（乳状液）. Some of the world’s heaviest pumpkins, including the record holder, were on public display at the Bronx Botanical Gardens in New York for a dozen days.

63．Why is Kenichi Ito described as a man with a “super power”?A．He set a new record for “Fastest 100 m running on all fours”.B．He set a good example to all Japanese.C．He made record attempts in 15 different countries.D．He took part in the 2008 Guinness World Records Day activities.64．Jeffries is the name of ____________.A．the owner of the dog with the longest earsB．the former holder of the record for “Longest ears on a dog”C．the present holder of the record for “Longest ears on a dog”D．the grandfather of the dog with the longest ears65．How many T-shirts had Krunoslav Budiseli put on before he felt it difficult to go on?A．245. 　　　　　　　　　　 B．238. 　　　　　　　　　　 C．120.　　　　　　　　　 D．68.66．According to the given information, which Guinness World Record was most recently set?A．The record for “Most people inside a soup bubble”.B．The record for “Most living generations”.C．The record for “Most T-shirts worn at once”.D．The record for “Heaviest pumpkin”.

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Patti discovered the meaning of running when she was 23．At that time she was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day and had　 36 over 50 pounds．"I decided to 37 ," she says．She took a clock and started　 38　 what she did every day, and then she 39 an hour a day as a "be nice to Patti "hour．"I started having bubble（泡沫） baths with　 40　 lit, because Cosmopolitan Magazine　 41　 that this would be good for me．But I got　 42　 of that soon, "Patti remembers．She wanted to do something really pleasant．She found that the 43　 times in her life were times when she was physically active．So she took up 44 ．

She decided to start 　45 the next day．She ran for an hour, 　46 a total of 7 miles on her first run．"I couldn't walk for two weeks 　47 I felt painful all over!" Patti recalls （回忆）．"But I felt so wonderful!" Patti wasn't crazy about running yet, but she was in　 48　 with the after effects of running．

Within seven months, Patti had run her first marathon, qualified for the Boston Marathon, and placed 25th in the world for　 49　 distance runners．Over the next years, she 　50　 records and set standards for women in the sport．She was the first American woman to run a 2：30 marathon, and then broke 　51　 two records　 52　 an 8—month period．

Patti 　53　 that, if we can set standards for ourselves, we can pull ourselves out of the most difficult 　54　 and come out on top．"Everybody has to be a champion（冠军） and 　55　 has that in them．"

36．A．lost　　　　　 B．earned　　　　　　 C．gained　　　　　 D．reduced

37．A．cry　　　　　 B．move　　　　　　 C．walk　　　　　 D．change

38．A．striking　　　　 B．recording　　　　　 C．sharing　　　　　 D．collecting

39．A．set aside　　　 B．set up C．set out D．set about

40．A．lamps　　　　 B．fires　　　　　　 C．candles　　　　　 D．cigarettes

41．A．spoke　　　　 B．said　　　　　　　 C．wrote　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．went

42．A．afraid　　　　 B．fond　　　　　　　 C．tired　　　　　　 D．ashamed

43．A．saddest　　　　 B．happiest　　　　　 C．loneliest　　　　 D．luckiest

44．A．smoking　　　 B．bathing　　　　　　 C．dieting　　　　　 D．running

45．A．right　　　　 B．only　　　　　　　 C．even　　　　　　　 D．again

46．A．covering　　　 B．spreading　　　　　 C．passing　　　　 D．overcoming

47．A．but　　　　　　　　 B．although　　　　　　 C．while　　　　　 D．because

48．A．peace　　　　 B．line　　　　　　　 C．love　　　　　　 D．touch

49．A．men　　　　 B．women　　　　　　 C．adults　　　　　 D．children

50．A．kept　　　　 B．held　　　　　　　 C．broke　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．cleared

51．A．another　　　　 B．other　　　　　　　 C．else　　　　　　 D．more

52．A．for　　　　　 B．on　　　　　　　　 C．at　　　　　　　 D．over

53．A．believes　　　　 B．imagines　　　　　　 C．requires　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．hopes

54．A．pleasures　　 B．challenges　　　　　 C．pities　　　　　　 D．purposes

55．A．anybody　　　 B．nobody　　　　　　 C．somebody　　　 D．everybody

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Below is a selection about Guinness（吉尼斯） World Records.

Top 6 Unusual Guinness World Records

?Fastest 100 m running on all fours

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 （尝试） in 15 different countries. Kenichi Ito’s 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.

?Most people inside a soap bubble

The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California celebrated this year the 15th anniversary of the Bubble （泡泡） Festival. A bubble’s math principles and science were presented and demonstrated （演示，证明） at the three-week-long exhibition. The intriguing Bubble Show was also part of the program. Fan Yang and Deni Yang impressed the audience with their wonderful skills for bubble making. The Yang family cooperated with the Discovery Science Center 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 years created a huge soap bubble and got 118 people inside it. The record was set on April 4, 2011.

?Longest ears on a dog

A bloodhound （寻血猎犬） 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 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.

?Most living generations

Did you ever wonder what is the 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 granddaughter 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”

?Most T-shirts worn at once

Believe it or not, there is a record also for this category. Krunoslav 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 Budiseli said he began struggling around T-shirt No. 120. He dethroned （罢黜） the Swedish Guinness record holder who wore 238 T-shirts.

? Heaviest pumpkin

Guinness World Records confirmed on October 9, 2010 that a gigantic pumpkin （南瓜） grown in Wisconsin was officially the world’s heaviest. It weighed 1,810 pounds 8 ounces 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 waste, good soil, sea grass and fish emulsion（乳状液）. Some of the world’s heaviest pumpkins, including the record holder, were on public display at the Bronx Botanical Gardens in New York for a dozen days.

63．Why is Kenichi Ito described as a man with a “super power”?

A．He set a new record for “Fastest 100 m running on all fours”.

B．He set a good example to all Japanese.

C．He made record attempts in 15 different countries.

D．He took part in the 2008 Guinness World Records Day activities.

64．Jeffries is the name of ____________.

A．the owner of the dog with the longest ears

B．the former holder of the record for “Longest ears on a dog”

C．the present holder of the record for “Longest ears on a dog”

D．the grandfather of the dog with the longest ears

65．How many T-shirts had Krunoslav Budiseli put on before he felt it difficult to go on?

A．245. 　　　　　　　　　　 B．238. 　　　　　　　　　　 C．120.　　　　　　　　　 D．68.

66．According to the given information, which Guinness World Record was most recently set?

A．The record for “Most people inside a soup bubble”.

B．The record for “Most living generations”.

C．The record for “Most T-shirts worn at once”.

D．The record for “Heaviest pumpkin”.

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　　For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies and other creatures learn to do things because certain acts lead to “rewards”, and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages (阶段), had to be directly related to such basic physiological “drives”(生理的动力) as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.

　　It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except the successful outcome (result).

　　Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to “reward” the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response (反应) with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children's responses in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement “switched on” a display (显示) of lights, and in deed that they were capable of learning (were able to learn) quite complex (复杂的) turns to bring about this result, for instance, two left or two right, or even to make as many as three turns to one side.

　　Papousek's light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would smile or bubble (格格地笑) when the display came on. Papousek concluded that it was not primarily (mainly) the sight of the lights which pleased them, it was the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental (basic) human urge (强烈欲望) to make sense of (understand) the world and bring it under intentional (有意识的) control.

1．According to the author, babies learn to do things which ________.

[　　]

A．will satisfy their curiosity

B．will meet their physical needs

C．are directly related to pleasure (are connected with pleasure)

D．wilt bring them a feeling of success

2．Papousek noticed that in his studies that a baby ________.

[　　]

A．would make learned responses when it saw the milk

B．would continue the simple movements without being given milk

C．would turn its head to right or left when it had enough to drink

D．would carry out learned movements when it had drunk enough milk

3．In Papousek's experiment babies make learned movements of the head in order to ________.

[　　]

A．be praised

B．please their parents

C．be rewarded with milk

D．have the lights turned on

4．The babies would “smile and bubble” because ________.

[　　]

A．they succeeded in “switching on” the lights

B．the sight of the lights was interesting

C．they need not turn back to watch the lights

D．the lights were directly related to some basic “drive”

5．According to Papousek, the pleasure babies get in achieving something is a reflection of ________.

[　　]

A．the satisfaction of certain physiological needs

B．their strong desire to solve complex problems

C．a basic human desire to understand and control the world

D．a fundamental human urge to show off their learned skills

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　　Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices going up, up, and up．“How high can they go?” Is the question on everyone’s lips．“As long as interest rates stay around 5 percent, nothing might be able to prevent housing prices going up, ” said one house seller in Santa Monica, California．

　　“It’s crazy, ” said Tim, who is looking for a house near the beach．“In 1993, I bought my first place, a two－bedroom flat in Venice, for＄70,000．My friends thought then that I was overpaying．Five years later, I had to move．I sold it for ＄ 230,000, which was a nice profit．Last year, while visiting friends here, I saw in the local paper that the exact same flat was for sale for ＄ 510,000!”

　　It is a seller’s market．Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10 percent more than the asking price．Donna, a new owner of a one－bedroom flat on Venice Beach, said, “That’s what I did．I told the owner that whatever anyone offers you, I’ll give you ＄ 20,000 more under the table, so you don’t have to pay your house seller any of it．I was tired of negotiating with the house sellers．”

　　Tim says he hopes he doesn’t get that desperate．“Whether you decide to buy or not, you still feel like you made the wrong decision．If you buy, you feel like you overpaid．If you don’t buy, you want to kick yourself for passing up a great opportunity．”

　　Everyone says the bubble(气泡)has to burst sometime, but everyone hopes it will burst the day after they sell their house．Even government officials have no idea what the future will bring．“All we can say is that, clearly, these things go in regular cycles, ”said the state director of housing．“What goes up must come down．But, as we all know, housing prices always stay up a little higher than they go down(被接受)．So you can’t lose over the long run．Twenty years down the road, your house is always worth more than you paid for it．”

(1)

If Tim had sold his flat last year，he could have earned _________．
[　　]
A．	＄ 510,000
B．	＄ 440,000
C．	＄ 280,000
D．	＄ 160,000

(2)

Donna paid another ＄ 20,000 to the owner secretly because _________．
[　　]
A．	she felt like offering 10％ more
B．	secret money made low price
C．	the owner asked for the money
D．	she was bored with bargaining

(3)

We can infer from Tim’s words in Paragraph 4 that _________．
[　　]
A．	homebuyers feel hesitate facing rising house prices
B．	buying a house is always a great opportunity
C．	homebuyers never make the right decision
D．	both sellers and buyers become desperate

(4)

Which of the following is TRUE about the housing bubble?
[　　]
A．	It is something everyone hates to see．
B．	Only experts know when it will burst．
C．	It is unavoidable in the regular circles．
D．	It usually stays for about twenty years．

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