河北省衡水二中2010年新高一暑假作业及答案（英语）(16)

　　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(用浆划)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 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 .

28. 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.

29. The underlined(划线的)word "cover" in the passage means .

A. start B. go C. keep D. know

30.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.

(B)

　　Mr. King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger. The manager pays him more.

　　Mr. Baker, one of his friends, works in a factory outside the city. It is far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the traffic is crowded in the morning, sometimes he is late for the work. He hopes to buy a car, but he hasn't enough money. He decides to buy an old one. He chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to have a trial(实验) drive, the seller agreed. He called Mr. King and asked him to help him.

　　Mr. King examined the car at first and then drove it away. At first he drove slowly and it worked well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing, the light turned red. He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman. A policeman told him to stop, but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.

　　What made such a good driver make this kind of mistake?

31. Mr. King is paid more because he ________.

　A. always drives very slowly B. is not afraid of danger C. has driven for years D. drives very well

32. Mr. Baker decides to ________.

A. buy a second-hand car B. have a trial drive C. choose a new car D. sell his old car

33. Mr. King tried to stop the car when ________.

A. he saw an old woman crossing the street B. he saw a big tree by the road

C. the traffic lights turned red D. the policeman shouted angrily at him

(C)

　Height is just one of the thousands of features your genes(基因)decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be tall, too, but if you have questions about how tall you're going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.

　　But genes don't decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential(潜力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.