2020高考英语二轮阅读理解一百六十集选练（54）【阅读理解】Below is a selection about some Guinness(吉尼斯) World Records.Top 6 Unusual Guinness World RecordsFastest 100 m running on all foursThe 2020 Guinness World Records Day was, according to GWR，their biggest day of recordbreaking ever, with more than 290,000 people taking part in record attempts in 15 different countries. Kenichi Itos 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 2020.Most people inside a soap bubbleLongest ears on a dogMost living generationsDid you ever wonder what is the Guinness World Record for most living generations in one family? Seven is the answer.The ultimate authority on recordbreaking mentions on the website that the youngest greatgreatgreatgreat grandparent of this family was Augusta Bung “aged 109 years 97 days, followed by her daughter aged 89, her granddaughter aged 70, her great granddaughter aged 52, her greatgreat granddaughter aged 33 and her greatgreatgreat granddaughter aged 15 on the birth of her greatgreatgreatgreat grandson on January 21, 1989”Most Tshirts worn at onceHeaviest pumpkin1Why is Kenichi Ito described as a man with a “super power”？AHe set a good example to all Japanese.BHe made record attempts in 15 different countries.CHe set a new record for “Fastest 100 m running on all fours”DHe participated in the 2020 Guinness World Records Day activities.2Jeffries is the name of _.Athe owner of the dog with the longest earsBthe grandfather of the dog with the longest earsCthe present holder of the record for “Longest ears on a dog”Dthe former holder of the record for “Longest ears on a dog”3How many Tshirts had Krunoslav Budiseli put on before he felt it difficult to go on?A68. B120. C238. D245.4According to the given information, which Guinness World Record was most recently set?AThe record for “Most people inside a soap bubble”BThe record for “Most living generations”CThe record for “Most Tshirts worn at once”DThe record for “Heaviest pumpkin”【要点综述】本文是一篇应用文，主要向读者介绍6个不同寻常的吉尼斯世界纪录的情况。1. C细节理解题。从第一则纪录中提到的He is just anothersuper powersKenichi Ito ran 100 m on all fours知，Kenichi Ito创造了最新的最快的100米“四肢爬”纪录，所以选C项。2. D细节理解题。从文章第三则纪录中Mr. Jeffries is the previous record holder of this title可以知道，Mr. Jeffries是前纪录保持者，所以选D项。3. B细节理解题。从第五则纪录中The Tshirts weighed 68 kg and Budiseli said he began struggling around Tshirt No. 120可以知道Budiseli在穿了120件T恤后感觉有点困难再穿上T恤了，所以选B项。4. A推理判断题。从文章的纪录中可以知道，A项是2020年4月4日创造的；B项是1989年1月21日创造的；C项是2020年5月22日创造的；D项是2020年10月9日创造的，由此知A项是最近时间创造的，所以选A项。【2020高考训练】阅读理解推理判断题。When most of us hear the word chocolate. the verb that comes to mind is probably ”eat”|, not “drink”, and the most proper adjective would seem to be “sweet”. But for about 90 percent of chocolates long history, it was strictly a beverage(饮料), and sugar didnt have anything to do with it.The Origin of ChocolateMany modern historians have estimated that chocolate has been around for about 2,000 years, but recent research suggests that in may be even older.In the book The True HISTOUY OF Chocolate, authors Sophie and Michael Coe prove that the earliest linguistic(语言学的) evidence of chocolate consumption dates back three or even four thousand years.Valuable and Fashionable Chocolate BeverageIts hard to discover exactly when chocolate was born, but its clear that in was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered valuable enough to use as currency. 100 beans could purchase a good turkey hen, according to a 16th-century Aztec document.Sweetened chocolate didnt appear until Europeans discovered the Americas and sampled(品尝) the native cuisine . Chocolate didnt suit the foreigners taste at firstone described it in his writings as “a bitter drink for pigs” but once mixed with honey or cane sugar, it quickly became popular throughout Spain. By the 17th century, chocolate was a fashionable drink throughout Europe, believed to have nutritious, medicinal functions. But it remained largely a privilege of the rich until the invention of the steam engine made mass production possible in the late 1700s.The Birth of Solid chocolateIn 1828, a Dutch chemist found a way to make powdered chocolate. His product became known as “Dutch cocoa”, and it soon led to the creation of solid chocolate. In 1847, Joseph Fry created the first modern chocolate bar. By 1868, a little company called Cadbury was marketing boxes of chocolate candies in England. Milk chocolate hit the marked a few years later.Prosperous Chocolate IndustryIn America, chocolate was so valued during the Revolutionary War that it was used instead of wages .