1河南卫辉市河南卫辉市 20172017 高考英语阅读理解一轮选编高考英语阅读理解一轮选编【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 2008 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 2008.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 2008 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?2AThe 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 2011 年 4 月 4 日创造的；B 项是 1989 年 1 月 21 日创造的；C 项是 2010 年 5 月 22 日创造的；D 项是 2010 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。【浙江省浙江省 20142014 高考英语模拟冲刺卷高考英语模拟冲刺卷】C】CThe discovery that language can be a barrier (障碍) to communication is quickly made by allwho travel, study, govern or sell. Whether the activity is tourism, research, government, policing or business, the lack of a common language can severely delay progress or can stop it altogether.Although communication problems of this kind must happen thousands of times each day, very few become public knowledge. Publicity comes only when a failure to communicate has major results, such as strikes, lost orders, legal problems or deadly accidents-even, at times, war. One reported example of communication failure took place in 1970, when several Americans ate a species of poisonous mushroom. No remedyremedy was known, and two of the people died within days. A radio report of the case was heard by a chemist who knew of a treatment that had been successfully used in 1959 and published in 1963. Why had the American doctors not heard of it seven years later? Possibly because the report of the treatment had been published only in journals written in European languages other than English.Several comparable cases have been reported. But isolated (孤立的) examples do not give 3an impression of the size of the problem-something that can come only from studies of the use or avoidance of foreign-language materials and contacts in different communicative situations. In the English-speaking scientific world, for example, surveys of books and documents consulted in libraries and other information agencies have shown that very little foreign-language material is ever consulted. Library requests in the field of science and technology showed that only 13 percent were for foreign language journals.The language barrier presents itself entirely to firms who wish to market their products in other countries. British industry, in particular, has in recent decades often been criticized for its assumption (设想) that foreign buyers will be happy to communicate in English, and that awareness of other languages is not therefore a matter to be considered first. In the 1960s, over two-thirds of British