( ) 69. why was shen hao respected by all the villagers?

a. because he repaired roads. b. because he built a building for some people.

c. because he is a filial man.

d. because he has made great contributions for the development of xiaogang village

( ) 70. what did shen hao think about all day?

a. he thought about how to mend the road. b. he thought about how to build houses.

c. he thought about how to make the village rich.

d. he thought about how to get together with his family.

( ) 71. the underlined word “poverty” means________ in chinese.

a. 贫乏 b. 贫穷 c. 虚弱 d. 贫瘠

( ) 72. which of the following is not true according to the passage?

a. shen hao was only 45 years old when he died.

b. shen hao spent much time in taking care of his daughter.

c. shen hao helped the villagers a lot.

d. now in xiaogang village, people are leading a rich life.

c

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 brunt field 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.

( ) 73. 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.

( ) 74.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.