C

A man from Sri Lanka on Friday broke the Guinness world record for the longest time spent watching TV. He finished with 69 hours and 48 minutes.

Suresh Joachim did his TV viewing in the lobby (门厅) of WABC-TV as part of the “Guinness World Record Breaker Week ” on the TV talk show “Live With Regis and Kelly”.

After passing the previous record of 50 hours and 7 minutes Thursday, Joachim continued until about 7 am Friday.

Sitting on a brown leather couch, he watched nothing but ABC shows. 高@考@资@源@网

“I’m going to be a little tired of watching TV after this,” Joachim told reporters by phone during a brief break.

Rules of Guinness for the couch potato honor, allow for a five-minute break every hour and a 15-minute break every eight hours. The viewer must be constantly looking at the screen.

The hardest part, Joachim said on Live With Regis and Kelly, was “I couldn’t watch the people” —the many, waving passers-by on the street outside the ABC studio.

Joachim, who lives in Toronto but comes from Sri Lanka, now holds more than 16 Guinness records, including the longest duration(持续) balancing on one foot (76 hours, 40 minutes) and bowling for 100 hours. He does it, he says, to raise awareness of suffering children. 高@考@资@源@网

64. Which paragraph shows the main idea of the passage?

A. The first paragraph. B. The last paragraph.

C. The second paragraph. D. The sixth paragraph.

65. Which of the following phrases can replace the underlined word “constantly”?

A. All the time. B. At times.

C. Some time. D. Once upon a time.

66. What’s the biggest pity for Joachim when he did his TV viewing?

A. That Joachim could eat nothing.

B. That Joachim couldn’t watch the people outside.

C. That Joachim felt very tired.

D. That Joachim didn’t have any time for a break.

D

People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or other historic remains. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. Most European tourists are looking for sunny beach to lie on.

Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money for the sun because they have little of it. People of cities like London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam, spend much of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason why the Mediterranean(地中海) has always attracted them. Every summer many people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun!

The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economics of Mediterranean countries. Italy’s 30 000 hotels are booked without a break every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain’s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit there yearly, or one tourist for each person living in Spain.

But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can deal with. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. None of these, however, is ruining anyone’s fun. Obviously, they don’t go there for clear water. They allow traffic jams and seem to like crowded beaches. They don’t even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, it’s still better than sitting in the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo.

67. The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that .

A. they want to see historic remains

B. they wish to escape from cold, dark and rainy days

C. they would like to take pictures in front of famous places

D. they are interested in different cultural and social customs

68. According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than others?

A. Spain B. Greece C. France D. Italy

69. The underlined part in Paragraph 3 “one tourist for each person living in Spain”

means_______.

A. all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists

B. every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist

C. every family in Spain is visited by a tourist every year

D. every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country

70. According to the passage, which of the following might ruin(毁坏) the tourists’ fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches?

A. Polluted water. B. Rainy weather. C. Crowded buses. D. Traffic jams.

71. Which of the following statements is True?

A. The Mediterranean is welcomed by many Europeans living in the dark all the year around.

B. 3,700,000 tourists visit the Mediterranean every year.

C. The Mediterranean is always fascinating(迷人的) to most European visitors.

D. The Mediterranean is now the only place polluted most on earth.

E

If you want to learn anything at school, you need to listen to your teachers. Unfortunately, millions of kids can’t hear what their teachers are saying. And it’s not because these students are goofing off. Often, it’s the room’s fault. Building architecture and building design can create echo(回声)-filled classrooms that make hearing difficult.

Children with hearing impairments(损伤)suffer most from noisy classrooms. They sometimes can’t hear questions that other students ask in class. Compared with kids with healthy hearing, they have a harder time picking up new vocabulary words by hearing them in talking.

Even kids with normal hearing have a harder time in the classroom when there’s too much noise. Younger children in particular have trouble separating important sounds – like a teacher’s voice – from background noise. Kids with learning disabilities and speech impediments(障碍)and kids for whom English is a second language also have a harder time learning in noisy situations.

In recent years, scientists who study sound have been asking schools to reduce background noise, which may include loud air-conditioners and pipes. They’re also targeting outdoor noises, such as highway traffic. Noise reduction is a big deal. Why? Because quieter classrooms might make you smarter by letting you hear your lessons better.

“It’s so obvious that we should have quiet rooms that allow for access to the lesson,” says Dan Ostergren, a hearing scientist. “Sometimes it surprises me that we spend so much time discussing this topic. I just want to go. Why is this hard for anyone to grasp?”

72. The underlined part “goofing off” in the first paragraph can be replaced by “ ”.

A. lazy B. intelligent C. sleepy D. foolish

73. Who is most affected by noisy classrooms?

A. Children with learning disabilities. B. Children with speech impairments.

C. Children with hearing impediments. D. Children with normal hearing.

74. Why should noise be reduced in classrooms?

A. Quiet classrooms are suitable for kids to have discussions.

B. Quiet classrooms help kids recover from hearing impairments.

C. Kids can’t separate sounds of air-conditioners and pipes.

D. Kids can become smarter after hearing lessons better.

75. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Classroom design B. Noisy classrooms

C. The sense of hearing D. Disabled kids