Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever done. Sometimes these people have their names recorded in Guinness (吉尼斯) World Records.

  Often a group of people do something unusual. One such team paddled (用漿劃) a bathtub (浴釭) 145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford,Great Britain on May 28th and 29th,1983. A month later,a racing team of hospitalbed pushers in Avon,Great Britain pushed (推) a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes!However,the distance record for hospitalbed 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 recordmakers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney,Australia,climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28th,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. Now all the records are kept in Guinness World Records.

(   ) 1. According to the story,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 hospitalbed. D. A record for having a meal.

(   ) 2. The word "cover" on the 10th line means "         

   A. start   B. travel   C. know   D. spread over

(   ) 3. What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the story?

   A. The people who held the dinner party all came from London.

   B. They had a meal at the foot of the mountain.

   C. They carried a dinner table,chairs,and a meal up the mountain to hold the dinner party.

   D. They all put on warm suits for dinner.

(   ) 4. Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the history?

a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.

b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for the hospitalbed pushing.

c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.

d. A racing team pushed a hospitalbed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.

   A. a―b―c―d   B. d―b―c―a   C. b―a―d―c   D. b―d―a―c

(   ) 5. Which of the following is mentioned (提及) in the story?

   A. The hospitalbed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh.

   B. People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things.

   C. Two different records for the hospitalbed pushing were given.

   D. Pushing a hospitalbed is more difficult than paddling a bathtub on a river.

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