Question

A round of applause, please, for the Indian man who recently sang for 80 hours straight, setting a new Guinness world record. It’s an impressive feat, to be sure, but let’s just hope he still has a voice．According to Indian newspapers, Rajesh Burbure has been told to keep silent for several days so his vocal cords（聲帶）can heal．

It was reported that Burbure and his family are in a celebratory mood. "It's a proud moment for all of us," his wife told DNAIndia.com．

I, on the other hand, am unable to share their enthusiasm．Don't get me wrong: I hope the 35-year-old Burbure lives forever, sells a million records and becomes an international celebrity．But his record—singing for 80 hours straight—is about as meaningful as most of the other curious but crazy feats listed in the Guinness Book of World Records．

Granted, I'm not qualified to speak on the subject．I've got no world records to my name, and I never expect to have any．Then again, maybe I am qualified to speak for those of us who have better things to do than train for years to sing an 80-hour medley（集成曲）of pop songs．

But let’s not just pick on poor Burbure．He’s not the only person chasing meaningless accolades（榮譽(yù)）．The Guinness Book of World Records is full of the names of people who at one time grew the longest hair, or built the biggest bicycle, or baked the largest cheesecake．

To all of these enterprising souls I ask, simply, "What was it all for?"

Congratulations! For all of your painstaking effort, you became a footnote in a thick book that no one reads, except for you and the person who will eventually surpass you, with one more hour of singing, a few more centimeters of steel or a few more pounds of cheese．

After all, records are made to be broken．

1.From the text, we can conclude that the author _________．

A．thinks singing for 80 hours straight is completely meaningless

B．feels it a pity he was not invited to share the happiness with the Burbures

C．is quite worried about Burbure’s vocal cords

D．has no Guinness records, so he admires Burbures’ feat

2.Before someone wins a Guinness record, he or she has to ________．

A．become an international celebrity

B．know all about Guinness records

C．practice a great deal

D．bear great stress for fear of injury

3.We can infer from the article that ________．

A．a(chǎn)fter the 80 hours of singing, Burbure could no longer speak

B．Burbure’s wife didn’t support his attempt to make a Guinness record

C．many have criticized Burbure for his stupid behavior

D．challenging a Guinness record may be harmful to the health

4.The author’s attitude to some Guinness world records is ________．

A．positive           B．impressed         C．negative          D．touched

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了作者對吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄的看法，認(rèn)為這會(huì)對健康有害，對吉尼斯紀(jì)錄有批判的否定的態(tài)度。

1.推理題：從第三段I, on the other hand, am unable to share their enthusiasm 以及他把Burbures所創(chuàng)的記錄評價(jià)為as meaningful as most of the other curious but crazy feats從curious（這里指奇怪的）和crazy可知meaningful是反語。還有后面的chasing meaningless accolades都說明他認(rèn)為像Burbures這樣的吉尼斯紀(jì)錄不值得那樣的“歡欣鼓舞”，甚至是沒有意義的事。選A

2.細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段末尾train for years to sing an 80-hour medley (集成曲) of pop songs.可判斷。可知選C

3.推理題：文章第一段就告訴我們他連續(xù)唱了80小時(shí)的歌對聲帶造成了損傷。選D

4.作者態(tài)度題：作者對文中提及的吉尼斯紀(jì)錄有批判的否定的態(tài)度。他甚至認(rèn)為厚厚的Guinness Book of World Records ,人們看都不看。除了想破紀(jì)錄的人。 C

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點(diǎn)評：故事類文章本身具備趣味性，考生可以不費(fèi)力的閱讀，但不能忽視關(guān)鍵句的理解有時(shí)不能指注重表面含義。