高一英语暑假阅读天天练 第十二天

我的暑假第十二天：(3)Winter-swimming has become popular in Beijing. Three years ago, few people would go swimming in the city waters. But now there is a Winter-swimming Enthusiasts Club(冬泳爱好者协会)and it has more than 2, 000 members. The oldest is 84 years of age and the youngest is only 7. The members are from all ways of life. They may be workers, peasants, soldiers, teachers, students.Though it is now the coldest part of the season and the water temperature in the citys lakes is around 0C, many winter-swimmers still swim in the icy waters, even when it is snowing. They enjoy themselves in the lake, while the people by the side of the lake are wearing heavy clothes.Why are so many people interested in winter-swimming? Because winter-swimming can be good for ones health.Bei Sha is a good example. He is 69 years old, and he once suffered from heart trouble for 26 years. After ten years of winter-swimming he is now in good health. Scientists are now studying the effects of winter-swimming on health.1. Among the winter-swimmers the oldest man is _ years older than the youngest one.A. 91B. 84C. 77D. 72. Guess what “The members are from all ways of life” means.A. The members do different jobs at different places.B. They come from all parts of Beijing.C. They are persons of different ages.D. They are men and women, old and young.3. Winter-swimming has become popular in Beijing because _.A. more and more people like to swim in winterB. it is more interesting than swimming in summerC. winter-swimmers are brave menD. winter-swimming does a lot of good to ones health4. The best title for this passage should be _.A. People in Beijing Like Swimming in WinterB. Winter-swimming A Craze(狂热) in BeijingC. People Benefit from Winter-swimmingD. Winter-swimmers Are Brave Men(4)Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon record(马拉松记录). They wanted to play for ninety hours and that is to add six hours to the record. Each team had nine players, with five at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21. 5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 oclock in the evening.The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited(兴奋的) to fall asleep at once.After sleeping for a short time, they had to play again. On the second night, they fell asleep as soon as they stopped. Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological(心理上的) one. Each boy was thinking：why am I doing this？How can I play any longer？After the third night, the players knew they could finish the ninety hours. The basketball on the fourth night was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was！1. In the story, there were _ schoolboys playing basketball marathon.A. 9B. 14C. 17D. 182. Before this basketball marathon, the world record was _.A. 84 hours B. 86 hoursC. 90 hours D. 96 hours3. The first night was hard for the players to fall asleep because _.A. they were too excitedB. they only slept for a short timeC. no one watched them playD. it was very long4. “the players looked as fresh as when they started” here “fresh” means _.A. 新鲜的B. 兴奋不已的C. 精神饱满的D. 伤痕累累的5. Which of the following sentences is wrong？A. Some of the boys