One day, a woman from The Express News called. She said she wanted to work on a(n) on me. When she had finished me for the article, she asked, “What are you planning to do next?”

Well, at that , there was actually nothing I was planning on doing next, and what _59 out for us was, “I’m thinking about the Guinness Book of World Records for Fastest-Talking Female.”

The newspaper article came out the next day, and the writer had my final remarks(評(píng)論)about trying to break the World’s Fastest-Talking Female record. At about 5:00 that afternoon, I got a from Larry King, asking me to go on the . They would me up at 8:00 — because they wanted me to do it that night!

I the phone for a while, and then I called Guinness to find out to break a fast-talking record. They told me I would have to recite something. I began . I was both and excited at the same time.

At 8:00, the car came. I practised the whole way there, and by the time I reached the __ _ . I was tongue-tied. I asked the woman in charge, “What I don’t break the record?”

“Larry doesn’t if you break it or not,” she said. ” “He just cares that you try it on his show.” So I asked myself, “What’s the that can happen? I’ll look like a fool on television!” A thing, I told myself, I could live through that. And what if I break the record?

So I decided just to give it my best shot, and I did. I broke the record, becoming the World’s Fastest-Talking Female speaking 585 words in one minute!

1.A. articleB.experimentC. researchD. study

2.A. studyingB.interviewingC. callingD. praising

3.A. dayB. universityC. timeD. century

4.A. providedB. gaveC. tookD. came

5.A. settingB. breakingC. playingD. holding

6.A. setB. madeC. spokeD. included

7.A. timeB. chanceC. callD. notice

8.A. showB. stageC. movieD. book

9.A. bringB. pickC. callD. drive

10.A. thought ofB. stared atC.went throughD. heard of

11.A. whatB. whetherC. whenD. how

12.A. practicingB. singingC. learningD. reading

13.A. horribleB. tiredC. nervousD. happy

14.A. studio(演播室)B. theatreC. labD. office

15.A. unlessB. ifC. thoughD. how

16.A. wonderB. considerC. careD. know

17.A. bestB. mostC. leastD. worst

18.A. smallB. niceC. terribleD. big

19.A. readingB. carryingC. thinkingD. going

20.A. inB. onC. withD. by

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題解析：文章大意：本文是一篇記敘文，講述作者在接受The Express News采訪時(shí)，冒出了打算打破世界上女性最快說話吉尼斯紀(jì)錄的想法，盡管自己很緊張，但是經(jīng)過自己的努力和積極的心理暗示，最后在參加電視節(jié)目的時(shí)候打破紀(jì)錄的故事。

1. 考查名詞詞義及語境理解 A.article文章 B.experiment實(shí)驗(yàn);試驗(yàn) C.research研究；調(diào)查 D.study學(xué)習(xí)，研究；課題； 根據(jù)文章前后照應(yīng)，文中57題article的提示，可知選A。句意：她說她想寫篇關(guān)于我的文章。

2. 考查動(dòng)詞詞義及語境理解 A.studying學(xué)習(xí)、研究；B.interviewing采訪； C.calling打電話；D.praising贊揚(yáng)、稱贊；由文章第一句來自The Express News的女士打電話給作者，可知是電話采訪。故選B。句意:當(dāng)她為文章需要完成對(duì)我的采訪，她問我，“你下一步打算做什么？”

3. 考查名詞詞義 at that time固定搭配，意為“在那時(shí)”，故選C。

4. 考查動(dòng)詞搭配及語境理解 A.provided不與out搭配 B.gave out分發(fā)；公布，發(fā)表；用盡 C.took out取出；去掉 D. came out出現(xiàn)；出版；結(jié)果是 由語境可知選D。句意：出現(xiàn)在我們眼前的……

5. 考查動(dòng)詞搭配 break the record固定搭配 意為“打破紀(jì)錄”。故選B。句意：“我正考慮打破女性最快說話吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄。”

6. 考查動(dòng)詞詞義及語境理解 A.set樹立，建立； B.made使得、制造、形成； C.spoke說；D.included包含、包括； 由語境可知選D 句意:第二天報(bào)紙文章出版時(shí)，文章作者將我最后關(guān)于嘗試打破女性最快說話世界紀(jì)錄也包含在內(nèi)。

7. 考查名詞詞義及語境理解 由后文phone的提示可知，作者收到了Larry King的電話。 故選C。

8. 考查名詞詞義及語境理解 A.show節(jié)目；B.stage舞臺(tái)； C.movie電影； D.book；由后文telivision可知，Larry King叫我去參加個(gè)電視節(jié)目。故選A。

9. 考查動(dòng)詞固定搭配 pick sb up 意為“開車接某人”。故選B。

10. 考查動(dòng)詞詞組解析及語境理解 A.thought of想、思考；B.stared at注視、盯著看；C.went through經(jīng)過；D.heard of聽說 ；由上文知Larry King打電話叫作者今晚去參加節(jié)目，作者接完電話應(yīng)是驚訝的，stared at能恰當(dāng)表示作者此時(shí)的心情。故選B。

11. 考查語境理解，疑問詞的選擇，作者打電話Guinness是想知道如何打破最快說話紀(jì)錄。how to do 意為“如何做，怎么做”。故選D。

12. 考查動(dòng)詞詞義及語境理解 A.practicing練習(xí)、實(shí)習(xí)； B.singing唱歌； C.learning學(xué)習(xí)；得知 D.reading閱讀； 由后文提示“practised whole the day”故選A。句意：他們告訴我我必須背出一些東西，我開始了練習(xí)。

13. 考查形容詞詞義及語境理解 A.horrible可怕的；極討厭的； B.tired疲倦的；厭煩的 C.nervous緊張不安的； D.happy快樂的； 由語境知：打電話給Ginnuess知道如何破紀(jì)錄后，作者內(nèi)心是復(fù)雜的，既有興奮也有對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)失敗的不安（nervous）。故選C。

14. 考查名詞詞義、詞匯量及語境理解，有后文提示知，作者是來參加打破吉尼斯紀(jì)錄電視節(jié)目的，當(dāng)然到達(dá)“studio(演播室)”。故選A。

15. 考查固定搭配 what if意為“如果…將會(huì)怎么樣”故選B。句意：我問負(fù)責(zé)的女士，如果我沒有打破紀(jì)錄將會(huì)怎么樣。

16. 考查動(dòng)詞詞義及語境理解 A.wonder 想知道；懷疑 B.consider考慮、認(rèn)為； C.care在意、照顧、關(guān)心； D.know知道； 由語境知：Larry不在意我是否打破紀(jì)錄。故選C。

17. 考查形容詞最高級(jí)及語境理解 由語境知：作者心里在想自己如果沒有打破紀(jì)錄最壞的情形。worst意為“最壞的，最糟糕的” 故選D。

18. 考查形容詞詞義及語境理解 作者內(nèi)心已經(jīng)考慮了最壞的情形，在電視里看起來像傻瓜對(duì)她來說是“small thing(小事)”，再壞也壞不了哪去。故選A。

19. 考查動(dòng)詞詞義及語境理解 A.reading閱讀；理解B.carrying拿，攜帶；搬運(yùn)C.thinking想；認(rèn)為 D.going走；達(dá)到 作者內(nèi)心已考慮了最壞的情形，作者認(rèn)為（think）自己可以經(jīng)受得住在電視上出丑。 故選C。

20. 由語境知：作者通過一分鐘說585個(gè)詞語打破了紀(jì)錄。by意為“通過；依據(jù)” 故選D。

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B. Learning to love yourself for who you are.

C. Facing the stress and dealing with it.

D. Getting help from friends.

2.What does the underlined word "facade" (in Para 5) mean?

A. A false appearance. B. A big worry.

C. A wrong action. D. A strange feeling.

3.The passage is written to ______.

A. tell people how to overcome stress

B. help people form good relationship with others

C. show the importance of feeling good about yourself

D. provide the different methods to get a clear view of yourself

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