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　　A Utah teen with fingers of fury(神速)is once again the speed text-messaging king of the world．Ben Cook, 18, of Provo, Utah, returned to the top of the cell-phone text-messaging competition last Friday at a water park in Denver, finishing a 160-character standardized message in 42.22 seconds．

　　The phrase used for purposes of professional, competition text is：“The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world．In reality they seldom attack a human．”

　　The feat(本領)was recorded on video and scored by an official timekeeper, authorizing it for the Guinness World Records purposes, said Sara Spaulding, spokeswoman for event sponsor(贊助商)Jump Mobile．

　　Text messaging, already popular with teenagers, is becoming increasingly popular in the U．S．, jumping from 2.5 billion a month in 2004 to about 7.4 billion a month in 2006, according to a survey by the CTIA, the wireless industry’s trade group．

　　Cook in 2004 set the world record by texting the official phrase in 57.75 seconds, a record that soon fell．Before Cook’s feat Friday, the record was held by a 23-year-old woman from Singapore at 43.24 seconds set on June 27, 2004．

(1)

The a mount of text-messaging a month in 2006 is about ________ as many as in 2004．

[　　]

A．

two times

B．

three times

C．

four times

D．

five times

(2)

Ben Cook won the text-messaging competition last Friday spending ________ seconds less than his last world record．

[　　]

A．

1.02

B．

14.52

C．

15.53

D．

42.22

(3)

Why was the feat recorded on video and scored by an official timekeeper?

[　　]

A．

Because the competition was the most important in the US．

B．

Because it was once cheated in the competition．

C．

Because officials want to witness it by themselves．

D．

Because it can provide official evidence for Guinness World Records．

(4)

What’s the best title for the passage?

[　　]

A．

Text-messaging is globally popular

B．

Text-messaging competition

C．

Guiness World Records on text-messaging

D．

Utah teen sets text-messaging record

(5)

What is this passage can replace “the official phrase” of the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．

standardized message

B．

text-messaging competition

C．

purpose

D．

world record

答案：1．B;2．C;3．D;4．D;5．A;
解析：

(1)

數(shù)字計算題。第四段提到：短信數(shù)量由2004年一個月的25億猛增到2006年的約74億。由此計算可得答案。

(2)

細節(jié)歸納與計算題。由第一段最后一句可知：他僅用42.22秒就輸入了160個字符的標準短信。最后一段提到：2004年，庫克就曾創(chuàng)下57.75秒內(nèi)輸完規(guī)定短信的世界記錄。由此計算可得答案。

(3)

細節(jié)理解題。第三段提到：大賽贊助商Jump Mobile公司的發(fā)言人莎拉·斯伯丁說，比賽全過程有現(xiàn)場錄像，并有官方計時員為選手計時，目的是為《吉尼斯世界記錄》提供依據(jù)。由此可得答案。

(4)

主旨歸納題。由短文最后一段可知：2004年，庫克就曾創(chuàng)下57.75秒內(nèi)輸完規(guī)定短信的世界記錄，但之后，此記錄很快在當年的6月27日被一名23歲的新加坡女子以43.24秒的成績超越。上周五，庫克以他的完美表現(xiàn)打破了那位女子保持的世界記錄。由此可知D項最能體現(xiàn)全文的中心。

(5)

根據(jù)全文可知standardized message和the official phrase都是指的第二段中引號內(nèi)的內(nèi)容。


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