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阅读理解 　　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(本领)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(赞助商)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

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．D;4．D;5．A;
解析：

(1)	数字计算题。第四段提到：短信数量由2004年一个月的25亿猛增到2006年的约74亿。由此计算可得答案。
(2)	细节归纳与计算题。由第一段最后一句可知：他仅用42.22秒就输入了160个字符的标准短信。最后一段提到：2004年，库克就曾创下57.75秒内输完规定短信的世界记录。由此计算可得答案。
(3)	细节理解题。第三段提到：大赛赞助商Jump Mobile公司的发言人莎拉·斯伯丁说，比赛全过程有现场录像，并有官方计时员为选手计时，目的是为《吉尼斯世界记录》提供依据。由此可得答案。
(4)	主旨归纳题。由短文最后一段可知：2004年，库克就曾创下57.75秒内输完规定短信的世界记录，但之后，此记录很快在当年的6月27日被一名23岁的新加坡女子以43.24秒的成绩超越。上周五，库克以他的完美表现打破了那位女子保持的世界记录。由此可知D项最能体现全文的中心。
(5)	根据全文可知standardized message和the official phrase都是指的第二段中引号内的内容。