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e Pingping is the shortest man in the world. He is only metres tall. They are Chinese. On July 13th, Bao Xishun married (娶 ) a girl and He Pingping took part in their wed ding ceremony (婚禮 ). News 2: In the USA, a seventhgrader, Aidan Murray Medley went fishing in the sea one morning. The 12yearold boy caught a 250kilogram shark! It took Aidan 28 minutes to catch the shark. It was so hard that his body lost all feeling. Aidan now has the Florida record (記錄 ). He beat (打破 ) a 232kilogram catch from 1981. News 3: A young sheep climbs a tree to feed on leaves in a park in the southern Swedish town of Lund. The sheep climbed to a height (高度 ) of seven metres and spent an hour and a half in the tree before returning to the ground. ( )1. Where do the tallest man and the shortest man in the world e from A. China. B. America. C. Sweden. D. Florida. ( )2. How old is the boy who caught the fish? A. 13. B. 12. C. 250. D. 7. ( )3. How long did it take Aidan to catch the fish? A. Nearly half an hour. B. Over half an hour. C. An hour and a half. D. 12 hours. ( )4. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Bao Xishun married He Pingping. B. The tallest man and the shortest man are not both from China. C. The boy caught the biggest fish in the world. D. The sheep climbed very high and spent a long time in the tree. ( )5. Which can be the best title? A. The Tallest Man?s Wedding Ceremony B. The Amazing World C. A Boy Caught the Biggest Fish D. A Sheep Climbed a Tree B A mother camel was walking with her son through the desert (沙漠 ). They were looking for water and grass. The son asked his mother what water and grass looked like. The mother replied that water was blue and looked like the sky while grass was green and nice. After they had walked a day and a night, her son suddenly cried, “Look, Mother, there?s water and grass over there.” “What a foolish (愚蠢的 ) talk, child!” The water and grass were on the left, while the desert was on the right. Because the mother had been blind in her left eye since she was a baby,