一篇阅读题‘TheGuinnessWorldRecords’On10November1951,amancalledSirHughBeaverarguedwithsomefriendsinIreland.‘WhichisthefastestbirdinEurope?'theyasked.Theycouldnotagreeontheanswer.Thatevening,SirBeaverandhis

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一篇阅读题‘The Guinness World Records’
On 10 November 1951,a man called Sir Hugh Beaver argued with some friends in Ireland.‘Which is the fastest bird in Europe?'they asked.They could not agree on the answer.That evening,Sir Beaver and his friends looked for the answer in many reference books.It was impossible to find.
ir Beaver thought that there must be many other questions like this,but there was no way to find the answer.He realized that a book with answers like this may be a good idea.He was right!
The first Guinness Book of Records was published on 27 August 1955 and was very popular.The following year,the book was published in the USA,and it sold 70,000 copies.
All over the world people are very interested in the Guinness World Records.Many people try to make new records.Suresh Joachim from canada successfully made over twenty world recolds.These include the longest time standing on one foot（76 hours 41minutes)and the furthest distance travelled by escalators(225.44km).He makes new world recolds to raise money for poor childen.
1.What did Sir Hugh Beaver and his friends argue about?
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2.where did they look for the answer to this question?
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3.why did sir beaver think that the guinness book of records was a good idea?
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4.why did suresh joachim make new world records?
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Answer 1

1,They argued about which the fastest bird is in Europe.
2,They looked for the answer in reference books.
3,Because he realized a book with answers could solve many questions like that they argued about.
4,He made over 20 world records for raise money to help poor children.