（2025届河北省高考三下学期高考冲刺模拟考试（Ⅱ）英语试题）Now Aaryan Shuklahe is 14, and he recently set six new Guinness World Records in a single day — all for math problems that most people would need a calculator to solve.
Aaryan lives in the Indian state of Maharashtra. His parents knew he was good with numbers as a child. When around age six, he began doing math problems — in his head. His parents found that interesting — neither of them had any special math talents, so they started looking into mental calculation.
It turns out that lots of people around the world enjoy doing difficult math problems in their heads. Not only that, but there are contests focused on these mental calculations. At these contests, people might add lots of four-digit (四位) or five-di git numbers in their heads, or they might multiply or divide large numbers. Some people even calculate the “square roots” of large numbers. Without a calculator, most people would struggle to tell you the square root of 65,947, but someone like Aaryan can quickly tell you that the answer is 256.80148. No paper. No calculator.
When Aaryan was eight, his parents entered him in some international mental calculation contests, and he began winning. He was the overall winner again and again, and somewhere along the way, people began calling him a “Human Calculator”. Aaryan also set a Guinness World Record by correctly adding up 50 five-digit numbers in just 25.19 seconds. Each number flashed on a screen for only half a second, and Aaryan added them all up. “It’s so fast that you can’t think,” he says, “You just need to do the calculations.”
Aaryan’s math skills are amazing, but they don’t come without effort. Aaryan says he practices several hours a day, on top of his schoolwork. But he also makes time for other things. He plays video games, reads adventure and mystery books, and likes to play cricket (板球).
208．What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A．The people who enjoy doing difficult math problems.
B．The definition and calculation of “square roots”.
C．The calculation contests and participants’ abilities.
D．The history of contests focused on mental calculations.
209．What makes it challenging for Aaryan to add 50 five-digit numbers?
A．Having no paper or calculator. B．Fast-displayed numbers.
C．Complex calculating process. D．Randomly-generated numbers.
210．Which of the following can best describe Aaryan Shukla?
A．Talented. B．Reserved. C．Ambitious. D．Creative.
211．What is the best title for this text?
A．Young Mathematician: Winner of Life B．World Guinness: a World of Geniuses
C．Mental Math Contests: Way to Success D．Aaryan Shukla: The Human Calculator
【答案】208．C 209．B 210．A 211．D
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