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The world record holder for the number of university degrees is a 70-year old Italian. Mr. Luciano Baietti lives in the town of Velletri in the Alban Hills near Rome and spends his days pottering(漫步) around his small house and garden.

But every morning at 3:00 am, he takes out his textbooks and starts studying. He now holds 15 bachelor's or master’s degrees from universities across Italy, and is already working on his 16th. "Thanks to books, I feel free. After all, the words share the same root," he says, referring to the Italian words libro (book) and libero (free).

The certificates(学位证书) hang on the walls of his study, among which is a portrait of the 19th century French essayist, Louis-Francois Bertin, whom he regards as a model. "He was a man of culture and knowledge," said Mr. Baietti, a former headmaster of a secondary school, who made it into the Guinness Book of Records in 2002 with his eighth degree, that time in motor skills.

At that point he already had degrees in sociology, literature, law, political science and philosophy, most from Rome’s prestigious(有声望的) La Sapienza University, one of the oldest in the world. Since then, he’s added seven others to his list, including one in criminology(犯罪学), a distance-learning one in military strategies from Turin, and the latest in tourism from an online university in Naples, which he was awarded at the start of this month. "Each time I set myself a new challenge, to see how far my body and my brain can go," says Mr. Baietti.

1.Which is NOT true about Mr. Baietti from Paragraphs 1 and 2?

A He is a world record breaker.

B He lives in a town in Italy.

C He gets up early to study for university degrees.

D He has already had sixteen degrees from universities.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第一句中的“The world record holder...”可知A项正确；根据第二句中的“...near Rome”可知B项正确；根据第二段中的第一句可知C项正确；根据第二段中的“He now holds 15 bachelor’s or master’s degrees...is already working on his 16th”可知他现在拥有15个学位，正在为第16个学位学习，所以D项不正确。故选D。

2.Why did Mr. Baietti use to do?

A He was an essayist.

B He was a headteacher.

C He was a world record holder.

D He was a teacher of university.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“...said Mr. Baietti, a former headmaster of a secondary school...”可知他以前是一所中学的校长，即B项。故选B。

3.Which of the following has Mr. Baietti probably not learned yet?

A Philosophy.

B Motor skills.

C Military strategies.

D Agriculture and horticulture.

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据第四段第一句可知A项的哲学是学过的；根据第三段最后一句可知B项学过；根据第四段第二句可知C项的军事策略学过；全文未提到D项的农业与园艺。故选D。

4.Which can describe Mr. Baietti properly?

A A young idler, an old beggar.

B It’s never too old to learn.

C He that climbs high falls heavily.

D A man becomes learned by asking questions.

解析：选B。B 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了意为70岁的老人坚持学习，获取了十多项大学学位，并且他还在坚持学习，由此可知“活到老，学到老”符合文意，故选B。