In Australia, 34-year-old Olivia Vinson made history by breaking a Guinness World Record. Her story is one of courage, determination, and the overcoming of challenges.
It all started when her husband suggested a wild idea: doing pull-ups in 24 hours. At first, Olivia laughed. “I thought it was impossible,” she said. The existing record was 4,081 pull-ups, set by a Polish woman named Paula Gorlo in 2021. Olivia couldn’t imagine doubling that number. But after doing some math and thinking it over, she decided to try.
Olivia trained hard for three months. However, disaster struck during her training. She was injured and couldn’t do any pull-ups. “I had to cancel everything,” she recalled, feeling upset. But after months of healing, she was determined to try again.
On March 29–30 this year, Olivia began her challenge. For 24 hours, she focused on one pull-up after another. Amazingly, she completed 7,079 pull-ups — nearly double the old record! That’s like doing about five pull-ups every minute for a whole day.
When asked how she felt, Olivia smiled and said, “At first, I never thought I could achieve this. Now I realize: if you believe in yourself and keep going, anything is possible.” Today, Olivia’s name is in the Guinness World Records, but she’s already thinking about her next goal. “This makes me want to try even bigger things,” she said.
Her story isn’t just about breaking a record; it’s about showing that challenges can be turned into opportunities with hard work. Sometimes, the craziest ideas can lead to the most amazing achievements — if we have the courage to start and the heart to keep going.
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1.1. How did Olivia feel about the 24-hour pull-up challenge at first?
A Excited.
B Confident.
C Doubtful.
D Bored.
解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第二段的“At first, Olivia laughed. ‘I thought it was impossible,’ she said.” 及“Olivia couldn’t imagine doubling that number.”可知，她最初认为挑战“不可能”，对完成记录持怀疑态度（Doubtful），其他选项“兴奋的”“自信的”“无聊的”均与原文不符。故选C。
2.2. Why did Olivia cancel her first attempt?
A She had no confidence.
B She was injured.
C She ran out of time.
D The record was too high.
解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第三段的“She was injured and couldn’t do any pull-ups. ‘I had to cancel everything’”可知，首次尝试时，她在训练时因受伤被迫中止挑战。故选B。
3.3. Olivia completed ________ more pull-ups than Paula Gorlo in the end.
A 4,081
B 5,079
C 7,079
D 2,998
解析：选D。D数字计算题。根据第二段中的“The existing record was 4,081 pull-ups, set by a Polish woman named Paula Gorlo in 2021.”以及第四段的“she completed 7,079 pull-ups”可知，Olivia最终比Paula Gorlo多完成2998个引体向上。故选D
4.4. What is Olivia planning to do after breaking the world record?
A Celebrate her current achievement.
B Stop doing pull-ups forever.
C Train harder for other sports.
D Try even bigger challenges.
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“This makes me want to try even bigger things”可知，她想尝试更大的挑战。故选D。
5.5. What can we learn from Olivia’s story?
A Hard work and belief lead to success.
B Only athletes can break records.
C Math helps in setting goals.
D Guinness records are easy to break.
解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据最后一段的“if you believe in yourself and keep going, anything is possible”可知，奥利维亚挑战极限的过程显示了努力和信念的重要性。故选A。
