Question

【題目】 Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming and was a swimming winner in her high school. Like many young players, she had Olympic dreams, ____ a serious illness kept her from taking part in the games. But this didn't stop her from achieving the dreams. Instead，when she grew older，she became____ in marathon(馬拉松) swimming. As a long distance(長(zhǎng)距離)swimmer，she would fight against herself and also the cold, ____， and tiredness in the water.

In 1970, she swam a tenmile marathon in Lake Ontario and set the women's____ for the course. In 1972, she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles____ an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida.

Her biggest dream in her life finally came true in 2013, when she____ swam from Cuba to Florida on her fifth try in 35 years old. How did she do it? “____out a way，”she said after getting out of water. “You will never know the way unless you have___ it.”

When Nyad ended her job as a swimmer，she continued to try___ things—traveling the world as a reporter，writing books and giving public speeches about her life to____ others. She wanted more people to get courage from her experiences.

【1】A.andB.butC.orD.so

【2】A.weakB.nervousC.strictD.interested

【3】A.dangerB.peaceC.colorD.voice

【4】A.exampleB.recordC.tableD.rule

【5】A.withB.againstC.throughD.from

【6】A.politelyB.badlyC.successfullyD.carelessly

【7】A.FindB.WatchC.LoseD.Break

【8】A.looked forB.looked upC.looked downD.looked after

【9】A.sillyB.newC.wrongD.tiny

【10】A.praiseB.rememberC.introduceD.encourage

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【7】A

【8】A

【9】B

【10】D

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。講述了黛安娜·耐德熱衷于游泳的故事。她自小喜歡游泳，但一場(chǎng)重病阻止了她參加比賽。然而她沒(méi)有放棄，繼續(xù)訓(xùn)練長(zhǎng)距離游泳，并多次取得輝煌的成果。文章旨在告訴我們，生活中一旦確定目標(biāo)，就要學(xué)會(huì)堅(jiān)持。