Question

【题目】 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(马拉松) swimming. As a long distance(长距离)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】

本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了黛安娜·耐德热衷于游泳的故事。她自小喜欢游泳，但一场重病阻止了她参加比赛。然而她没有放弃，继续训练长距离游泳，并多次取得辉煌的成果。文章旨在告诉我们，生活中一旦确定目标，就要学会坚持。