Question

阅读理解 　　On the morning of 4th July,1952,the sea was as cold as ice．When Florence looked forward,she saw nothing but thick fog(雾)．She was very tired．She had been swimming for 16 hours．Her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast． 　　Her mother and trainer encouraged her．They told her it wasn't much farther．But all she could see was fog．They asked her not to stop．She tried hard,but at last she gave up only half a mile away from the coast． 　　Later,she told a reporter,“Look,I'm not excusing myself,but if I had seen land,I might have made it．” It was not her tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her．It was the fog．She couldn't see her goal． 　　Two months later,she tried again．This time,though there was still fog; she swam with her goal in her mind．She knew that somewhere behind the fog was land．This time she succeeded! (1) The sea was very ________ on 4th July,1952． [　　] A． hot B． warm C． cold (2) Florence was ________ after swimming for 16 hours． [　　] A． excited B． tired C． angry (3) Florence gave up half a mile away from ________． [　　] A． the coast B． the boat C． the sea (4) What does the underlined word “It” mean in this passage? [　　] A． What Florence saw in the sea． B． What defeated Florence． C． What Florence told the reporter． (5) Florence became the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast in ________,1952． [　　] A． June B． July C． September

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．B;3．A;4．B;5．C;
解析：

(1)	细节理解题。根据On the morning of 4th July,1952,the sea was as cold as ice．可直接找出答案。
(2)	细节理解题。根据She was very tired．She had been swimming for 16 hours．可知Florence很累。
(3)	细节理解题。根据but at last she gave up only half a mile away from the coast可知放弃时距离海岸还有半英里远。
(4)	词义猜测题。上文介绍了Florence没有成功游过去，作者紧接着分析是什么原因打败了Florence，由此可见it是指打败Florence的原因，即 What defeated Florence。
(5)	数字计算题。首句介绍了1952年7月4日Florence游历海峡没有成功，最后说她两个月后成功地游过了海峡，可见是在9月份。