Two years ago ,Hannah Mighall ,then 13, survived a
great white shark attack on Tasmania’s north-east coast, but despite the
terrible scars ,the shy yet courageous teenager is determined to get back into
the water.
It’s been a long journey back for the brave girl,
whose life was changed forever as she was on her surfboard 60 metres offshore
at Binalong, Bay ,Tasmania.
Her cousin ,32-yeaf-old syb Mundy ,was surfing nearby,
“Suddenly, everything went quiet ,”Hannah ,now15,recalls of the day she almost
lost her life, “I look down into the water and noticed a dark shadow under my
board I knew instantly it was a shark.”
As Syb watched in horror, the five-metre shark put
hundreds of sharp teeth onto Hannah’s right leg,throwing her from her board, “I
was attached to my leg-rope as the shark stared to pull me under the water”,She
shakes, “I was lying on my back with one leg under the shark’s body and the other
still in its jaws.”
Syb desperately punched (猛击)the shark’s nose and reached out to grab Hannah as
the monster bit a huge chunk（大块）from the surfboard, “I
was still attached to my board and was dragged back under the water again,”she
says ,When she came up for air, Hannah dog paddled(爬泳)to Syb’s board and he dragged her from the water to
lie on his back ,”We looked down and saw the shark circling beneath us,”Hannah
says.
Hannah was rushed to the hospital by helicopter ,She
needed more than 400 stitches(针)on her leg and spent two
weeks in hospital.
Modest about her remarkable courage, Hannah owes her
survival to Syb’s bravery and the fact that great whites,despite their
reputation as man-eaters, typically don’t target humans ,After the attack
,Hannah earned the Sea Shepherd award for courage for speaking in defence of
the shark “I was in his territory, she wasn’t in mine,”she smiles.
1.Which of the following can be the best title of the
passage?
A、Courage Can Beat Any
Difficulty
B、How to Escape from a
Shark Attack
C、A Survival from a Shark
Attack
D、Sharks Can Target Humans
Sometimes
2.What is the correct order of the following events
happening to Hannah?
a、She was bit and pulled by
the shark d、She was dragged from the water
b、She swam to Syb’s board e、She was pulled under the water again
c、She came up to take a
breath f、She noticed the change of the things around her
A、f,a,b,e,c,d B、f,a,e,c,b,d C、a,e,c,b,d,f D、a,c,b,e,d,f
3.From the passage, which statement is mentioned about
Hanah?
A、was so brave that this
experience didn’t have any influence on her life
B、didn’t hesitate to get
hack into the water to surf immediately she recovered
C、thought it is a common
thing to be attacked by a shark in the ocean
D、didn’t blame the fact
that sharks are known as man-eaters for her being attacked
4.How was Hannah sent to the hospital.?
A、She was went to the
hospital by Syb
B、She was went to the
hospital by local people
C、She was went to the
hospital by helicopter
D、She
was went to the hospital by the Sea Shepherb
5.The reason why Hannah was awarded is that .
A、She was brave to speak
for the shark although she was severely injured by it
B、She successfully escaped
from a dangerous situation because of her courage
C、She was courageous enough
to go deep into sharks’territory and survived
D、She has been determined
to go hack into the sea where there are sharks
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