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5．Born in 1949，Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion．Like many young athletes，she had Olympic dreams，but a serious illness kept her from competing in the Games．The disappointment didn't stop her from going forward．Instead，she became interested in marathon swimming．A brilliant athlete，she was well-conditioned for spending long periods of time in the water．As a long-distance swimmer，she would compete against herself and the obstacles presented by distance，danger，cold，and exhaustion．
    For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world's best long-distance swimmers．In 1970，she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario，setting the women's record for the course．In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida．Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975．
    Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in l978．Though the span of water is less than 100 miles wide，it is rough and dangerous．After battling the water for two days，she had to give up for the sake of her own health and safety．Even so，she impressed the world with her courage and strong desire to succeed．For Nyad her strength of purpose was just as important as reading Cuba．That is how she defined success．It did not matter that her swim came up short；she believed she had touched the other shore．
    When Nyad ended her career as a swimmer，she continued to try new things-travelling the world as a reporter，writing books and giving public speeches about her life．Diana Nyad works to inspire others，just as she did when she swam the waters of the world．

56．What prevented Nyad from taking part in the Olympic Games？（No more than 5 words）A serious illness（did）
57．What does the underlined word"obstacles"mean？（1 word）Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges
58．What achievement did Nyad make in 1970？（No more than 10 words．）She swam a ten-mile marathon and set women's record．
Or：She swam a ten-mile marathon，setting the women's record．
Or：She set the women's record for a ten-mile marathon swimming．
59．Why did Nyad believe that she had touched the other shore？（No more than 10 words）Because she had tried her best（to fulfill the task）．
Or：Her strength of purpose was as important as reaching Cuba．
60．Please explain how you are inspired by Nyad．（No more than 20 words）I learned that once we set a goal，we should try hard to achieve it．
Or：We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields．．

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分析 本文叙述了一位名叫Nyad的游泳运动员顽强奋斗的故事．她因为得了疾病没法参加奥运会的游泳比赛．但是她没有放弃，继续努力，参加马拉松游比赛，并在1970年在女子马拉松游泳比赛中创造了新的记录．后来，她开始旅行，写书，她的作品激励着其他人继续前进．

解答 56．细节理解题．A serious illness（did）．根据第一段的but a seriousillness kept her from competing in the Games．可知一种严重的疾病阻止 Nyad参加奥运会比赛．因此此处问题的答案是A serious illness（did）．
57．理解推断题．Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges．第一段的by distance（距离），danger（危险），cold（寒冷），and exhaustion（精疲力尽）这些都是阻碍人前进的困难或麻烦．因此obstacles 的意思是Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges
58．细节理解题．She swam a ten-mile marathon and set women's record．Or：She swam a ten-mile marathon，setting the women's record．Or：She set the women's record for a ten-mile marathon swimming..根据第二段的In 1970，she swam aten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario，setting the women's record for the course．She swam a ten-mile marathon and set women's record．可知她在1970年在女子马拉松游泳比赛中创造了新的记录．因答案是Sheswam a ten-mile marathon，setting the women's record．或者 She set the women's record for a ten-mile marathonswimming．
59．理解推断题．Because she had tried her best （ to fulfill the task．） Or：Her strength of purpose  was as important asreaching Cuba．根据第三段的For Nyad her strengthof purpose was just as important as reaching Cuba．可知她虽然没有到达对岸，但是她的努力仍然很重要．因此问题的答案是Because she had tried her best （ to fulfillthe task．）或者 Her strength of purpose  was asimportant as reaching Cuba．
60．主旨归纳题．I learned that once we set a goal，we should try hard to achieve it．Or：We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields．从这篇文章我们学到了一旦我们设置了目标，就应该努力去实现它．也应该不要放弃尝试其他的事情，因为我们可能在不同的领取取得成功，故回答I learned that once we set a goal，we should try hard to achieve it．/We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields．

点评 此类题目不难，重在理解全文的意思．对于题目中所提的问题要充分理解原文，在文章中找到答案，利用文章的信息进行作答，写的过程中注意形式上的变化和词的选用，符合题目前后文的要求．