题目内容
One October morning, the sky was clear and the sun was shining. Bethany Hamilton decided to go _______ with some friends in Hawaii.
As one of the best teenage surfers in the world, the 13-year-old, shy and old American girl was planning to become a _______ surfer. Cheerfully, she was lying on her surfboard, waiting for the next big wave. Suddenly-a big shark _______ her left arm and shook her backwards and forwards. Bethany held onto her board and the shark eventually swam away—but it took her _______ away with it. _______ it attacked only once. It happened so fast that she didn’t even _______.
As Bethany started to swim back to the beach with one arm, her friends thought she was joking. But to their horror, they saw the _______ and rushed to help.
Having lost almost half the blood, Bethany’s _______ was a miracle(奇迹), according to doctors. But she wanted to do _______ just survive.
“It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again,” she recalled later. “I wondered whether I would actually be ________ to do it or not. But ________ I left hospital, I had decided that I was going to surf.”
With the support of her family, Bethany ________ to get back on her board only one month after the attack. Her dad fixed a handle on her surfboard to help her paddle(划水) through and into waves.
When she returned to surfing at a competition in Hawaii, Bethany was ________ in dangerous waves that broke her surfboard. As a result, she gave away her remaining boards and quit. She tried using an artificial arm, but it turned out to be ________ while surfing.
After ________ in Thailand in the 2004 earthquake and helping homeless survivors who had lost everything, Bethany ________ her decision to give up the sport she loved and ________ to try professional surfing again. Less than a year after the accident, she won first place in a surfing competition in Hawaii. And all her struggles and efforts ________when she won in a world championship years later.
She also received several ________, including a special award for courage at the MTV Teen Choice Awards in 2004 and the Woman of the Year award from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 2006. Her ________, true story gained wider attention with the release(发行)of the film Soul Surfer.
1.A. swimming B. boating C. sailing D. surfing
2.A. professional B. free C. dream D. special
3.A. touched B. struck C. bit D. took
4.A. arm B. surfboard C. friend D. hand
5.A. Strangely B. Especially C. Surprisingly D. Fortunately
6.A. think B. fight C. scream D. escape
7.A. shark B. blood C. attack D. scene
8.A. survival B. courage C. accident D. injury
9.A. rather than B. more than C. better than D. other than
10.A. suitable B. lucky C. strong D. able
11.A. while B. after C. before D. until
12.A. hoped B. managed C. agreed D. offered
13.A. caught B. noticed C. lost D. driven
14.A. helpful B. useless C. wonderful D. meaningless
15.A. training B. setting C. traveling D. volunteering
16.A. reconsidered B. remembered C. recognized D. recalled
17.A. refused B. started C. decided D. continued
18.A. paid out B. paid for C. paid in D. paid off
19.A. gifts B. honors C. rewards D. praises
20.A. exciting B. dangerous C. inspiring D. adventurous