题目内容
One October morning, the sky was clear and the sun was shining. Bethany Hamilton decided to go 5 with some friends in Hawaii.
As one of the best teenage surfers in the world, the 13-year-old American girl was planning to become a 6 surfer. Cheerfully, she was lying on her surf?board, waiting for the next big wave. Suddenly, a big shark 7 her left arm and shook her backwards and forwards. Bethany held onto her board and the shark eventually swam away—but it took her 8 away with it. 9 ， it attacked only once. It happened so fast that she didn't even 10 .
As Bethany started to swim back to the beach with one arm, her friends thought she was joking. But to her horror, they saw the 11 and rushed to help.
Having lost almost half the blood, Bethany's 12 was a miracle(奇迹)，according to doctors. But she wanted to do 13 survival.
"It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again," she recalled later. " I wondered whether I would actually be 14 to do it or not. But 15 I left hospital, I had decided that I was going to surf.
With the support of her family, Bethany 16 to get back on her board only one month after the attack. Her dad fixed a handle on her surfboard to help her pad-dle (划水)through and into waves.
When she returned to surfing at a competition in Hawaii, Bethany was 17 in dangerous waves that broke her surfboard. As a result, she gave away her re?maining boards and quit. She tried using an artificial arm, but it turned out to be 18 while surfing.
After 19 in Thailand in the 2004 earthquake and helping homeless survivors who had lost every?thing, Bethany 20 her decisions to give up the sport she loved and 21 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 22 when she won a world championship years later.
She also received several 23 ， including a spe?cial 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 24 ， true story gained wider attention with the release(发行)of the film Soul Surfer.
5. A. swimming B. boating
C. sailing D. surfing
6. A. professional B. free
C. dream D. special
7. A. touched B. struck
C. bit D. took
8. A. arm B. surfboard
C. friend D. hand
9. A. Strangely B. Especially
C. Surprisingly D. Fortunately
10. A. think B. fight
C. scream D. escape
11. A. shark B. blood
C. attack D, scene
12. A. survival B. courage
C. accident D. injury
13. A. rather than B. more than
C. better than D. other than
14. A. suitable B. lucky
C. strong D. able
15. A. while B. after
C. before D. until
16. A. hoped B. managed
C. agreed D. offered
17. A. caught B. noticed
C. lost D. driven
18. A. helpful B. useless
C. wonderful D. meaningless
19. A. training B. settling
C. travelling D. volunteering
20. A. reconsidered B. remembered
C. recognized D, recalled
21. A. refused B. started
C. decided D. continued
22. A. paid out B. paid for
C. paid in D. paid off
23. A. gifts B. honours
C. rewards D. praises
24. A. exciting B. dangerous
C. inspiring D. adventurous
【文章大意】本文讲述了一心想成为职业冲浪运动员的Bethany Hamilton在被鲨鱼咬掉一只胳膊以后继续为自己的梦想而努力，最后取得了成功的故事。文章告诉我们，只要努力，什么样的困难都可以克服。
D 根据后文的"Cheerfully, she was lying on her surfboard …"可知她决定和朋友去冲浪。
A 根据下文"…she loved and…to try professional surfing again."可知她想成为职业的冲浪运动员。故A正确。
C突然一只鲨鱼咬住了她的左胳膊，并咬着她前后摆动。touch触摸；strike打击；bite咬，撕咬；take拿走。
A根据"...her left arm…"可知鲨色咬住了她的胳膊，导致她失去了她的左胳膊。
D根据下文"…it attacked only once."可知鲨鱼只攻击了她一次，因此她很幸运。
C这次袭击是如此快以至于她都没有来得及尖叫。think 思考；fight战斗；scream尖叫；escape逃脱。
B当她游回海滩的时候，她的朋友都以为她在开玩笑。但是当他们看见血的时候，立刻就过去帮助她了。
A因为几乎失去了一半的血，她的幸存是一个奇迹。sur-vival幸存；courage勇气；accident事故；injury受伤。
B她想要做的不仅仅是幸存下来，还要继续追寻冲浪的梦想。rather than而不是；more than不仅仅better than比……
C exciting令人兴奋的；dangerous危险的；inspiring激励人心的；adventurous冒险的。随着电影的发行，她鼓舞人心的、真实的故事引起人们更广泛的注意。[拓展延伸] 佳句赏析It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again.分析：本句中的it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的主语从句that I might never get on a surfboard again 连接词that弓|导这个主语从句，但不能省略。句意：我从未想过我再也不能踏上冲浪板。
After volunteering inThailandin the 2004 earthquake and helping homeless survivors who had lost everything .
分析：本句中After volunteering in Thailand in the 2004 earth?quake and helping homeless survivors是连词和现在分词连用，相当于状语从句或Having volunteered ； who had lost everything 是定语从句，修饰前面的先行词homeless survivors 句意：在2004年在泰国做志愿者帮助那些在地震里失去一切的、无家可归的幸存者之后……
更好；other than除 ...之外。
D be able to do sth有能力做某事。这里指她是否有能力再去冲浪。lucky幸运的；strong强壮的；suitable合适的。
C结合上文可知，她一直都没有放弃继续冲浪的梦想，以及后面"..I had decided -'"时态为过去完成时，所以她在出院之前就决定继续冲浪。
B在家人的帮助下，她在被鲨鱼攻击之后仅仅一个月就又一次踏上了冲浪板。manage to do sth成功做成某事。
A下文"…that broke her surfboard."说明她遭遇了危险的波浪，使得她的冲浪板断了。 be caught in "遭遇……"，符合语境。[技巧点拨]利用固定搭配解题。
B她尝试着使用人造胳膊，但是结果证明这也是没有用的，仍然无法让她继续从事冲浪运动。helpful有帮助的； useless无用的；wonderful很棒的；meaningless没有意义的。[技巧点拨]利用but, however等表示转折意义的词，结合语境迅速确定答案。
D 根据下文"…helping homeless survivors who had lost everything..."可知她去做志愿者帮助那些在地震里失去家园的人。
A reconsider重新考虑；remember记得；recognize认出；re?call 回忆。 她又重新考虑放弃自己所喜欢的运动的决定了， 并决定再一次尝试成为职业的冲浪运动员。
C语境同上。refuse拒绝；start开始；decide决定；continue继续。
D 根据"when she won a world championship years lat-er."可知她的努力得到了回报。
B后来她又获得好几个荣誉。gift礼物；honour荣誉；re-ward酬劳，酬金；praise表扬。
C exciting令人兴奋的；dangerous危险的；inspiring激励人心的；adventurous冒险的。随着电影的发行，她鼓舞人心的、真实的故事引起+人们更广泛的注意。
[拓展延伸] 佳句赏析
It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again.
分析：本句中的it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的主语从句
that I might never get on a surfboard again0 连接词that弓|导这
个主语从句，但不能省略。
句意：我从未想过我再也不能踏上冲浪板。
After volunteering inThailandin the 2004 earthquake and helping homeless survivors who had lost everything -.
分析：本句中After volunteering in Thailand in the 2004 earth?quake and helping homeless survivors是连词和现在分词连用，相当于状语从句或Having volunteered -. ； who had lost everything 是定语从句，修饰前面的先行词homeless survivors0 句意：在2004年在泰国做志愿者帮助那些在地震里失去一切的、无家可归的幸存者之后……
