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Bethany Hamilton, born on February 8, 1990, learned to surf at 7 and began her career as a surfer when she entered her first competition at age 11. ____ age 13, she was an excellent surfer and well-respected in the ____ world. Her lifelong ____ of becoming a professional surfer was ____ on October 31, 2003, as she was ____ by a 14-foot tiger shark while surfing off Kauai’s North Shore. She lost her left arm ____ that did not destroy her ____. And it just made her stronger.

“I know I have ____ important to say. Something that people need to hear—but sometimes they get ____ caught up in the story part, that they miss the meaning,” says Bethany Hamilton.

Bethany has chosen to use her ____ to become an inspiration and help others to overcome adversity（厄运）, no matter how ____. She says, “People I don’t even know ____ me. I guess they ____ me as a symbol of courage and inspiration. One thing hasn’t changed—and that’s how I feel when I’m ____ a wave. It’s like, here I am. I’m ____ here. It’s still me and my board—in God's ocean!”

Bethany was presented with a special courage ____at the 2004 Teen Choice Awards and Best Comeback Awards in 2004 ESPY（卓越体育表现奖）. Bethany ____ to compete in the most challenging waves in the world and amaze everyone by achieving the ____. She dominated（支配） the 2005 National Scholastic Surfing Association Nationals Championships, taking first ____ in the Explorer Women’s division.

Her story continues to be told, with Bethany continuingly ____ to be the best at whatever God calls her to do.

1.A. For B. Till C. By D. To

2.A. sports B. sailing C. swimming D. surfing

3.A. dream B. task C. hope D. interest

4.A. damaged B. ruined C. interrupted D. destroyed

5.A. killed B. attacked C. shocked D. bitten

6.A. for B. and C. but D. so

7.A. life B. courage C. ambition D. profession

8.A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything

9.A. very B. too C. so D. quite

10.A. experience B. accident C. suffering D. misfortune

11.A. large B. much C. great D. serious

12.A. come up with B. live up to C. put up with D. come up to

13.A. look B. think C. refer D. see

14.A. surfing B. riding C. speeding D. sliding

15.A. even B. still C. also D. already

16.A. present B. reward C. prize D. award

17.A. continues B. begins C. hopes D. tries

18.A. unusual B. unfortunate C. unimaginable D. unique

19.A. lead B. place C. step D. action

20.A. struggling B. determining C. supposing D. winning

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.B

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章中讲述的这个故事是关于Bethany Hamilton用自己的勇气和信心战胜了失去手臂的痛苦，并希望通过自己的故事鼓励人们克服一切困难

1.C考查介词辨析A. For为了；B. Till直到；C. By到。。为止；D. To 对于；句意：到了13岁，她已经在冲浪方面是个优秀的冲浪选手了。根据when she entered her first competition at age 11可知选C项。

2.2】D考查名词辨析 A. sports运动；B. sailing航行；C. swimming 游泳；D. surfing冲浪；句意：到了13岁，她已经在冲浪方面是个优秀的冲浪选手了。根据下方提到Her lifelong __23__ of becoming a professional surfer可知选D项。

3.3】A 考查名词辨析A. dream梦想；B. task 任务；C. hope希望；D. interest兴趣；句意：成为专业冲浪选手一直是她的梦想，可是这个梦在2003年11月碎了。成为专业冲浪选手是他的梦想，故选A项。

4.4】C考查动词辨析 A. damaged破坏；B. ruined毁坏；C. interrupted打断；D. destroyed破坏；句意：成为专业冲浪选手一直是她的梦想，可是这个梦在2003年11月碎了。根据下方提到被鲨鱼咬到，故选C项。

5.5】B考查动词辨析 A. killed杀死；B. attacked袭击；C. shocked 震惊；D. bitten咬；句意：因为她被鲨鱼给咬了。根据语境可知被鲨鱼给咬了，故选B项。

6.6】C考查连词辨析A. for为了；B. and并且；C. but 但是； D. so因此；句意：她失去了左臂，但并没有破坏她勇气。两个句子是转折关系，故选C项。

7.7】B考查名词辨析A. life生活；B. courage勇气；C. ambition抱负；D. profession职业；句意：她失去了左臂，但并没有破坏她勇气。根据下文提到And it just made her stronger可知选B项。

8.8】A考查不定代词辨析A. something一些；B. everything一切；C. nothing什么也没有；D. anything任何；我知道我有重要的事要说。根据下方提到Something that people need to hear可知选A项。

9.9】C考查副词辨析 A. very非常；B. too 也；C. so因此；D. quite很；句意：但有时候他们不被这个故事所吸引，而理解错我的意思。So …that如此 以致于，故选C项。

10.0】A 考查名词辨析A. experience经历；B. accident 事故；C. suffering冲浪；D. misfortune灾难；句意：她选择用他的经历来帮助更多的人来克服厄运，不管有多大的困难。根据上文提到用她的经历，故选A项。

11.1】C考查形容词辨析A. large大的； B. much 大量的； C. great好的；D. serious严重的；句意：她选择用他的经历来帮助更多的人来克服厄运，不管有多大的困难。

12.2】D考查动词短语辨析A. come up with提出；B. live up to不辜负；C. put up with 忍受；D. come up to达到接近；句意：我不认识的人会来接近我。根据下方提到I guess they __33__ me as a symbol of courage and inspiration.可知选D项。

13.3】D考查动词辨析A. look 看；B. think认为；C. refer提到； D. see看到；句意：我猜他们把我看作是勇气的象征。See sb as ,,把。。看作，故选D项。

14.4】 B考查动词辨析A. surfing冲浪；B. riding骑；C. speeding加速；D. sliding滑行；句意：这就是当我乘着浪时的感觉没有变。

15.5】B考查副词辨析A. even甚至；B. still仍然；C. also也；D. already已经；句意：我仍然在这，依然是我自己。根据下方提到It’s still me and my board故选B 项。

16.6】D考查名词辨析A. present 礼物；B. reward赏金；C. prize奖赏；D. award奖品；句意：她获得2004年青少年卓越体育表现奖。

17.7】A考查动词辨析 A. continues继续；B. begins开始；C. hopes希望；D. tries尝试；句意：Bethany继续比赛，通过取得的难以想象的成绩令大家吃惊。根据下方提到She dominated（支配） the 2005 National Scholastic Surfing Association Nationals Championships,可知她继续努力，故选A项。

18.8】C考查形容词辨析 A. unusual 不寻常的；B. unfortunate不幸的；C. unimaginable难以想象的；D. unique独一无二的；句意：Bethany继续比赛，通过取得的难以想象的成绩令大家吃惊。

19.9】B考查名词辨析 A. lead导致；B. place 地方，位置。；C. step步子；D. action行动；句意：在世界女子比赛中取得第一位置。Take first place 取得第一，故选B项。

20.20】A考查动词辨析A. struggling努力；B. determining决定；C. supposing猜测；D. winning赢得；句意：她的故事继续在讲述，也不断努力地做到最好。with Bethany continuingly struggling 继续努力，考查with的复合结构，故选A项。

考点：故事类阅读。