题目内容
8.When she looked ahead,Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog.Her body was unfeeling.She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions.Now,at age 34,her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.
On that Fourth of July morning in 1952,the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense that she could hardly see her support boats.Sharks came toward her lone figure,only to be driven away by rifle shots.Against the cold water of the sea,she struggled on-hour after hour-while millions watched on national television.
Alongside Florence in one of the boats,her mother and her trainer offered encouragement.They told her it wasn't much farther.But all she could see was fog.They urged her not to quit.She never had…until then.With only a half mile to go,she asked to be pulled out.
Still warming her chilled body several hours later,she told a reporter,"Look,I'm not excusing myself,but if I could have seen land I might have made it."It was not fatigue (疲劳) or even the cold water that defeated her.It was the fog.She was unable to see her goal.
Two months later,she tried again.This time,despite the same dense fog,she swam with her faith ready and her goal clearly pictured in her mind.She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it!Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim across the Catalina Channel,eclipsing (让…黯然失色) the men's record by two hours!
56.What can be the best title for the text?A
A.Keep your goals in sight.
B.Woman can be better than men.
C.How to swim across the Catalina Channel.
D.Where there is a will,there is a way.
57.Why did Florence give up swimming across the Catalina Channel the first time?D
A.She couldn't swim with the dense fog.
B.She could hardly see her support boats.
C.She was all worn out.
D.She couldn't see the land ahead.
58.It can be inferred from the text thatB.
A.weather has little effect on swimmers
B.knowing one's goal is very important
C.Florence had great desire to break the men's record
D.Florence was full of energy after two months'rest
59.Which of the following is NOT true about Florence?C
A.She didn't know only a half mile left the first time.
B.She had long distant swimming experience before.
C.The TV audience felt unsatisfied because she quit on the half way.
D.It's dangerous for her to swim across the Catalina Channel.
分析 文章大意:本文讲的是Florence Chadwick 今年已经34岁了,她曾经游泳穿过了英吉利海峡,现在要从卡特琳娜岛游到加利福尼亚海岸,但是当时海水很冷,雾也很大,他看不见支援船,这给她带来了很大的困难,因此第一次尝试失败了.两个月以后,她又试了一次,尽管这一次雾也很大,但是她凭借信念以及自己清晰的目标,最终她取得了成功,Florence Chadwick 还超过了男士两个小时的纪录.
解答 56.A 主旨大意题.通过Florence Chadwick 前后两次尝试从卡特琳娜岛游到加利福尼亚海岸可以看出,第一次失败了,而第二次却成功了,这就说明要有明确的切实的目标,而A项表示"莫让目标太遥远",与整篇内容一致.
57.D 细节理解题.根据文章第四段后半部分But all she could see was fog.They urged her not to quit.She never had…until then.With only a half mile to go,she asked to be pulled out以及第四段前面内容Still warming her chilled body several hours later,she told a reporter,"Look,I'm not excusing myself,but if I could have seen land I might have made it."It was not fatigue (疲劳) or even the cold water that defeated her.It was the fog.She was unable to see her goal可确定答案.
58.B 推理判断题.根据Florence Chadwick 前后两次尝试从卡特琳娜岛游到加利福尼亚海岸可以看出,第一次失败了,而第二次却成功了,这就说明要有明确的切实的目标是很重要的.大雾导致Florence Chadwick 失败,可知A项错误;文章只是说她超过了男人的纪录,并不能说明她很渴望打破男士的纪录,因此C项错误;根据倒数第三段中的she swam with her faith ready 可知Florence Chadwick 并不是精力充沛,因此D项错误.
59.C 细节理解题. 本题可用排除法,根据文章第四段后半部分But all she could see was fog.They urged her not to quit.She never had…until then.With only a half mile to go,she asked to be pulled out以及第五段前面内容she told a reporter,"Look,I'm not excusing myself,but if I could have seen land I might have made it."可知A项表述是正确的;根据文章第二段中的第一句话Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions可知B项表述正确;根据文章第三段Sharks came toward her lone figure,only to be driven away by rifle shots可知D项表述正确.而C项与文意不符,因此答案选C.
点评 本篇文章是人物故事类阅读理解.人物故事类阅读理解是记叙文文体,是高考常见得选材之一,它注重考查考生通过阅读把握故事梗概,获取有效信息的能力,其难度较小,要求考生平时加强对这一类文章的阅读,了解记叙文基本要素,在做题时要结合上下文做出正确的选择.

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