Question

    Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming and was a swimming winner in her high school. Like many young players, she had Olympic dreams, ____ a serious illness kept her from taking part in the games. But this didn't stop her from achieving the dreams. Instead，when she grew older，she became____ in marathon(马拉松) swimming. As a long distance(长距离)swimmer，she would fight against herself and also the cold, ____， and tiredness in the water.

In 1970, she swam a ten­mile marathon in Lake Ontario and set the women's____ for the course. In 1972, she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles____ an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida.

Her biggest dream in her life finally came true in 2013, when she____ swam from Cuba to Florida on her fifth try in 35 years old. How did she do it? “____out a way，”she said after getting out of water. “You will never know the way unless you have___ it.”

When Nyad ended her job as a swimmer，she continued to try___ things—traveling the world as a reporter，writing books and giving public speeches about her life to____ others. She wanted more people to get courage from her experiences.

1.A.and B.but C.or D.so

2.A.weak B.nervous C.strict D.interested

3.A.danger B.peace C.color D.voice

4.A.example B.record C.table D.rule

5.A.with B.against C.through D.from

6.A.politely B.badly C.successfully D.carelessly

7.A.Find B.Watch C.Lose D.Break

8.A.looked for B.looked up C.looked down D.looked after

9.A.silly B.new C.wrong D.tiny

10.A.praise B.remember C.introduce D.encourage

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.B

10.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了黛安娜·耐德热衷于游泳的故事。她自小喜欢游泳，但一场重病阻止了她参加比赛。然而她没有放弃，继续训练长距离游泳，并多次取得辉煌的成果。文章旨在告诉我们，生活中一旦确定目标，就要学会坚持。