Question

閱讀理解 　　On the morning of 4th July,1952,the sea was as cold as ice．When Florence looked forward,she saw nothing but thick fog(霧)．She was very tired．She had been swimming for 16 hours．Her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast． 　　Her mother and trainer encouraged her．They told her it wasn't much farther．But all she could see was fog．They asked her not to stop．She tried hard,but at last she gave up only half a mile away from the coast． 　　Later,she told a reporter,“Look,I'm not excusing myself,but if I had seen land,I might have made it．” It was not her tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her．It was the fog．She couldn't see her goal． 　　Two months later,she tried again．This time,though there was still fog; she swam with her goal in her mind．She knew that somewhere behind the fog was land．This time she succeeded! (1) The sea was very ________ on 4th July,1952． [　　] A． hot B． warm C． cold (2) Florence was ________ after swimming for 16 hours． [　　] A． excited B． tired C． angry (3) Florence gave up half a mile away from ________． [　　] A． the coast B． the boat C． the sea (4) What does the underlined word “It” mean in this passage? [　　] A． What Florence saw in the sea． B． What defeated Florence． C． What Florence told the reporter． (5) Florence became the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast in ________,1952． [　　] A． June B． July C． September

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．B;3．A;4．B;5．C;
解析：

(1)	細節理解題。根據On the morning of 4th July,1952,the sea was as cold as ice．可直接找出答案。
(2)	細節理解題。根據She was very tired．She had been swimming for 16 hours．可知Florence很累。
(3)	細節理解題。根據but at last she gave up only half a mile away from the coast可知放棄時距離海岸還有半英里遠。
(4)	詞義猜測題。上文介紹了Florence沒有成功游過去，作者緊接著分析是什么原因打敗了Florence，由此可見it是指打敗Florence的原因，即 What defeated Florence。
(5)	數字計算題。首句介紹了1952年7月4日Florence游歷海峽沒有成功，最后說她兩個月后成功地游過了海峽，可見是在9月份。