Question

Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion（冠軍）. Like many young trainers, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious illness prevented her from competing in the Games. The disappointment didn’t stop her from going forward. Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming.

For ten years Nyad devoted herself to becoming one of the world’s best long-distance swimmers. In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course. In 1972 she set another record by swimming 102.5 miles from an island in the Bahamas to the coast of Florida. Then she broke a third record when swimming around Manhattan Island in 1975.

Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida and Cuba in 1978. Though the span(跨度) of water is less than 100 miles wide, it is rough and dangerous. After battling(與---作戰) the water for two days, she had to give up for the sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world with her courage and strong desire to succeed. It did not matter that her swim came up short; she believed she had touched the other shore.

When Nyad ended her career as a swimmer, she continued to try new things---travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life. Diana Nyad works to inspire others, just as she did when she swam the waters of the world.

1.What was Nyad’s early interest?

2.When did Nyad set the record for a ten-mile marathon swimming?

3.According to the passage, how many times did Nyad join the long-distance swimming?

4.What did Nyad do after she finished swimming?

5.What can we learn from the passage?

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.Swimming.

2.In 1970.

3.4 (times).

4.Travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life.

5.I learned that once we set a goal, we should try hard to achieve it. /We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields.

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章通過Diana Nyad的故事告訴我們一旦設定了目標，就應該努力去實現它。

1.根據文章Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport可知，Diana Nyad的早年對游泳感興趣。故回答Swimming.

2.根據文章In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course.可知，在1970年，Diana Nyad獲得了10英里馬拉松游泳記錄。

3.根據文章可知，她在1970年，1972年，1975年，1978年參加了四次馬拉松游泳。故回答4 (times).

4.根據文章可知，她退出游泳職業之后，她開始作為作為一名記者周游世界，寫書，發表有關她的人生公眾演講。故回答Travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life.

5.從這篇文章我們學到了一旦我們設置了目標，就應該努力去實現它。也應該不要放棄嘗試其他的事情，因為我們可能在不同的領取取得成功，故回答I learned that once we set a goal, we should try hard to achieve it. /We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields.

考點：人生百味類議論文

點評：此類題目不難，重在理解全文的意思。對于題目中所提的問題要充分理解原文，在文章中找到答案，利用文章的信息進行作答，寫的過程中注意形式上的變化和詞的選用，符合題目前后文的要求。