Question

Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion（冠军）. 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(与---作战) 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】

试题分析：这篇文章通过Diana Nyad的故事告诉我们一旦设定了目标，就应该努力去实现它。

1.根据文章Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport可知，Diana Nyad的早年对游泳感兴趣。故回答Swimming.

2.根据文章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获得了10英里马拉松游泳记录。

3.根据文章可知，她在1970年，1972年，1975年，1978年参加了四次马拉松游泳。故回答4 (times).

4.根据文章可知，她退出游泳职业之后，她开始作为作为一名记者周游世界，写书，发表有关她的人生公众演讲。故回答Travelling the world as a reporter, writing books and giving public speeches about her life.

5.从这篇文章我们学到了一旦我们设置了目标，就应该努力去实现它。也应该不要放弃尝试其他的事情，因为我们可能在不同的领取取得成功，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.

考点：人生百味类议论文

点评：此类题目不难，重在理解全文的意思。对于题目中所提的问题要充分理解原文，在文章中找到答案，利用文章的信息进行作答，写的过程中注意形式上的变化和词的选用，符合题目前后文的要求。