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High School swimming champion. Like many young athletes, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious
illness kept her from competing in the Games. The disappointment didn"t stop her from going forward.
Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming. A brilliant athlete, she was well-conditioned for
spending long periods of time in the water. As a long-distance swimmer, she would compete against
herself and the obstacles presented by distance, danger, cold, and exhaustion.
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 of water
is less than 100 miles wide, it is rough and dangerous. After battling the water for two days, she had to
give for the sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world with her courage and
strong desire to succeed. For Nyad her strength of purpose was just as important as reading Cuba.
That is how she defined success. 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 prevented Nyad from taking part in the Olympic Games? (No more than 5 words)
__________________________________________________________________________
2. What does the underlined word "obstacles" mean? (1 word)
___________________________________________________________________________
3. What achievement did Nyad make in 1970? (No more than 10 words.)
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Why did Nyad believe that she had touched the other shore? (No more than 10 words)
___________________________________________________________________________
5. Please explain how you are inspired by Nyad. (No more than 20 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________
答案
2. Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges.
3. She swam a ten-mile marathon and set women"s record.
Or: She swam a ten-mile marathon, setting the women"s record.
Or: She set the women"s record for a ten-mile marathon swimming.
4. Because she had tried her best (to fulfill the task).
Or: Her strength of purpose was as important as reaching Cuba.
5. I am encouraged by her determination and strong will.
Or: I am inspired by her courage and strong desire to succeed.
Or: From her I learned that once we set a goal, we should try hard to achieve it.
Or: We should never give up in the face of difficulty/failure.
Or: We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields.
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试题【阅读理解。 Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Renaissance. Now the great master"s original has been recreated by simple cross-stitching (十字绣).
It took Michelangelo four years-from 1508 to 1512-to complete the Sistine Chapel Ceiling. Its
cross-stitch reproduction, however, took four more years to copy in all its amazing detail. Joanna
Lopianowski-Roberts, a Canadian needle worker, 44, spent at least one hour every day with the work
on her lap. By committing a total of 3,572 hours, which her husband Aaron Roberts accurately timed
on a stopwatch, her dream became a reality.
The extraordinary project started in October 1995. During the years that followed, Joanna would
face several challenges that brought her close to giving up completely. As is the method with
cross-stitching, Joanna had to pre-design an outline for each painting of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling and
then fill in all of the 45 sections with color and detail by stitching.
To get the detail right for each painting, Joanna had to get an individual close-up (特写照片) of each
piece which came from several different sources. She even bought books from Rome to make sure she
had an accurate depiction (描绘) of every part of Michelangelo" s work.
"It was really hard and I had a lot of false starts," she said. "I even considered stopping. After many
starts and retries, I decided in late 2001 that if I didn"t set a commitment to myself of stitching an average
of one hour every day, I"d never finish."
Joanna"s Sistine Chapel, which measures 40 inches by 80 inches, is now kept safely at her home. And despite holding the item close to her heart, she says she would sell it to the right buyer for the right price.
Her accomplishment has now been documented in Joanna"s book In the Footsteps of Michelangelo: The Sistine Chapel Ceiling in Cross Stitch which acts as a guide for other would-be stitchers to try
themselves.
B. six years
C. eight years
D. twelve years
B. It was very hard work.
C. It went on pretty smoothly.
D. It was not very successful.
B. improve her painting skill
C. learn cross-stitching from Italians
D. comfort and amuse herself
B. She worked under her husband"s instruction.
C. She was writing a book on Michelangelo.
D. She decided to sell her cross-stitch work.
hard for them to continue to live in Germany when the Nazis（纳粹) , who 1 the Jews very
much, came into power in 1933. So they 2 to Amsterdam, Netherlands when Anne was only four
years old. In May, 1940, the Germans occupied（占领）Neth erlands and the Jews there were 3
to work in certain places.On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank"s parents gave her a small red-and-white-plaid
diary _4_ her thirteenth birthday present and on July 6, 1942, her family had to go into hiding. Though
they could take very few things with them, Anne brought her diary to her new home, which she called
“Secret Annex.” For two years when Anne lived in the Annex, she 5 down her thoughts and
feelings in her diary. 6 of putting down series of facts 7 most people do, she wrote about
her life with the seven other people in hiding, as 8 as the war going on around her and her hopes
9 the future. She 10 her diary her best friend and talked to it about whatever she wanted to.
But unfortunately, on August 4, 1944, the Nazis raided（轰炸） the Secret Annex and Anne was
arrested（逮捕） and sent to a concentration camp（集中营）, 11 she died in March, 1945.
Through thick and thin, Anne’s father got her dairy 12 in June, 1947 by Contact Publishers, a
Dutch firm. Today Anne’s Dairy is available 13 fifty-five languages and over 24 million copies
have been sold.
This page of diary was written on Thursday 15, June, 1944, in which she wrote about her strong love
for nature, which she had hardly been able to see face to face since she began to 14 from the
Nazis. Afraid of being caught , she 15 go outdoors and had to stay indoors most of the time. On
the night of June 15, she stayed awake 16 until half past eleven just in order to take a good look at
the moon for once by herself. She remembered another time five months ago when the dark rainy
evening, the wind, the thundering clouds 17 her entirely in their 18 . She was so crazy about
everything to 19 with nature that she would like to 20 anything for her freedom, but......
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( )19. A. join
( )20. A. give in
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Paula Radcliffe, chasing(角逐)a third London marathon title(冠军), says she has become a stronger
person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games.
Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10,000m last August, said: “Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care about criticism(批评).”
“In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me.”She didn"t care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan, who felt Radcliffe should
have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.
“Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn"t spoken to me last year and if she really cared for me, I"m
sure she would have contacted(联系)me.”
Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.
“In New York I wasn"t in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race.”
Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday"s race would be winning a third title and not chasing world
records.
However, Radcliffe has not ruled out(排除)in the future chasing her “final” world record time and
questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five
world-class times.
“I don"t think that---although I can"t put a number on it,” said Radcliffe. “That changes from person to person.”
Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance some point in the future.
Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third
title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later.
Radcliffe clocked a time 2:18:56 in her first 42.2-kilometre race three years ago.
Afterwards she set a “mixed course” mark of 2:17:18 five months later in Chicago before lowering
that to a time of 2:15:25 in the 2003 London event.
B. rest for five months
C. love people around her more
D. develop respect for Liz
B. Radcliffe didn’t fully recover before the New York City marathon.
C. Radcliffe won her first marathon title in the New York City marathon
D. Radcliffe had a 3-month training before the New York City marathon.
B. if she can win another race though she has won many times
C. how many times a marathon runner can set the world record
D. if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times
B. two
C. three
D. four
B. Well begun is
half done C. A friend in need is a friend indeed
D. Where there is a will, there is a way.
He appeared in more than 800 commercials (商业广告) for the hamburger chain named for his
daughter. "As long as it works," he said in 1991, "I"ll continue to do those commercials."
Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won"t let
anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes," Wendy said
in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo
in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around
seeking construction work. "He fed me," Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he"d beat me."
Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had
something much better in mind. "I thought if I owned a restaurant," he said, "I could eat for free." A
1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried
Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.
In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy"s Old Fashioned Hamburgers,
in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made to order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants
worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.
Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine,
66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started
the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992.
In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida.
He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
"The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," says friend Pat Williams. "He wasn"t a great actor or
a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody."
B. The dream of Dave Thomas.
C. The schooling of Dave Thomas.
D. The growth of Dave Thomas"s business.
B. He had caring parents.
C.He stayed in one place.
D.He didn"t go to school.
a. graduated from high schoolb. started his own business
c. became a millionaire d. started a foundation
e. met Harland Sanders
A. e,b,c,d,a,
B. a,e,c,b,d,
C. e,c,b,d,a,
D. a,e,b,c,d,
B. Dave was ordinary
C. Dave was showy
D. Dave was shy
A. Thomas"s.
B. Wendy"s.
C. Lorraine"s.
D. Rex"s.
time is Koni-shiki, who now 1 about 230 kg. Born in Hawaii, he was 2 a big boy. When he
was a teenager, some people 3 he go to Japan and become a sumo wrestler.
Although he took their advice, at first it was a 4 life. "I had to clean the toilets and 5 the
rubbish (垃圾)," Konishiki remembered, "I knew I had to 6 to life in Japan. I said to myself,
"I 7 learn Japanese." Soon I could 8 it quite well."
Konishiki"s career started 9 , and he was soon upgraded to a higher rank. But despite his
10 he soon had health problems. The doctors told him that he should 11 some weight. "I
started dieting. I 12 to do it. But I did it too 13 ," he said, "I lost some of my strength, too."
He lost a lot of fights, and then his parents got 14 in a car crash. "I must go and 15 them,"
he thought. Though it was only three days 16 a big tournament (锦标赛), he flew back to Hawaii.
Despite his 17 , they were not badly injured.
When he returned, he knew that he had to do well. The newspapers said, "Konishiki must win,
18 he will go down in rank."
Though he had many problems, Konishiki won 14 of his 15 fights, and won the Emperor"s Cup.
He was so 19 that he cried. "You ought not to show your feelings," he said, "but I couldn"t 20 it."
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( )10. A. failure
( )11. A. gain
( )12. A. failed
( )13. A. stupidly
( )14. A. shocked
( )15. A. visit
( )16. A. after
( )17. A. joy
( )18. A. because
( )19. A. sad
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B. hardly
B. allowed
B. hard
B. bring
B. respond
B. can
B. say
B. well
B. success
B. lose
B. began
B. carefully
B. destroyed
B. care
B. since
B. worry
B. but
B. nervous
B. help
C. sometimes
C. considered
C. comfortable
C. take
C. devote
C. must
C. learn
C. suddenly
C. effort
C. save
C. had
C. slowly
C. ruined
C. meet
C. before
C. surprise
C. or
C. curious
C. feel
D. once
D. suggested
D. rich
D. empty
D. lead
D. may
D. tell
D. similarly
D. fame
D. spare
D. refused
D. quickly
D. injured
D. serve
D. until
D. regret
D. and
D. happy
D. leave
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