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Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest inswimming as a sport and was a Florida State High School swimming champion. Likemany young athletes, she had Olympic dreams, but a serious illness kept herfrom competing in the Games. The disappointment didn’t stop her from goingforward. Instead, she became interested in marathon swimming. A brilliantathlete, she was well-conditioned for spending long periods of time in thewater. As a long-distance swimmer, she would compete against herself and the obstaclespresented by distance, danger, cold, and exhaustion.

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

Nyad attempted to swim the distance between Florida andCuba in 1978. Though the span of water is less than 100 miles wide, it is roughand dangerous. After battling the water for two days, she had to give up forthe sake of her own health and safety. Even so, she impressed the world withher courage and strong desire to succeed. For Nyad her strength of purpose wasjust as important as reaching Cuba. That is how she defined success. It did notmatter that her swim came up short; she believed she had touched the othershore.

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

1.What prevented Nyad from taking part in the OlympicGames? (Not more than 5 words)

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2.What does the underlined word “obstacles” mean? (1word)

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3.What achievement did Nyad make in 1970? (Not morethan 10 words.)

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4.Why did Nyad believe that she had touched the othershore? (Not more than 10 words)

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5.Please explain how you are inspired by Nyad. (Notmore than 20 words)

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【答案】

1. A serious illness (did).

2. Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges.

3. She swam a ten-mile marathon and set women’srecord.

Or: She swam a ten-mile marathon, setting the women’srecord.

Or: She set the women’s record for a ten-mile marathonswimming.

4. Because she had tried her best (to fulfill thetask).

Or: Her strength of purpose was as important asreaching Cuba.

5. I am encouraged by her determination and strongwill.

Or: I am inspired by her courage and strong desire tosucceed.

Or: From her I learned that once we set a goal, weshould try hard to achieve it.

Or: We should never give up in the face ofdifficulty/failure.

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