When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw …完形填空及答案

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When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog, Her body was 1 . She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.

Already she was the first woman to 2 the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her 3 was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.

On the July Fourth morning in 1952, the sea was icy and the fog was so heavy that she could 4 see her support boats. Sharks swam toward her lone figure, only to he 5 away by gun shots. Against the cold sea water, she struggled on -- hour after hour -- while millions watched on national 6 .

Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn't much farther. But what she could see was 7 .They urged her not to 8 . She never had … until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.

Several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I'm not 9 myself, but if I could have seen 10 , I might have made it.” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was 11 to see her goal.

Two months 12 , she tried again. This time, despite the same 13 fog, she swam with her faith and her goal 14 pictured in. her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she 15 it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel!

1. A. cold B. numb C. thin D. weak

2. A. pass B. dive C. swim D. fly

3. A. mother B. record C. success D. goal

4. A. hardly B. nearly C. clearly D. probably

5. A. pulled B. swept C. driven D. cleared

6. A. scene B. television C. radio D. race

7. A. fog B. shark C. boat D. wall

8. A. swim B. go C. try D. quit

9. A. blaming B. excusing C. crying D. enjoying

10. A. coach B. fog C. land D. California

11. A. unhappy B. unwilling C. unlucky D. unable

12. A. ago B. later C. before D. long