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Born in 1949, Diana Nyad took an early interest in swimming as a sport and was a Florida State 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.
小题1:What prevented Nyad from taking part in the Olympic Games? (No more than 5 words)
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小题2:What does the underlined word “obstacles” mean? (1 word)
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小题3:What achievement did Nyad make in 1970? (No more than 10 words.)
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小题4:Why did Nyad believe that she had touched the other shore? (No more than 10 words)
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小题5:Please explain how you are inspired by Nyad. (No more than 20 words)
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小题1:A serious illness (did).
小题2:Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges.
小题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.
小题4:Because she had tried her best (to fulfill the task).
Or: Her strength of purpose was as important as reaching Cuba.
小题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.

小题1:根据第一段的句子:but a serious illness kept her from competing in the Games. 可知答案是A serious illness (did).
小题2:猜词题:从后面的单词distance, danger, cold, and exhaustion.可知这是困难,挑战的意思: Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges.
小题3:从第二段的句子:In 1970, she swam a ten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario, setting the women’s record for the course. 可知答案是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.
小题4:从文章的句子:For Nyad her strength of purpose was just as important as reading Cuba. 可知答案是Because she had tried her best (to fulfill the task).
Or: Her strength of purpose was as important as reaching Cuba.
小题5:从文章我们知道Nyad 是非常有决心和毅力的: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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