十三.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

One October morning, the sky was clear and the sun was shining. Bethany Hamilton decided to go 　41　 　with some friends in Hawaii.

As one of the best teenage surfers in the world, the 13-year-old American girl was planning to become　 　42　 　surfer. Cheerfully, she was lying on her surfboard, waiting for the next big wave. Suddenly, a big shark 　43　 　her left arm and shook her backwards and forwards. Bethany held onto her board and the shark eventually swam away — but it took her 　44　 　away with it. 　45　 , it attacked only once. It happened so fast that she didn't even 　46　 .

As Bethany started to swim back to the beach with one arm, her friends thought she was joking. But to her horror, they saw the 　47　 　and rushed to help.

Having lost almost half the blood, Bethany's 　48　 　was a miracle(奇迹), according to doctors. But she wanted to do 　49 just survive.

"It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again," she recalled later, "I wondered whether I would actually be 　50　 　to do it or not. But 　51　 　I left hospital, I had decided that I was going to surf."

With the support of her family, Bethany was 　52　 　to get back on her board only one month after the attack. Her dad fixed a handle on her surfboard to help her paddle(划水) through and into waves.

When she returned to surfing at a completion in Hawaii, Bethany was 　53　 　in dangerous waves that broke her surfboard. As a result, she gave away her remaining boards and quit. She tried using an artificial arm, but it turned out to be 　54　 　while surfing.

After 　55　 　in Thailand in the 2004 earthquake and helping homeless survivors who had lost everything. Bethany 　56　 　her decisions to give up the sport she loved and 　57　 　to try professional surfing again. Less than a year after the accident, she won first place in a surfing competition in Hawaii. And all her struggles and efforts 　58　 　when she won in a world championship years later.

She also received several 　59　 , including a special award for courage at the MTV Teen Choice Awards in 2004 and the Woman of the Year award from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 2006. Her 　60　 , true story gained wider attention with the release(发行) of the film "Soul Surfer".

41. A. swimming　　　　　　　 B. boating　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. sailing　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. surfing

60. [答案]A

[试题解析]名词辨析。A建议；B方法；C演讲；D机会；奶奶给了人生中最好的建议。

[长难句解析]

She closed her eyes once more as if allowing what she said to marinate (浸泡)　 within me.

[翻译]她又一次闭上眼睛，好像让她所说的话在我内心浸泡着。

[分析]本句中的连词as if“似乎，好像”后面可以接不定式或者现在分词，as if to do sth似乎要做某事，事情还没有发生，表示将来时；as if doing sth似乎在做某事，现在doing sth表示事情正在发生。

59. [答案]B

[试题解析]名词辨析。A诺言；B话；C祝贺；D描述；我知道在我的余生里，奶奶的话会一直回想在我的脑海里额。

58. [答案]B

[试题解析]动词辨析。A转身，转动；B温暖；C移动；D使…干燥；透过窗户，一缕阳光从里到外温暖着我，我知道这是奶奶的拥抱。

57. [答案]C

[试题解析]动词辨析。A安慰；B教育；C离开；D挽救，节省；我知道她离开了我们。

56. [答案]C

[试题解析]名词辨析。A惊讶；B责备；C眼泪；D抱怨；奶奶半夜里去世了，妈妈带着眼泪哭泣这告诉我这件事情。

55. [答案]D

[试题解析]副词辨析。A迅速地；B幸运地；C经常地；D突然地；在半夜里我突然被妈妈唤醒，因为奶奶去世了。

54. [答案]B

[试题解析]动词辨析。A分类；B取代；C记录；D吸引；本句是指我对生活的担忧都被奶奶的话所取代了。也就是说奶奶的话让我没有了担忧，对生活有更好的理解。