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5．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 l978．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 up 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．

56．What prevented Nyad from taking part in the Olympic Games？（No more than 5 words）A serious illness（did）
57．What does the underlined word"obstacles"mean？（1 word）Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges
58．What achievement did Nyad make in 1970？（No more than 10 words．）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．
59．Why did Nyad believe that she had touched the other shore？（No more than 10 words）Because she had tried her best（to fulfill the task）．
Or：Her strength of purpose was as important as reaching Cuba．
60．Please explain how you are inspired by Nyad．（No more than 20 words）I learned that once we set a goal，we should try hard to achieve it．
Or：We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields．．

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分析 本文敘述了一位名叫Nyad的游泳運(yùn)動員頑強(qiáng)奮斗的故事．她因?yàn)榈昧思膊�沒法參加奧運(yùn)會的游泳比賽．但是她沒有放棄，繼續(xù)努力，參加馬拉松游比賽，并在1970年在女子馬拉松游泳比賽中創(chuàng)造了新的記錄．后來，她開始旅行，寫書，她的作品激勵著其他人繼續(xù)前進(jìn)．

解答 56．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．A serious illness（did）．根據(jù)第一段的but a seriousillness kept her from competing in the Games．可知一種嚴(yán)重的疾病阻止 Nyad參加奧運(yùn)會比賽．因此此處問題的答案是A serious illness（did）．
57．理解推斷題．Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges．第一段的by distance（距離），danger（危險(xiǎn)），cold（寒冷），and exhaustion（精疲力盡）這些都是阻礙人前進(jìn)的困難或麻煩．因此obstacles 的意思是Difficulties/Problems/Troubles/Challenges
58．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．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..根據(jù)第二段的In 1970，she swam aten-mile marathon in Lake Ontario，setting the women's record for the course．She swam a ten-mile marathon and set women's record．可知她在1970年在女子馬拉松游泳比賽中創(chuàng)造了新的記錄．因答案是Sheswam a ten-mile marathon，setting the women's record．或者 She set the women's record for a ten-mile marathonswimming．
59．理解推斷題．Because she had tried her best （ to fulfill the task．） Or：Her strength of purpose  was as important asreaching Cuba．根據(jù)第三段的For Nyad her strengthof purpose was just as important as reaching Cuba．可知她雖然沒有到達(dá)對岸，但是她的努力仍然很重要．因此問題的答案是Because she had tried her best （ to fulfillthe task．）或者 Her strength of purpose  was asimportant as reaching Cuba．
60．主旨?xì)w納題．I learned that once we set a goal，we should try hard to achieve it．Or：We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields．從這篇文章我們學(xué)到了一旦我們設(shè)置了目標(biāo)，就應(yīng)該努力去實(shí)現(xiàn)它．也應(yīng)該不要放棄嘗試其他的事情，因?yàn)槲覀兛赡茉诓煌�的領(lǐng)取取得成功，故回答I learned that once we set a goal，we should try hard to achieve it．/We should never stop trying new things and we may achieve success in different fields．

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