Question

Annette Kellerman was born in Australia in 1887.She had polio and could not walk easily.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own.To make her legs stronger,her mother took her for swimming lessons every week.Swimming made her legs so strong that when she was 15 she was able to throw away her supports.

Her family was poor so she got work acting as a mermaid.She wore a long tail and fish swam around her.People paid to come and see her.

In 1900 Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two gold medals. The next year she tried to swim across the Channel.She was the first woman to try to do it though she had to stop after swimming for six hours.

In 1915 Annette went to Hollywood and was the star of two films.

1.Annette Kellerman was born ________ in 1887.

A．in England                             B．In France

C．In America                            D．in Australia

2.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own because ______.

A．She had polio and couldn’t walk easily

B．Her family was poor

C．Her leg was hurt in an accident

D．She couldn’t swim

3.Her mother took her for swimming lessons every week ______.

A．to make her a famous swimmer

B．to make her legs stronger

C．to make her swim faster

D．to make her win gold medals

4.In 1990, Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two ________.

A．supports          B．fish              C．gold medals        D．films

5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．she was successful in swimming across the Channel

B．In 1901 she tried to swim across the Channel but later she had to stop.

C．She wasn’t able to throw away her supports at the age of fifteen.

D．She swam across the Channel for only six days

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述了Annette Kellerman得了小兒麻痹癥，必須靠腿部支架才能行走，為了使她的腿變得強(qiáng)壯，媽媽每周都帶她去游泳，通過游戲，她不僅可以自己行走了，而且還參加奧林匹克游泳項(xiàng)目，獲得了兩枚金牌。1915年還去了好萊塢。

1.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一句Annette Kellerman was born in Australia in 1887. Annette Kellerman于1887年出生在澳大利亞。故選D

2.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二句She had polio and could not walk easily.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own.她得了小兒麻痹癥，不能很容易的行走，所以她必須在她的腿上戴個(gè)金屬支架來使她自己能夠站起來。故選A

3.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三句To make her legs stronger,her mother took her for swimming lessons every week.為了使她的腿變得強(qiáng)壯，她的媽媽每周都帶她去游泳。故選B

4.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段第一句In 1900 Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two gold medals.1900年，Annette參加巴黎奧林匹克游泳項(xiàng)目，并贏得了兩枚金牌。故選C

5.細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段She was the first woman to try to do it though she had to stop after swimming for six hours.她是第一位游泳通過英吉利海峽的女人，但是在游了6個(gè)小時(shí)之后，不得不停了下來。可知，A，D錯(cuò)誤，B正確。根據(jù)Swimming made her legs so strong that when she was 15 she was able to throw away her supports.游泳使她的腿變得強(qiáng)壯，在她15歲時(shí)，她能夠離開她的支架。故C錯(cuò)誤。故本題選B

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