2012天津全国统一高考英语卷(真题)

　　A. strong attachment to sufferings in life pulls people into victims.

　　B. people need family support to deal with challengers in life.

　　C. it takes creators quite a long time to get rid of their pains.

　　D. one’s experiences determine his attitude toward life.

　　55. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

　　A. To define victims and creators.

　　B. To evaluate victims against creators.

　　C. To explain the relationship between victims and creators.

　　D. To suggest the transformation from victims to creators.

　　2012年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(天津卷)

　　英语 笔试

　　第Ⅱ卷

　　注意事项：

　　1.用黑色墨水的钢笔或签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。

　　2.本卷共6小题，共35分。

　　第三部分： 写作

　　第一节：阅读表达(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

　　阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

　　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 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.