In one of the boats, her mother and her trainer tried their best to encourage her.They told her it wasn't much farther.But all she could see was fog.They urged her not to give up.She never had...until then.With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.

　　After thawing her cold body several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I'm not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her.It was the fog.She was unable to see her goal.

　　Two months later, she tried again.This time, despite the same thick fog, she swam with all her strength and her goal clearly pictured in her mind.She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel!

　　【语篇解读】　Florence Chadwick是第一个从卡特琳娜岛游到加州海岸的人。第一次，她失败了。为什么呢？因为大雾，她看不到自己的目标！

　　21．The reason why Florence Chadwick gave up for the first time was that ________．

　　A．the sea water was very coldB．she was too tired to swim

　　C．she couldn't see her goalD．she was lost in the sea

　　答案　C　[细节判断题。根据文章第四段中的It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her.It was the fog.She was unable to see her goal.可知，造成Florence Chadwick放弃的原因是因为她看不到自己的目标。]

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