Ⅱ.完形填空
I began training to swim the English Channel at 58 years old.The 1 I was asked over and over again was this:“Why?”
When a student reporter of Indiana University recently asked me this question,I said,“First let me 2 you a question.What are your 3 for this summer?”He 4 that he was going to bag groceries(食品杂货)in the supermarket.I didn’t have to say more;he understood my 5 .
A 6 and an element of adventure are welcome whether you are 20 or 58 7 when you have a choice.But why did I 8 to swim the Channel at 58?It is the challenge that 9 about 100 swimmers every year who are willing to spend time,effort and money 10 it.
I don’t think that I am a superman.I do think I have three things going for me:
First,I am training hard — presently 11 7.5 miles a day.Before that time I also kept physically 12 by training moderately(适度地)hard.
Second,I am a very goal-oriented(目标导向的)person for whom this swim has long been a 13 .I have a feeling I will be 14 ready and won’t do as a Channel swimmer did a few years ago.
15 ,a young girl touched me,who was attempting to finish her swim when the ocean got 16 .She was having a 17 time with the turbulent(汹涌的)and cold water,when her trainer shouted to her from the boat that he thought she should 18 and get out of the water.She 19 ,“I’m doing the swimming and I will decide when to get out.”She 20 it.
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