第一節，閱讀下面短文，技照句子結構的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，從各小題的四個選項中說出個最佳答案，使短文連貫完整。
   In the 1950s，a female swimming athlete set a goal for herself.She（1）

B

B

to swim across the English Channel before she retired.If she could make it，she would be the first person in the world（2）

C

C

did it.On that day，she jumped into the sea without thinking twice and swam （3）

C

C

the opposite bank.In the journey，she faced heavy fog，heavy rain and heavy waves. （4）

D

D

she was very tired，she still carried on swimming.But in the end，she gave up.And she didn't know（5）

A

A

the opposite bank was only one mile away when she gave up.
   Later people asked her about the（6）

C

C

.And she said： "The reason why I gave up is that I could not see the place which I was so close to. "It was a great pity that one mile break her dream.
   Since we were young children， （7）

C

C

successful stories have been telling us about courage and persistence（堅持）.But they never told us where（8）

D

D

courage and persistence.You can have courage only when you know where your goal is.You can only manage to（9）

B

B

trying only when you know where your goal is，and prepare yourself well in the mind.Courage and persistence never fall from the sky.They come from weighing between input and output.
   A life without goals is like a ship without a compass（指南針）.It goes（10）

A

A

.There is no courage or persistence in a life without goals.

（1）A.decides	B.decided	C.deciding	D.decide
（2）A.when	B.which	C.that	D.what
（3）A.by	B.in	C.towards	D.on
（4）A.Because	B.Before	C.No matter	D.Although
（5）A.that	B.if	C.why	D.whether
（6）A.result	B.cause	C.reason	D.purpose
（7）A.too much	B.much too	C.too many	D.many too
（8）A.finding	B.found	C.finds	D.to find
（9）A.give up	B.keep on	C.put off	D.cut out
（10）A.nowhere	B.somewhere	C.anywhere	D.everywhere