阅读 下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 

One October morning, the sky was clear and the sun was shining. Bethany Hamilton decided to go 　41　 with some friends in Hawaii. 

As one of the best teenage surfers in the world, the 13-year-old American girl was planning to become a 　42　 surfer. Cheerfully, she was lying on her surfboard, waiting for the next big wave. Suddenly, a big shark 　43　 her left arm and shook her backwards and forwards. Bethany held onto her board and the shark eventually swam away—but it took her 　44　 away with it.　45　,it attacked only once. It happened so fast that she didn’t even 　46　. 

As Bethany started to swim back to the beach with one arm, her friends thought she was joking. But to their horror, they saw the 　47　 and rushed to help. 

Having lost almost half the blood, Bethany’s 　48　 was a miracle（奇迹),according to doctors. But she wanted to do 　49　 just survive. 

“It never crossed my mind that I might never get on a surfboard again,” she recalled （回想）later. “I wondered whether I would actually be 　50　 to do it or not. But 　51　 I left hospital, I had decided that I was going to surf.” 

With the support of her family, Bethany 　52　 to get back on her board only one month after the attack. Her dad fixed a handle on her surfboard to help her paddle（划水) through and into waves. 

When she returned to surfing at a competition in Hawaii, Bethany was 　53　 in dangerous waves that broke her surfboard. As a result, she gave away her remaining boards and quit（退出）. She tried using an artificial（人造的） arm, but it turned out to be 　54　 while surfing. 

After 　55　 in Thailand in the 2004 earthquake and helping homeless survivors who had lost everything, Bethany 　56　 her decision to give up the sport she loved and 　57　 to try professional surfing again. Less than a year after the accident, she won first place in a surfing competition in Hawaii. And all her struggles and efforts 　58　 when she won in a world championship years later. 

She also received several 　59　,including a special award for courage at the MTV Teen Choice Awards in 2004 and the Woman of the Year award from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 2006.Her 　60　,true story gained wider attention with the release（发行) of the film  “Soul Surfer”. 

A. swimming    B. boating      C. sailing     D. surfing A. professional  B. free         C. dream     D. specialA. touched  B. struck       C. bit        D. tookA. arm       B. surfboard    C. friend      D. handA. Strangely   B. Especially   C. Surprisingly  D. FortunatelyA. think       B. fight        C. scream      D. escapeA. shark      B. blood       C. attack       D. sceneA. survival  B. courage     C. accident  D. injuryA. rather than  B. more than   C. better than  D. other thanA. suitable  B. lucky       C. strong  D. able

51.A. while  B. after        C. before  D. until

52.A. hoped  B. managed    C. agreed  D. offered

53.A. caught  B. noticed     C. lost  D. driven

54.A. helpful  B. useless     C. wonderful   D. meaningless

55.A. training  B. settling     C. traveling  D. volunteering

56.A. reconsidered B. remembered  C. recognized  D. recalled

57.A. refused  B. started      C. decided  D. continued

58.A. paid out  B. paid for     C. paid in  D. paid off

59.A. gifts  B. honors      C. rewards  D. praises

60.A. exciting  B. dangerous    C. inspiring   D. adventurous