Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : 5

Florence Chadwick was the firstwoman to swim the English Channelin both directions. At

age 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to

California Coast.

On the 4th of July morning in 1952 the sea was like an ice bath. The fog was so dense she

could hardly see her support boats. She struggled on hour after hour while millions

watched on television.

Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered

encouragement. They told her that the goal wasn’t much farther. But all she could see

was fog. They urged her not to quit. But with only half a mile to go, she asked to be

pulled out. Several hours later she told a reporter that it was not fatigue or even cold

water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal.

Two months later she tried again. It was the same dense fog. But she swam with her

goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind the fog, was land.

And this time she succeeded. She became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel

eclipsing the men’s record by two hours.

3.1

(a) What was Florence Chadwick’s goal at the age of 34? 1

(b) How did her mother and her trainer encourage Florence? 1

(c) What made her quit when she was half a mile to go? 1

(d) In spite of the same fog, what made her to succeed the second time? 1

(e) What record did she set?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to California coast

b) her mother and her trainer told that the goal wasn't much farther,but all she could see was fog. they urged her not to quit .

c) the cold water defeated her. it was the fog she was unable to see her goal

d) she swam with her goal clearly pictured in her mind. she knew that behind that fog there is land.

e) she became the first woman to swim the Catalina channel.