When Liivand was little, she was often sick. To get stronger, she ____1____ swimming. Soon after, she was taking part in open-water swimming competitions, sometimes even in icy water.

Several years ago, Liivand moved to Florida, but she continued to ____2____ in the sea. One day during her training, she almost swallowed (吞) some plastic (塑料) waste in the sea.

That experience made Liivand think of all the sea animals. These animals face ____3____ problems every day like her. So she decided to do something to raise people’s awareness (意识) of ____4____ pollution. Thinking about sea animals gave Liivand the idea of swimming like a sea animal. Instead of using her arms, she ____5____ swimming with a rubbery fin (橡胶脚蹼) on her feet and swam forward by kicking her legs together. She believed that swimming with a rubbery fin would send “a bigger message”.

Liivand first set the world record for swimming with a rubbery fin in 2019. She swam 10 kilometers off the coast of California. In 2021, she broke the ____6____ by swimming 30 kilometers, this time in Miami, Florida. But Liivand believed she could go ____7____. Every day, she got up at 4:00 a.m., put on her fin and went swimming. To improve her strength (力量), she sometimes even pulled other people in the water.

On May 7, 2022, Liivand managed to break her record again. ____8____, she swam 42.2 kilometers. It took her nearly 12 hours. Along the way, the woman collected all the ____9____ she found and put it in the small boat that was following her. Finally, the small boat held three full bags of rubbish. “Breaking a record means a lot to me, but being ____10____ to help the community and the world means much more,” Liivand said.

1.1.

A took up

B put off

C gave up

D

解析：选A。take up 意为 “开始从事”；put off 意为 “推迟”；give up 意为 “放弃”。前文提到莉万德小时候经常生病，为了变强，她应该是开始游泳，因此选A。

2.2.

A fish

B swim

C boat

D

解析：选B。fish 意为 “钓鱼”；swim 意为 “游泳”；boat 意为 “划船”。前文一直在讲述莉万德的游泳经历，搬到佛罗里达州后，她依然坚持在海里游泳，因此选B。

3.3.

A similar

B different

C opposite

D

解析：选A。similar 意为 “相似的”；different 意为 “不同的”；opposite 意为 “相反的”。莉万德训练时差点吞下塑料垃圾，由此联想到海洋动物每天也会面临和她类似的塑料污染问题，因此选A。

4.4.

A air

B sound

C plastic

D

解析：选C。air 意为“空气”；sound意为“声音”；plastic意为“塑料”。前文明确提到了“plastic waste（塑料垃圾）”，所以她想要提高人们对塑料污染的意识，因此选C。

5.5.

A stopped

B started

C regretted

D

解析：选B。stop 意为 “停止”；start 意为 “开始”；regret 意为 “后悔”。她为了呼吁环保，不再用手臂游泳，而是开始借助橡胶脚蹼，靠蹬腿前进，因此选B。

6.6.

A leg

B rule

C record

D

解析：选C。leg 意为 “腿”；rule 意为 “规则”；record 意为 “纪录”。前文提到她在 2019 年创造了橡胶脚蹼游泳的世界纪录，2021 年游了 30 公里，打破了之前的纪录，因此选C。

7.7.

A farther

B slower

C higher

D

解析：选A。farther 意为 “更远”；slower 意为 “更慢”；higher 意为 “更高”。后文提到她在 2022 年游了 42.2 公里，远超之前的 30 公里，说明她认为自己可以游得更远，因此选A。

8.8.

A Unluckily

B Unbelievably

C Uncertainly

D

解析：选B。unluckily 意为 “不幸地”；unbelievably意为 “难以置信地”；uncertainly意为 “不确定地”。她仅靠脚蹼就游了 42.2 公里，耗时近 12 小时，这是一件令人难以置信的事，因此选B。

9.9.

A ice

B oil

C rubbish

D

解析：选C。ice 意为 “冰”；oil 意为 “油”；rubbish 意为 “垃圾”。后文提到 “the small boat held three full bags of rubbish（小船上装了满满三袋垃圾）”，说明她在游泳途中收集的是垃圾，因此选C。

10.10.

A warm-hearted

B cold-blooded

C weak-kneed

D

解析：选A。warm-hearted 意为 “热心的”；cold-blooded 意为 “冷血的”；weak-kneed 意为 “懦弱的”。莉万德通过游泳的方式呼吁关注海洋塑料污染，还主动收集海洋垃圾，她认为帮助社区和世界比打破纪录更有意义，体现了她热心的品质，因此选A。