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Gloria arrived in Barbados on 26 January, 2008 after rowing * across the Atlantic for three months
and a half. Gloria was in one of 36 small wooden rowing boats that set off on 7 October, 2007 from Tenerife
Island on the Atlantic Rowing Challenge Race. Each boat was exactly the same design and each one had food
for the journey. There were two people in each boat and their challenge was to row across the Atlantic, a
journey of about 3,360 kilometers.
Gloria began the journey with her husband in a small boat. However, after 14 days he became very afraid
of the huge ocean and was not able to go on, so he left her with the help of a helping boat. This did not make
Gloria give up. Instead, she decided that she would continue by herself. So, for the next hundred days, she
rowed her small boat alone and fought against the waves and the winds, and her own fears.
When she finally arrived in Barbados, Gloria was not willing to leave her boat although her husband and
family were there to greet her. She sat so long in the boat that she could hardly stand, her husband had to
carry her off the boat. After that, the first thing she did was to drink a toast to her small boat, the very
special lady. This lady carried her safely through many storms on her long journey and she loved it.
Gloria is really a brave woman. She has become the tenth woman in the world to row across the Atlantic.
Like the others, she has experienced great joys and terrible things. But a brave person is not always brave,
"Sometimes I wanted more than anything to be warm and dry in bed and safe from the storm around me.
I wanted to stop being brave," she said.
1. When did Gloria's husband leave her? It was _________.
A. on 7 October, 2007
B. on 26 January, 2008
C. on 21 October, 2007
D. on 12 January, 2008
2. When she reached Barbados, _________.
A. Gloria thanked her husband
B. Gloria felt sad to leave her boat
C. Gloria jumped off her boat quickly
D. everyone drank a toast to Gloria
3. What does "the very special lady" mean?_________.
A. Gloria's boat
B. Gloria's mother
C. Gloria herself
D. Gloria's motherland
4. Which of the following is similar in meaning to the sentence "A brave person is not always brave."?
A. She was not willing to leave her boat, her close friend
B. Her husband became very afraid of the huge ocean and left her
C. She fought against the big waves and strong winds, and her own fears
D. Sometimes she wanted to be warm and dry and to stop being brave
5. Why does the writer think that Gloria is really brave? Because _________.
A. she got to Barbados successfully with her husband
B. she took part in the Atlantic Rowing Challenge Race
C. she arrived at Barbados after rowing 3,360 kilometers
D. she didn't need her husband at all during the journey
