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ause ____. A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse C. the artist made his own rule D. the artist did not follow other people39。t know where to begin B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail C. you always asked question D. you do not trust to your own powers 36. When you bee more experienced you will ____. A. never ask question B. often begin at the tail C. should write the end of the story[ D. should think of the beginning 37. The topic of the passage is ______. A. How to draw a horse B. How to write a story C. How to make your own rules D. Trust to your own powers 閱讀文章并回答問題 When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a wall of fog. Her body was numb(麻木的) . She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours. Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel. Now, at the age of 34, she wanted to bee the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. On the morning of July the fourth in 1952, the seawater was not very cold and the fog was so thick she could hardly see anything. Sharks(鯊魚 ) swam around her, only to be driven away by rifle shots. Against the cold of the sea, she never stopped swimming ? hour after hour ? while millions watched on national television. Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer encouraged her. They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They asked her not to give up. She never had ... until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out. Several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.” It was not fatigue(疲勞) or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal. Two months later, she tried again. This time, no matter how thick the fog was, she swam with her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog