Surfing: It’s Not Just for Boys Any More

If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I am one of the few girls who would   21  : surfing(冲浪运动). But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people  　22　　 . 　Most certainly not.

I started surfing about five years ago and   23  in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding the first   24   was the best feeling I had ever experienced.

When I try to   25   surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my   2—___26   , there’s nothing like it. It involves(牵涉到) body and  27  . There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt   28  all around us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing   29   that water, becoming one with the   30  , is like I’m weightless.

The one thing I can   31   from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge. You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean  32  an too many kinds of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活跃有力的) and   33 . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it   34   from any other sport.

I’ve    35   to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It’s part of being human to advance to new   36  , so shouldn’t it be expected that girls should step up and start   37 __the limits of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?

There’re women   38   side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys   39  the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to   40  , and they will.

1.A. tell　     B. answer　　　     C. give       　   　D. realize

2.A.wonder           B. understand　             C. reply　　    D. believe

3.A. stayed            B. came                  C. dropped      D. fell

4.A. wave     B. storm                 C. sail        D. boat

5.A. bring     B. connect         C. compare    D. tie

6.A. work      B. study                  C. holiday        D. life

7.A. mind      B. effort                 C. health              D. time

8.A. beach             B. ocean                 C. water               D. coast

9.A. through          B. across                C. over        D. above

10.A. sky            B. world             C. earth              D. ocean

11.A. take      B. get                    C. make               D. keep

12.A. catches         B. includes               C. offers               D. collects

13.A. sharp             B. great               C. hard          D. calm

14.A. known           B. right                C. far                 D. different

15.A. chosen          B. tried                C. managed       D. promised

16.A. levels            B. points          C. steps                 D. parts

17.A. reaching       B. accepting             C. pushing            D. setting

18.A. sitting            B. walking                 C. fighting             D. working

19.A. of              B. from                 C. on                 D. with

20.A. think              B. succeed               C. perform           D. feel

 

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　　Editor,

　　We are very glad to hear that the tree - planting campaigns(运动) have spread(扩展) from South to North China. By now, most people will have learnt the importance of planting trees. With the development of industry, the environment(环境) has become polluted (污染的), affecting(影响) people's health.

　　However, we are worried about the result of planting. Each spring, we plant many trees, but how many of them live till the next spring? Some units don't care about them at all. Planting is their only aim. After that, they leave them to grow on their own. They don't water them regularly(经常的). Those which are planted by the roadside don't get enough protection and some are destroyed by children. The next spring they even don't need to dig more holes: Only planting trees in the holes where the trees have died.

　　We plant trees in our region(地区) year after year, but no woods can be seen today. The departments concerned should take measures to raise the survival rate(成活率) of new seedlings(幼苗).

1．Why do we plant trees every spring? Because we want to ________.

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A．plant trees in the holes where the trees have died

B．cut them down next spring

C．keep the balance of nature

D．leave them to grow on their own

2．The writer wants to tell us that ________.

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A．children have taken good care of all the young trees by the roadside

B．trees are planted in South China and in North China every spring

C．the young trees need watering only every spring

D．not all the trees can live till the next spring without enough protection after they are planted

3．Why is the writer worried? Because ________.

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A．we plant trees every spring

B．most people ignore (忽视) the importance of planting trees

C．the survival rate of new seedlings is too low

D．it affects people's health to plant trees

4．Why don't some people need to dig holes when they plant trees? Because ________.

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A．other people have dug many holes for them

B．It is much easier for them to plant trees

C．they know their only aim is planting trees

D．they can plant trees in the holes where the trees have died