Surfing: It's Not Just for Boys Anymore

　　       If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would __1__: surfing (冲浪运动). But isn't that a boy thing? Some people __2__. Most certainly not.

　　       I started surfing about five years ago and__3__in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first __4__ was the best feeling I had ever experienced.

　　       When I try to __5__ surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my __6__, there's nothing like it. It involves (牵涉到) body, __7__, and soul. There's sand between my toes and cool, salt water all __8__ us. The feeling I get when I'm surfing across that __9__, becoming one with the__10__, is like I'm weightless.

　　      The one thing I can __11__ from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge(挑战). You can never be the "best suffer" because the ocean __12__ an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some suffers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活跃有力的) and __13__. All of these things attract me to surfing and make it __14__ from any other sport.

　　       I've __15__ 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 __16__, so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start __17__ the limits of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?

　　       There're women __18__ side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys __19__ the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to __20__, 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. along     B. above    C. around       D. by

　　9. A. beach    B. water    C. board        D. lake

　　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. learned     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

　　1-5 BADAC  6-10 DACBD  11-15 BCADB  16-20 ACDCB

　　    文章的题目Surfing：It's Not Just for Boys Any more明显地告诉我们，本文是关于女

　　孩子对冲浪运动的看法，而且提出了一个很鲜明的观点：冲浪运动并不再是男孩子的专利！

　　女孩子也能做，而且会有所成就。

　　题号 答案 考查内容解题依据 解题分析

　　1 B 前后照应逻辑推理词义比较 如果你询问高中的女生们她们最喜欢的体育运动的名字，她们不是告诉(tell)，给予(give)，意识到(realize)，而是回答(answer)你询问的问题。