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 __11from 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(极限) 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
A new dining room ________ in our school. It will take one and a half years to finish it.
A. has been built B.is being built C. is built D. is building
It’s time for us to go to school, so let’s _____ the problem and discuss it later,OK?
A. set aside B. set up C.set out D. set off
Our English teacher is ill. Let’s go and see him after class, _____?
A. doesn’t he B.don’t we C.shall we D. will you
It doesn’t matter to me which method you choose _____ you finish the job on time.
A. as long as B. if only C. even if D. as soon as
–You haven’t been to Beijing, have you?
--_______. How I wish to go there!
A. Yes, I have. B.Yes,I haven’t. C. No, I Have. D. No, I haven’t.
