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   36  : surfing. But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people   37  . Most certainly not.

I started surfing about five years ago and fell in love with the sport on the  38   first day. Riding that first   39   was the best feeling I had ever experienced.

When I try to   40   surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my   41  , there’s nothing like it. It involves body,   42  , and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all   43   us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that   44 , becoming one with the   45  , is like I’m weightless.

The one thing I can   46   from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge. You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean   47   an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and lowing; others are very aggressive (活跃有力的) and   48  . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it   49   from any other sport.

I’ve   50   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   51  , so shouldn’t it be expected that girls should step up and start   52   the limits of things boys and men used to dominate (主宰)?

There’re women   53   side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys   54   the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to   55   , and they will.

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

37. A.Believe         B. understand              C. reply                        D. wonder

38. A. very           B. just                          C. rightly                   D. only

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

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

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

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

43. A. along                  B. around                            C. above                    D. by

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

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

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

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

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

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

50. A. chosen                B. learned                     C. tried                      D. promised

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

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

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

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

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

 —It shouldn’t take long to clean up after the party if we all volunteer to help.

—That’s right. ________.

A. Many hands make light work                         B. Something is better than nothing

C. The more, the happier                             D. The sooner begun, the sooner done

 The building        the windows are bright at night is our school library.

A. that                       B. which                      C. whose                     D. of  which

It was not until dark _____ he found _____ he thought was the correct way to solve the problem.

A. that; that　　　　　　B. that; what　　　　　 C. when; what　　　　　　　D. when; that

 _________ this is the biggest mistake we have made.

A. In a way        B. In this way    C. To the degree      D. In a degree

 It i s the second time that the poor area_______.

     A. had been visited      B. has been visited       C. was visited             D. is visited

 In modern times, the development of science is  ________ .

A. thought well of       B. thought highly   C. highly thought of     D. well thinking of

 He insisted that his plan _______ carried out at once.

A. would be                  B. could be                   C. was                        D. should be

 In order to have a good _______ of English, he decided to go abroad for further education.

A. command           B. need                C. master                   D. direction

 A series of books in the library ____ been stolen so that the number of them ____ smaller than before.

A. have, is                  B. has, is                      C. has, are                    D. have, are