五、完型填空

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 am one of the few girls who would  41  : surfing(冲浪运动). But isn't that a boy thing? Some people  42  . Most certainly not.

I started surfing about five years ago and  43  in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding the first   44  was the best feeling I had ever experienced.

When I try to  45  surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my  46  , there's nothing like it. It involves(牵涉到) body and  47  . There's sand between my toes and cool, salt  48  all around us. The feeling I get when I'm surfing  49  that water, becoming one with the   50  , is like I'm weightless.

The one thing I can  51  from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge. You can never be the "best surfer" because the ocean  52  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  53  . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it  54   from any other sport.

I've  55  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   56  , so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start   57  the limits of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?

There're women  58  side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys  59  the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to  60  , and they will.

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

42.                                 A. think                     B. understand             C. reply   D. believe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

53.                                 A. exciting                 B. great                      C. hard    D. calm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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六、阅读理解

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The old shoes had brought him so much trouble that Johnny decided to throw them away. He went to the rubbish pit (垃圾坑)outside the city and threw the old shoes into the pit. "Now they can bring me no more trouble," he said. He returned home, lay down in his bed and slept. But he had a dog, and the dog was used to going to the rubbish pit to look for food, because Johnny never bought food for his dog. The dog, who loved its master (主人) even though it was not given food, saw the shoes in the pit and knew they were its master's. So the dog took one of the heavy shoes in its mouth and went slowly back with it, and left it at its master's bedside. Then the dog fetched the other shoe in the same way. When Johnny woke up, he saw the shoes by his bed and he was afraid. "There, shoes can walk by themselves, they must be done away with." he thought. Then he made a large fire in front of his house and put the shoes on it. Just then a strong wind was blowing and before long the fire made the house begin burning. His neighbours immediately came but could do nothing. The house burnt down but the old shoes were saved by the dog again.

61. Johnny didn't fall asleep until ______ .

A. he had brought the old shoes home

B. he had thrown the shoes away and returned

C. the shoes had brought him so much trouble

D. he went to the rubbish pit

62. The dog loved Johnny only because he _______ .

A. bought food for it                            B. was its master

C. even gave food to it                          D. loved it too

63. The dog took back _______ .

A. one of the heavy shoes                      B. neither of the two shoes

C. the pair of shoes                             D. the second shoe in another way

64. A strong wind was blowing when ________ .

A. he made a large fire

B. the shoes walked back

C. the shoes had been done away with

D. the dog found the shoes in the pit

65. When Johnny saw the shoes again after the fire, he would be _______ .

A. very happy        B. pleased               C. wild with joy     D. very sad