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Surfing: It’s Not Just for Boys Any MoreIf 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) body,
7 , and soul. There's sand between my toes and cool,
salt water all
8 the 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 surfer" because the ocean
12 an uncountable variety 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
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 stand 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 ( )2. A. wonder ( )3. A. stayed ( )4. A. wave ( )5. A. bring ( )6. A. work ( )7. A. mind ( )8. A. along ( )9. A. beach ( )10. A. sky ( )11. A. take ( )12. A. catches ( )13. A. sharp ( )14. A. known ( )15. A. chosen ( )16. A. levels ( )17. A. reaching ( )18. A. sitting ( )19. A. of ( )20. A. think |
B. answer B. understand B. came B. storm B. connect B. study B. effort B. above B. water B. world B. get B. includes B. great B. right B. tried B. points B. accepting B. walking B. from B. succeed |
C. give C. reply C. dropped C. sail C. compare C. holiday C. health C. around C. board C. earth C. make C. offers C. hard C. far C. learned C. steps C. pushing C. fighting C. on C. perform |
D. realize D. believe D. fell D. boat D. tie D. life D. time D. by D. lake D. ocean D. keep D. collects D. calm D. different D. promised D. parts D. setting D. working D. with D. feel |