完形填空。
How do you usually get to school? Buy bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school
a little
1 -he goes by horse (马).
Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school
2 the beginning of the semester.
"Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I'm on my way at 6 am." Burch says,"The streets are
mostly
3 at this time of morning. It's a nice way to start the day."
The idea was his
4 . His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, "My dad just
said, 'Roby, you
5 ride your horse to school every day.'" says Burch. He thought it really was a good
idea.
When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校长), Joe Cox, and
surprisingly, he got the green light. Cox even
6 Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster's house.
Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school. It is along back streets and has
7 cars than the
others.
For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. Even now, as the days grow shorter
and colder, he
8 to ride his horse." I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather." he says.
Burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid,
9 now, "it's what I do
best." It's no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up."I love riding horses more
than
10 else." He says, "It's really a guy thing."
( )1. A. normally
( )2. A. for
( )3. A. empty
( )4. A. sister's
( )5. A. will
( )6. A. invited
( )7. A. fewer
( )8. A. begins
( )9. A. so
( )10. A. anything |
B. casually
B. since
B. crowded
B. brother's
B. won't
B. allowed
B. few
B. stops
B. or
B. nothing |
C. differently
C. before
C. busy
C. mom's
C. should
C. taught
C. more
C. continues
C. and
C. everybody |
D. actually
D. after
D. awful
D. dad's
D. shouldn't
D. urged
D. many
D. refuses
D. but
D. somebody |