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.
| 小题1: | | A．tell | B．give | C．answer | D．realize |
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| 小题2: | | A．Believe | B．understand | C．reply | D．wonder |
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| 小题3: | | A．very | B．just | C．rightly | D．only |
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| 小题4: | | A．storm | B．wave | C．sail | D．boat |
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| 小题5: | | A．bring | B．connect | C．tie | D．compare |
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| 小题6: | | A．work | B．study | C．holiday | D．life |
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| 小题7: | | A．effort | B．mind | C．health | D．time |
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| 小题8: | | A．along | B．around | C．above | D．by |
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| 小题9: | | A．water | B．beach | C．board | D．lake |
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| 小题10: | | A．sky | B．ocean | C．earth | D．world |
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| 小题12: | | A．offers | B．includes | C．catches | D．collects |
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| 小题13: | | A．great | B．sharp | C．hard | D．calm |
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| 小题14: | | A．known | B．right | C．far | D．different |
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| 小题15: | | A．chosen | B．learned | C．tried | D．promised |
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| 小题16: | | A．points | B．levels | C．steps | D．parts |
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| 小题17: | | A．reaching | B．accepting | C．pushing | D．setting |
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试题分析：文章的题目Surfing：It"s Not Just for Boys Any more明显地告诉我们，本文是关于女孩子对冲浪运动的看法，而且提出了一个很鲜明的观点：冲浪运动并不再是男孩子的专利！
女孩子也能做，而且会有所成就。
小题1:前后照应逻辑推理词义比较 如果你询问高中的女生们她们最喜欢的体育运动的名字，她们不是告诉(tell)，给予(give)，意识到(realize)，而是回答(answer)你询问的问题。
小题2:常识运用逻辑推理词义比较 先看语境：前一句的意思是"但是它难道不是男孩子的事情吗?(意思是：这是男孩子的事情。)"；后一句的意思是"大多数人当然不……"，由社会的实际情况和这两句的意思可以判断出，只是有一部分人(不太多)对此问题(前一句)不理解(understand)，不相信(believe)，不能作出回答(reply)，而纳闷、惊奇(wonder)，持怀疑态度，而大多数人却肯定地认为：冲浪运动是男孩子的事情。
小题3:本题中的very表示强调，正是在第一天就爱上了surfing。
小题4:常识运用 因为文章是在谈论冲浪运动，冲上第一个浪(wave)去是我经历过的最佳感受，而不是暴风雨 (storm)、航海(sail)或船(boat)。
小题5:固定搭配词义比较 作者想把冲浪运动和其他运动进行比较(compare)。connect with连接, 联络，将...连起来；compare with与…比较；tie up with和…联系一起；bring带来，引起，通常不与with连用。
小题6:逻辑推理常识运用 作者把冲浪运动当作了它的生活(life)的组成部分，她不仅仅只是在假期(holiday)里冲浪，当然工作(work)和学习(study)也不能耽误。in my life是"在我的生活中"。
小题7:常识运用词义比较 冲浪运动涉及到身体，智力、智慧(mind)和心灵、精神诸方面，这三个方面共同组成人的身心发展因素。
小题8:常识运用逻辑推理 在海洋里进行冲浪运动，身体的沿线(along)，上面(above)，旁边(by)，而是身体的四周(around)都是凉爽的咸水。
小题9:常识运用逻辑推理 冲浪运动可能要经过沙滩(beach)，有可能是在湖(lake)里，但它主要还是脚踏冲浪板(board)在水(water)面上进行。
小题10:常识运用逻辑推理 冲浪运动是在大海、大洋中进行的，就有和海洋(ocean)融为一体的感觉。
小题11:逻辑推理词义比较前后照应 作者不是从其他运动，而是从冲浪运动中获得(get)了无止境的挑战的体会"。再则，前文The feeling I get when I"m surfing across that water，becoming one with the ocean也有暗示。take from减少, 降低；get from从……得到；make from由...制造； keep from阻止, 隐瞒, 抑制。
小题12:常识运用逻辑推理词义辨析 你永远也不会是最好的冲浪手，因为大洋呈现、提供(offer)的是任何人都控制不了的、数不尽的、各种各样的海浪。catch抓住，捕获；include包括，包含；offer提供；collect收集，聚集。
小题13:逻辑推理词义比较 有些冲浪手自由自在、娴熟流畅，有些冲浪手则活跃有力、生机勃勃。注意这两个句子的并列关系，应该特别注意free 和 flowing之间词义的顺承和协调"自由而流畅"，后句的aggressive and__13__也应该是这样一种意义联系，故选择A，sharp可以表示"精明敏捷的，迅速活泼，有力有为"的意思，其它三项在意义上与aggressive的顺承和协调相距甚远。
小题14:固定搭配前后照应词义比较 所有的这些都在吸引着我去冲浪，并使之不同于(different)其他运动。注意此段第一句The one thing I can get from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge.也有所暗示。(be) different from和……不同。(be)far from远离, 远非；known和right通常不与from搭配。
小题15:逻辑推理词义比较 我尽力(try)地劝我所认识的每一个女孩去做人们认为女孩不能做的事情。choose选择、挑选；try试图、努力；learn学习；promise答应、许诺。
小题16:常识运用逻辑推理 朝着新的水平(level)不断前进是人类活动的组成部分。level水平，水准, 标准, 级别；point 点, 尖端；step步调, 步伐, 步骤, 措施；part 部分, 局部。
小题17:逻辑推理常识运用词义比较 所以女孩子们难道不应当应拾级而上，开始冲破(push)男人过去主宰的事物极限吗？reach到达，伸出；accept 接受, 认可；push突出，突破攻击；set 放置，树立，调整。
小题18:常识运用逻辑推理词义比较 在我们国家有女性和总统不仅仅一起坐(sit)，步行(walk)，战斗(fight)，而且并肩工作(work)着。同时注意句子的一般现在时意义特征，表示经常性的行为。
小题19:逻辑推理词汇用法 所以为什么女孩子不能够肩并肩地与男孩子一起踢足球，外出一起冲浪呢？介词on表示"在……供职"、"(是)…的成员"，on the football team的意思是"是/成为足球队队员"。
小题20:常识运用逻辑推理词义比较 给女孩子一个获得成功(succeed)的机会，让她们思考(think) ，感觉(feel)表演(perform)，她们就都会有所成就。
点评：本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，部应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。 |
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I recently ran into a friend I hadn’t seen for a long while．Our conversation was lively and full of news from both sides．Before we parted she said，“You"ll have to drop in sometime.” I immediately sensed that if I simply “dropped in’’ I would take my friend by surprise，and I would be discouraged by the image of her standing in her doorway，staring at me，and asking，“Oh，err …what brings you here?”
Whatever happened to the unannounced drop-in visit? When I was growing up in the 1960s, it seemed that people - mostly relatives, but also friends - were always popping in. My parents would put coffee on，and my mom would find something in the kitchen to serve along with it．Then the conversation would begin…The neighbor lady，a worrier，was unloading her sadness while my mom quietly listened．The Irish man next door had such an accent that I remember asking what language he spoke．My Polish relatives arrived in packs…But I never heard my parents say anything like “We weren’t expecting you’’ or “This isn’t a good time．”Drop-in visitors had a certain right of way and became No．1．
What happened to such visits? Actually I know the answer．Times have changed．Everybody gets busy with work．There is no longer a stay-at-home mom keeping a pot of hot coffee or tea ready throughout the day for a surprise guest．Exploding malls and stores are now replacing homes as a central form of entertainment．
Just the other day a former student of mine showed up．“I"m sorry for the surprise visit．”my student began．“I just wanted to see if you still lived here．I"ll only stay a minute．”My response was immediate.“ No, you won’t,” I said.“Just come in, sit, have coffee, and we’ll talk.’’
I had nothing in the kitchen but we ordered pizza．And we had a lovely time．I have tried to keep the drop-in tradition alive though it takes some effort．
小题1:The author thought of his friend’s invitation --- “You’ll have to drop in sometime”--- as _______.| A．a nice way of refusal | | B．an excuse of leaving | | C．a kind of politeness | | D．an expression of surprise |
小题2:The underlined phrase “ pop in” in the second paragraph means _________.| A．make many friends | | B．make a special date | | C．have a good time | | D．pay a sudden visit |
小题3:The woman from the neighborhood used to visit the author’s home to ________.| A．seek comfort from my parents | | B．make new friends | | C．1isten to my parents’ story | | D．taste nice dishes |
小题4:From the third paragraph of the passage，we can infer that __________．| A．the author misses the lost good days | | B．unexpected visitors are still welcome now | | C．modern people prefer outdoor activities | | D．there are more jobs for the housewives now |
小题5:The author writes the passage intending to __________. | A．encourage people to be drop-in visitors | | B．explain how to deal with unexpected visitors | | C．share his feelings about the drop-in tradition | | D．show the importance of making friends |
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Why do I volunteer with Big brothers / Big sisters of America? I have many reasons. Perhaps the biggest reason is that people once volunteered to help me.
Years ago, I was on the other side of the table. I was lonely and I felt lost. It’s a little embarrassing to talk about it now, but whatever the right direction in life was, I was going the opposite way. More than once, I found myself on the wrong path. If someone hadn’t stepped in when he did, I probably wouldn’t even be here now. I’d rather be in a prison or somewhere a lot smaller and deeper.
I’ve seen the work that big brothers / sisters have been doing all over the country and I’m pleased to be part of it. I’ve never done anything that made me prouder than my volunteer work. Big brothers and sisters helped me get over sadness and depression as soon as possible. Then, if I can help anyone like they helped me, I am willing to serve for as long as they will have me serve them. There are no words to describe the joy I get from helping somebody turn their life around. Every time I think that that’s me now, I’m proud and happy.
Volunteering is how I want to leave my mark on the world. I recommend volunteering work to everybody, especially to somebody who isn’t sure where they are going in life. Helping someone find their path is often the best way to find yours. Be a volunteer, and you will find your purpose in life.
小题1:What’s the main reason why the writer volunteers?| A．He has a lot of free time. | | B．He is lonely and wants to be with others. | | C．He wants others to know he is a good man. | | D．He is grateful for what volunteers once did for him. |
小题2:It is implied in Paragraph3 that the writer __________.| A．is eager to help others | | B．often feels sad and depressed | | C．hopes he will be helped at any time | | D．travels around the country to help others |
小题3:We can infer from the passage that the writer probably __________.| A．spent some days in prison | | B．didn’t know his purpose in life | | C．is dissatisfied with his life | | D．doesn’t live a meaningful life |
小题4:What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?| A．To share his past with us. | | B．to ask for some volunteer work. | | C．To encourage us to enjoy our life. | | D．To call on us to do volunteer work. |
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Lakes, ponds, and beaches mean summer fun and cool relaxation from hot weather. But water also can be dangerous for kids if you don"t take great care. Nearly 1,000 kids die each year by drowning.
Here are some tips to keep your kids safe in the water:
At the Lake or Pond
·Don"t let little kids swim alone without adult supervision— lakes or ponds may be shallow near the bank and are suddenly deep sharply further out from shore.
·Ponds and lakes may hide jagged rocks, broken glass, or rubbish.
·Make sure kids wear foot protection; even in the water, they should wear socks or water shoes.
·Watch out for weeds and grass in the water that could trap a leg or arm.
·Most boating accidents, particularly among teenagers, are related to alcohol(饮酒). Be sure teens know about the dangers of alcohol, on and off the water.
At the Beach
·Teach kids to always swim when and where a lifeguard is on duty. Unlike the calm waters of a swimming pool, the beach has special dangers like currents and tides(暗流). Check with the lifeguard when you arrive to find out about the water conditions.
·Tell kids never to stand with their back to the water because a sudden wave can easily knock a child over.
·Teach kids that if they"re caught in a dangerous wave, they should swim parallel（顺行地） to the shore or should tread （踩）water and call for a lifeguard"s help.
Whether at the lake or at the beach, teach your child to get out of the water during bad weather, especially lightning.
小题1:Which is the right behavior when swimming at the beach? | A．Go off the water without a lifeguard on duty | | B．Go on swimming in a heavy rain | | C．Go off the water before checking the water conditions | | D．Call for help if caught in a dangerous wave |
小题2:A child should_________ at a lake.| A．swim on his/her own | | B．be careful about weeds and grass | | C．swim without shoes on | | D．drink only a little wine |
小题3:Swimming at a beach is more dangerous than in a pool because .| A．there are no lifeguards at a beach | | B．there are currents and tides at a beach | | C．the waters of a beach are more calm. | | D．the waters of a pool are warmer |
小题4:The passage is probably written for .| A．students at school | B．kids who want to learn swimming | | C．parents with little children | D．coaches who teach kids to swim |
小题5:In which column(栏目) of a magazine can you find this passage?| A．Education | B．Science | C．Entertainment | D．Sports |
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In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no ___1___ for stillness.
And when we are ___2 ___to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train, we often ___3 ___something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re ___4___.
This comes at a ___ 5___: we lose that time for ___6__, for observing and listening. We lose peace.
And ___7___ yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get ___ 8___done.
Take a moment to think about ___9__ you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering ___10 ___, checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always ___11___through your schedule?
Is this how you want to spend your ___12___? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be ___13___. Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already. ___14___be in the moment.
Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d ___15___ it to be. See your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration, more ___16___.
Then be that vision.
It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. ___17___you’ve gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too___18___. Slow down. Be present. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of ___19___ for it.
___20 ___ the stillness. It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always.
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| 小题2: | | A．forced | B．ordered | C．invited | D．told |
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| 小题4: | | A．familiar with | B．curious about | C．used to | D．interested in |
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| 小题5: | | A．cost | B．risk | C．loss | D．danger |
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| 小题6: | | A．play | B．food | C．sleep | D．consideration |
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| 小题7: | | A．further | B．worse | C．farther | D．deeper |
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| 小题8: | | A．everything | B．anything | C．nothing | D．something |
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| 小题9: | | A．how | B．where | C．why | D．whether |
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| 小题10: | | A．questions | B．problems | C．phones | D．messages |
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| 小题11: | | A．walking | B．rushing | C．stepping | D．going |
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| 小题12: | | A．school | B．youth | C．work | D．life |
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| 小题13: | | A．silent | B．patient | C．still | D．quiet |
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| 小题14: | | A．Nearly | B．Ever | C．Just | D．Already |
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| 小题15: | | A．like | B．decide | C．choose | D．need |
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| 小题16: | | A．activity | B．research | C．study | D．peace |
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| 小题17: | | A．Because | B．Until | C．Once | D．Unless |
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| 小题18: | | A．frequently | B．slowly | C．fast | D．quickly |
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Are you the type of person who always says“yes”？I’ve come to learn that it is very im-portant to learn to say NO！It’s okay. People are still going to like you. They may even respect you more because they know you are honest.
I，m not saying to say“no" to someone who really needs your help. I’m talking about re-fusing that meeting that you really do not want to attend or that birthday party that you don’t want to be a guest at.
Think for a moment how you feel when you say YES to something that you really don’t want to do. If you’re like I once was，you can’t sleep at night and you think about it too much. It weighs on your mind. You try to find ways out. Whatever you’re saying to yourself，if you really wanted to go，you wouldn’t have all of these thoughts.
So，why not just say NO from the beginning? Maybe you feel like if you don’t show up at the meeting（by the way，it is not one you must attend) your boss isn’t going to like you or your co-workers won’t respect you. Maybe you feel as if your mom，dad or sisters won’t love you as much if you don’t do everything for them that they ask every occasion.
If these people are your true friends，family members，or a good boss，they will like or love you the same no matter what. People treat you the way you teach them to，and if you’re some-one who always says“yes" then that’s what they，re expecting.
You need to do what is right for you. Of course we do have real obligations in life to ful-fill，but we do not have to do everything others want us to do.
小题1:Which of the following statements would the writer agree with？| A．We should try to do what our friends ask us to do. | | B．We should help others in need. | | C．Always saying“yes" means you are dishonest. | | D．Always saying“no" means you are brave. |
小题2:What does the underlined word，’ It" in Paragraph 3 refer to?| A．Saying "yes"． | | B．A friend"s birthday party. | | C．Something you’re unwilling to do. | | D．Something you think difficult to do. |
小题3:The writer believes that if you say“no" to your family members，you’11＿·| A．have the same relationship with them as before | | B．have a loose relationship with them | | C．disappoint them | | D．upset them |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．Learn to Make a Right Choice | B．To Be Yourself | | C．Do What You Want to Do | D．Learn to Say No |
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