Section B

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Marti Sementelli has been a baseball player since preschool, throwing plastic balls and swinging a tiny wood bat from the time she was 3 years old. She was a solid player at every youth level, and sometimes a star. In 2007, Nike even featured the young Californian in a TV commercial.

Despite her experience, Sementelli, now 16, had a hard time finding a high school that would allow her to try out for the boys’ baseball team.

Two parochial schools (教会学校) near her family’s home in North Hollywood said no, and several public schools were lukewarm (冷淡的) to the idea. Finally, she found Burbank High School, where she’s now a sophomore and a member of the JV baseball team.

Sementelli’s story is not unique. Across the country, girls devoted to baseball--and with as many seasons of youth ball under their belts as their male teammates--are finding it isn’t easy to stay in the sport when they reach high school.

Biology does play a role in the situation: Boys, especially older ones, often have an edge over girls in size and strength, allowing them to throw harder and swing with greater force. But girls say that the toughest battles are not about capabilities, but against the traditional attitude that baseball is for boys.

“Most people just are incapable of seeing beyond what’s easy,” says Jennifer Ring, the author of Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball, and a professor at the University of Nevada-Reno. “It is much neater if we say boys play baseball and girls play other sports.”

In at least one state, Massachusetts, girls are barred from trying out for boys’ baseball in high schools that also offer softball. Nebraska dropped its ban last year, and in January, Indiana removed its ban after being sued (控告) by the parents of Logan Young, a 15-year-old aspiring catcher and freshman at Bloomington South High School.

81. When did Sementelli begin to play baseball? (no more than 6 words)

                                                                               

82. Where did Sementelli stay in a baseball team? (no more than 6 words)

                                                                              

83. What does the author think about girls’ capabilities in baseball? (no more than 10 words)

                                                                              

84. In which states are girls allowed to play baseball? (no more than 4 words)

  

第二节短文改错(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)

    此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断:

    如无错误,该行右边横线上画一个勾(√);

    如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:

    此行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用

斜线划掉。

    此行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(八),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

    此行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

    注意:原行没有错的不要改。

(请在答题卡的指定位置作答)

Animals are close friend of human beings.Their existence            76.

especially that the existence of rare animals,makes the whole          77.

world lively and colorful.Unlucky,we have heard such news that       78.

rare animals,even keeping in the zoo,can’t escape being hurt         79.

and killed.You may wonder how this can happen.The reason         80.

is that some people lacked understanding about these animals           81.

and care little about them.

However,we should make information about rare animals               82.

known to the public.Let’s keep on mind that protecting animals         83.

is duty of everyone.Meanwhile,we should take active and effective     84.

measures.After all,protecting animals are protecting ourselves.       85.

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