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(牵涉到)body, 　　7    , and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all   8     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 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　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. answer 

C. give　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. realize

2. A. wonder　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. understand
C. reply　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. believe

3. A. stayed　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. came　　　　　　

C. dropped　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. fell

4. A. wave　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. storm　　　　　　

C. sail　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. boat

5. A. bring　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　&

nbsp;　　　　   B. connect　　　　　　

C. compare　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. tie

6. A. work　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. study　　　　   

 C. holiday　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. life

7. A. mind　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. effort　　　　　　

C. health　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. time

8. A. along　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. above　　　　　　

C. around　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. by

9. A. beach　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. water　　　　　　

C. board　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. lake

10. A. sky　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. world　　　　　　

C. earth　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. ocean

11. A. take　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. get　　　　　　

C. make　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. keep

12. A. catches　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. includes　　　　　　

C. offers　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. collects

13. A. sharp　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. great　　　　　　

C. hard　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. calm

14. A. known　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. right　　　　　　

C. far　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. different

15. A. chosen　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. tried　　　　　　

C. learned　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. promised

16. A. levels　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. points　　　　　　

C. steps　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. parts

17. A. reaching　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. accepting　　　　　　

C. pushing　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. setting

18. A. sitting　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. walking　　　　　　

C. fighting　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. working

19. A. of　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. from　　　　　　

C. on    　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. with

20. A. think　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. succeed　　　　　　

C. perform　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. feel

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　　Many people see a person who can't read or spell as disabled, but what does disabled really mean? Well, with Andrew Mertzit of Maryland it meant he would not be 1 to attend his school any more. Andrew's 2 is that whenever he is reading, he sees the letters p, d, q and b as a 3 and stick. Since Andrew's teachers couldn't 4 him much, Suzanne, Andrew's mother decided to take 5 in her own hands. She decided to home school Andrew. In ten months, Suzanne, a trained reading specialist tried many different 6 to help Andrew with his disability. She helped Andrew with making letters out of sand, rice and shaving cream. Now, about nine years later Andrew is 7 having some problems with reading, but certainly a lot better than before.

　　Lately researchers have been finding many different ways to help learning disabled students by 8 things like rice and shaving cream or even to get little computers. Also, nowadays there are schools all over that have programs to help disabled kids, unlike back in 1995 when Andrew had to be 9 schooled by his mother. But to help disabled students it takes about $ 8.12 billion. You probably think that's a lot of money, but if you 10 that in 1996 there were about 2.6 million kids who were disabled, it may not seem all that 11 . Even though a person may have a learning disability at a certain subject, like reading, it does not mean that he or she doesn't have a talent（才能）at something else. For example, 15 years ago when Joey Hollingsworth entered kindergarten, teachers said that Joey was very clever. Once Joey started getting 12 , his grades got lower. Lots of people just thought he was 13 and had discipline（纪律）problems. Many years later he finally was 14 for learning disabilities and found out he really did have a disability.

　　Still many people believe kids like Joey who can't read or write are lazy. It's hard to understand that 15 a person doesn't look disabled, he can have problems with learning, and it's even harder for the 16 . But now they are getting close to understanding how learning disabilities start. Brain researchers have some new equipment. These machines 17 pictures of the brain while in 18 . They're learning a lot already by examining the brains of the people who have been 19 and who have learning disabilities. It is reported that some of these damaged brain cases are 20

like the picture we see all the time on the learning-disabled cases where we don't know the cause.

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案．

(A)

　Millions of words have been written about young people in the United States． There are reasons for this 　1　the ideas, feelings and actions of youth．

　Today there are about seven million Americans in colleges and universities． Young persons under twenty-five 　2　the american population． Many of these will soon be 　3　the nation． 　4　their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and 　5　older people to understand 　6　they think and feel．

　College students today have strong opinions about right and wrong． They are 　7　making a better life for all people, 　8　those who 　9　a fair chance before now． They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents． It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the old way． 　10　, there is often trouble in American families． Your country may be meeting such problems, too．

(B)

　A student passed all his school examination． Then he went to a college to continue his studies． There he 　11　 his name for a course in geography． But after the first lecture, he did not go to it 　12　 ．

　The geography lecturer noticed that this student was always absent and thought that he had changed to another course, so he was very 　13 　when he saw the boy's name on the list of students who wanted to take the geography examination 　14 　the year．

　The lecturer had 　15　examination paper, which 　16　, and he was eager to see how this student answered the questions． He expected that the boy's answers 　17　,but when they reached him 　18　the examination and he examined them carefully, he was able to find only one small mistake in them． as this 　19　him very much, he 　20 　the paper again, but was still not able to find 　21　that one small mistake, so he 　22　the student to question him about his work．

　When the student came into the room and sat down, the lecturer said to him, “I know that you came only to my first lecture and you have been absent from 　23　， but now I have examined your answer paper very carefully and I have been able to find only one small mistake in it． I am curious to know your explanation for that．”

“Oh, I am very 　24　that mistake, sir,”answered the student “ after the examination, I realized what I ought to have written, I 　25　that mistake if I had not been confused (搞乱) by your first lecture．”

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　　Many people see a person who can't read or spell as disabled, but what does disabled really mean? Well, with Andrew Mertzit of Maryland it meant he would not be 1 to attend his school any more. Andrew's 2 is that whenever he is reading, he sees the letters p, d, q and b as a 3 and stick. Since Andrew's teachers couldn't 4 him much, Suzanne, Andrew's mother decided to take 5 in her own hands. She decided to home school Andrew. In ten months, Suzanne, a trained reading specialist tried many different 6 to help Andrew with his disability. She helped Andrew with making letters out of sand, rice and shaving cream. Now, about nine years later Andrew is 7 having some problems with reading, but certainly a lot better than before.

　　Lately researchers have been finding many different ways to help learning disabled students by 8 things like rice and shaving cream or even to get little computers. Also, nowadays there are schools all over that have programs to help disabled kids, unlike back in 1995 when Andrew had to be 9 schooled by his mother. But to help disabled students it takes about $ 8.12 billion. You probably think that's a lot of money, but if you 10 that in 1996 there were about 2.6 million kids who were disabled, it may not seem all that 11 . Even though a person may have a learning disability at a certain subject, like reading, it does not mean that he or she doesn't have a talent（才能）at something else. For example, 15 years ago when Joey Hollingsworth entered kindergarten, teachers said that Joey was very clever. Once Joey started getting 12 , his grades got lower. Lots of people just thought he was 13 and had discipline（纪律）problems. Many years later he finally was 14 for learning disabilities and found out he really did have a disability.

　　Still many people believe kids like Joey who can't read or write are lazy. It's hard to understand that 15 a person doesn't look disabled, he can have problems with learning, and it's even harder for the 16 . But now they are getting close to understanding how learning disabilities start. Brain researchers have some new equipment. These machines 17 pictures of the brain while in 18 . They're learning a lot already by examining the brains of the people who have been 19 and who have learning disabilities. It is reported that some of these damaged brain cases are 20

like the picture we see all the time on the learning-disabled cases where we don't know the cause.