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What made Joan Ryan decide to be a sports writer?“Ten years ago, I was ? 36 ? news stories at the Orlando Sentinel in Florida—my first job ? 37 ? college. I didn't know any female sports writers. But I wanted to be ? 38 ?.? 39 ?,the best writing in the paper was sports.”
“Furthermore, I had the ? 40 ?.I grew up in a(n) ? 41 ? family: Three boys and three girls and a coach for a dad.”?
Soon after describing her ambition to a coworker, the ? 42 ? of her paper reassigned Joan to the sports ? 43 ?.She started out by editing other people's stories,? 44 ? within a year, she was writing her own sports column.?
Today, Joan is the sports ? 45 ? for the San Francisco Examiner in California. When she ? 46 ? her job eight years ago, she was the ? 47 ? woman sports writer on any major American newspaper.
Was it tough to ? 48 ? as a female sports writer?? 49 ?!Take, for example, the first time Joan tried to get an interview in the men's locker room. “It was the U.S. Football League. I wanted to interview one of the players—Joe Cribbs, because he had just broken a finger. As soon as I ? 50 ? into the locker room ? 51 ? all sports writers interview athletes—the room went ? 52 ?.Guys started yelling at me—closing in on me. It was really frightening. One guy was sitting on a bench in front of me, tapping up his ankle,? 53 ? a long-handled razor for cutting the tape. Suddenly, I felt something move up my leg. It was the ? 54 ? of the razor. I yelled at him and walked out.”
Joan ? 55 ? interviewing Cribbs—outside the locker room.“In retrospect(回忆),I feel this was a defining moment for me as a journalist. I went back and wrote my story and made my deadline. Now I know that nothing can interfere with getting the story.”?
36. A. writing B. finding C. editing D. sending?
37. A. in B. out of C. into D. before?
38. A. one B. the one C. it D. that?
39. A. However B. Therefore C. Above all D. First of all?
40. A. knowledge B. experience C. Background D. interest?
41. A. big B. athletic C. athrete D. warm?
42. A. editor B. Manager C. Director D. workmate?
43. A. column B. field C. department D. paper?
44. A. and B. So C. however D. but?
45. A. columnist B. writer C. journalist D. female?
46. A. did B. left C. landed D. wanted?
47. A. abed B. only C. brave D. wisest?
48. A. work B. writer C. interview D. pioneer?
49. A. You bet B. You believe C. Unbelievable D. You guess?
50. A. stepped B. entered C. rushed D. moved?
51. A. that B. which C. where D. when?
52. A. warm B. crazy C. down D. full?
53. A. held B. playing C. used D. using?
54. A. cap B. cover C. handle D. movement?
55. A. started B. ended up C. Made D. wrote??
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第二节：书面表达（共25分）
假如你是李明，最近你校学生正在参加某英语报组织的讨论，其中一个话题是：在你市建设一个核电站有无必要。请根据下面提供的信息给报社写一封信，介绍讨论情况。
55%的同学认为有必要建设一座核电站：
可满足我市不断增长的电力需求
有利于保持空气清洁
比电能更便宜
45%的同学不赞成建设核电站：
造价高
核废料处理困难
一旦发生事故，会造成重大灾难
注意：1. 词数120左右。
2. 信的开头已为你写好，不计入词数。
3. 参考词汇：建设 construction n.
Dear editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we have just had in our school about …
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yesterday morning he got up earlier than________ , for it was not a （n）________day.
A. common; usual B. usual; ordinary
C. usual; normal D. common; ordinary
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Don’t Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports
When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach said that I had lots of potential, and I became captain of my 1 . That was before all the fun was taken out of 2 .
At first, everyone on the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 5 one on one training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our 6 . The coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 7 . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8 .Of course, all teams run drills; they are 9 . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 10 . Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises 11 for 18-year-olds.
I was very thin 12 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was afraid of being too 13 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 14 .
Is all this pressure necessary? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That’s 16 , because they had so much potential. They were just burned out with all the pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents.
I continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 19 him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well.
1.A.class B.club C.team D.board
2.A.playing B.living C.learning D.working
3.A.great B.equal C.right D.extra
4.A.business B.struggle C.attempt D.pressure
5.A.free B.private C.good D.basic
6.A.matches B.courses C.lessons D.programs
7.A.jump B.play C.run D.shoot
8.A.duty B.meeting C.operation D.training
9.A.necessary B.boring &n ?bsp; C.scientific D.practical
10.A.speaking B.moving C.sleeping D.breathing
11.A.used B.intended C.made D.described
12.A.till B.since C.before D.because
13.A.full B.tired C.lazy D.big
14.A.size B.share C.space D.state
15.A.gave B.kept C.ended D.picked
16.A.sad B.shameful C.silly D.serious
17.A.received B.suffered C.brought D.felt
18.A.reconsidered B.rediscovered C.re-formed D.replaced
19.A.at B.by C.for D.around
20.A.fell B.stepped C.slowed D.calmed
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