张智斌

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 _1_： surfing （沖浪运动）. But isnt that a boy thing？ Some people _2_. Most certainly not.

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_， theres nothing like it. It involves（牵涉到） body， _7_， and soul. Theres sand between my toes and cool， salt water all _8_ us. The feeling I get when Im surfing across that _9_， becoming one with the _10_， is like Im 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.

Ive _15_ to tell every girl I know to do something that people dont think girls can do. Its part of being human to advance to new _16_， so shouldnt it be expected that girls should step up and start _17_ the limits of things boys and men used to dominate （主宰）？ Therere 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              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