完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If you asked high school girls to name their favourite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would 21 : surfing. But isn’t that a boy thing? Some people 22 .
I started surfing about five years ago and 23 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first wave was the best feeling I had ever 24 .
When I try to 25 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my 26 ,
there’s nothing like it. It involves（涉及）body, 27 , and soul. There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 28 us. The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that 29 , becoming one with the ocean, is like I’m 30 .
The one thing I can get from surfing and not any other sport is endless 31 . You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean 32 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; 33 are very aggressive（攻击性的）and sharp. All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 34 from any other sport.
I’ve 35 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 levels, so shouldn’t it be 36 that girls should step up and start pushing the limits of things boys and men 37 dominate (主宰)?
There’re women 38 side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys 39 the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to succeed, and they 40 .
21. A. tell B. answer C. give D. realize
22. A. wonder B. understand C. reply on D. believe
23. A. stayed B. came C. dropped D. fell
24. A. experienced B. adventured C. worked out D. discovered
25. A. bring B. connect C. compare D. tie
26. A. work B. study C. holiday D. life
27. A. mind B. figure C. health D. control
28. A. over B. above C. around D. among
29. A. beach B. water C. board D. lake
30. A. weight B. overweight C. weight-loss D. weightless
31. A. success B. challenge C. ability D. trouble
32. A. catches B. includes C. offers D. collects
33. A. others B. other C. another D. the other
34. A. exciting B. attractive C. enjoyable D. different
35. A. chosen B. tried C. learned D. promised
36. A. expected B. supposed C. achieved D. proved
37. A. hated to B. hoped to C. used to D. had to
38. A. sitting B. walking C. fighting D. working
39. A. of B. from C. on D. with
40. A. had B. will C. have D. do
