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Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have 1 been people who have looked for 2 —those who have climbed the highest mountains, explored unknown parts of the world or sailed in 3 across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who 4 an immediate pleasure from a 5 activity which may only last 6 or even seconds.
I would consider bungee jumping 7 good example of 8 . You 9 a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon)200 meters above the ground 10 an elastic(有彈性的)rope 11 your 12 . You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the ropes 13 you from hitting the ground. It is said that 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities 14 most people would say are as dangerous as bungee jumping 15 jumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high rocks.
16 do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists(心理學(xué)家)suggest that it is 17 life in modern societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, people’s lives were constantly in danger. They had to go out and hunt for food, and life was a continuous battle for survival(生存).
Nowadays, according to many people, life offers 18 excitement. They live and work in relatively 19 condition —— they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for 20 in activities as bungee jumping.
1. A. not B. never
C. always D. usual
2. A. ease B. adventure
C. happiness D. knowledge
3. A. large ship B. safe boat
C. small boat D. safe ship
4A. search B. look through
C. look for D. in search of
5. A. danger B. safe
C. angry D. dangerous
6. A. a few hours B. some time
C. a day D. a few minutes
7. A. to be B. is
C. being D. to being
8. A. such activity B. a such activity
C. so an activity D. such an activity
9. A. climb up B. jump from
C. jump off D. find
10. A. with B. by
C. and D. use
11. A. is tied with B. ties to
C. tied to D. tied with
12. A. arms B. ankles
C. hands D. legs
13. A. makes B. gets
C. has D. stops
14. A. as dangerous as B. so dangerous as
C. too dangerous as D. very dangerous as
15. A. includes B. including
C. include D. included
16. A. When B. Why
C. where D. How
17. A. because B. that
C. because of D. for
18. A. much B. little
C. many D. more
19. A. happy B. safe
C. exciting D. dangerous
20. A. wealth B. safety
C. danger D. pleasure
If you judge by the number of people who go to see the games and by the number of 1
who actually play it, basketball is probably the most 2 sport in the United States today. It is 3 an indoor game and the 4 extends from late autumn, through winter, to early spring. There are many professional teams, but for the most part, 5 is a school sport. There is 6 a high school or college in the country that doesn’t have 7
team.
In spring and summer, the most popular game is baseball. During the warm weather you can see young men and boys playing the game in any part of the 8 . Radios and televisions bring the details of the big games 9 every corner of the land, and the 10 of the professional teams are a subject of conversation for Americans 11 .
In the autumn, the most popular sport is football. 12 you know, this is not the same kind of game that is so popular in other parts of the world. 13 basketball and baseball, it is typically American, and 14 who have never seen it 15 have difficulty 16
seeing any sense in it. But for most of American people the game itself is not so important 17
the music and the cheering that 18 it. 19 a cool, bright autumn afternoon, there is nothing so colorful and 20 as a football game.
1. A. that B. ones
C. the one D. those
2. A. like B. popular
C. useful D. hardest
3. A. main B. of course
C. mainly D. perhaps
4. A. season B. time
C. month D. period
5. A. football B. basketball
C. volleyball D. table tennis
6. A. almost B. nearly
C. no D. hardly
7. A. their B. its
C. his D. one’s
8. A. city B. school
C. country D. England
9. A. to B. from
C. in D. for
10. A. life B. activities
C. games D. dreams
11. A. anywhere B. everywhere
C. somewhere D. nowhere
12. A. Like B. So
C. Because D. As
13. A. Like B. Such as
C. For example D. As
14. A. these B. they
C. those D. ones
15. A. ago B. before
C. later D. in future
16. A. in B. on
C. with D. at
17. A. like B. for
C. such D. as
18. A. run after B. search for
C. come across D. go with
19. A. In B. At
C. On D. During
20. A. exciting B. interesting
C. interested D. excited
Everything that was 6 had to be thought 7 and built by Edison and the men 8 worked with him. There was no places where they could buy the things they needed. Edison made 9 inventions in order to send electric power to 10 it was wanted.
Edison directed all the work himself: testing new machines, putting wires 11 ground ;fixing lights, and so on. He 12 to be everywhere or the same time. He wanted his men 13 as much work as he did. But he never asked them to do things he 14 would not or could not do.
He had never thought much about 15 hours for sleep; now he often completely 16 sleeping. He slept for 17 minutes at a time, in the middle of the night, in an underground room 18 the power station, with a metal box for his bed. During these days, he almost never saw his wife and their children.
Everyone probably 19 him. Edison won his success when his work was completed. However, he almost did not notice the money and honor he received 20 soon he became interested in other ideas.
1. A. started B. stored
C. spent D. invented
2. A. have B. not
C. quickly D. really
3. A. easy B. work
C. certain D. so
4. A. begin B. start
C. put D. like
5. A. at B. on
C. by D. to
6. A. needed B. accepted
C. tried &nbs7p; D. obtained
7. A. of B. it
C. at D. fast
8. A. which B. who
C. have D. what
9. A. much B. more
C. less D. least
10. A. whoever B. whatever
C. wherever D. whenever
11. A. below B. on
C. under D. within
12. A. seemed B. looked
C. thought D. worked
13. A. to do B. doing
C. did D. done
14. A. oneself B. themselves
C. itself D. himself
15. A. little B. full
C. all D. regular
16. A. forgot B. remembered
C. thought D. wanted
17. A. few B. a few
C. little D. a little
18. A. above B. from
C. on D. at
19. A. begged B. respected
C. wondered D. liked
20. A. as B. so
C. but D. because
Can you imagine what Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp? Many things had to be 1 and built before electric lamps could 2 be used by all: machines to measure the electricity each home or office used; things to make it 3 that the electricity in the wires did not 4 fires, things to send electricity 5 the right places.
Everything that was 6 had to be thought 7 and built by Edison and the men 8 worked with him. There was no places where they could buy the things they needed. Edison made 9 inventions in order to send electric power to 10 it was wanted.
Edison directed all the work himself: testing new machines, putting wires 11 ground ;fixing lights, and so on. He 12 to be everywhere or the same time. He wanted his men 13 as much work as he did. But he never asked them to do things he 14 would not or could not do.
He had never thought much about 15 hours for sleep; now he often completely 16 sleeping. He slept for 17 minutes at a time, in the middle of the night, in an underground room 18 the power station, with a metal box for his bed. During these days, he almost never saw his wife and their children.
Everyone probably 19 him. Edison won his success when his work was completed. However, he almost did not notice the money and honor he received 20 soon he became interested in other ideas.
1. A. started B. stored
C. spent D. invented
2. A. have B. not
C. quickly D. really
3. A. easy B. work
C. certain D. so
4. A. begin B. start
C. put D. like
5. A. at B. on
C. by D. to
6. A. needed B. accepted
C. tried D. obtained
7. A. of B. it
C. at D. fast
8. A. which B. who
C. have D. what
9. A. much B. more
C. less D. least
10. A. whoever B. whatever
C. wherever D. whenever
11. A. below B. on
C. under D. within
12. A. seemed B. looked
C. thought D. worked
13. A. to do B. doing
C. did D. done
14. A. oneself B. themselves
C. itself D. himself
15. A. little B. full
C. all D. regular
16. A. forgot B. remembered
C. thought D. wanted
17. A. few B. a few
C. little D. a little
18. A. above B. from
C. on D. at
19. A. begged B. respected
C. wondered D. liked
20. A. as B. so
C. but D. because
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(牽涉到)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(挑戰(zhàn)). 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(活躍有力的)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 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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