10 . Gail Rodgers, a grandma of three, has become a lifeguard at her local pool. Seeing her local pool couldn’t ________ due to a lifeguard shortage, the 66 year old woman decided that her ________ wouldn’t get in the way while helping her community. “I did this lifeguard thing back in the late ‘60s’.________ , I thought I can do this again,’’ she said.
Rodgers, ________ in the late 1960s, said she had to learn new skills. Jeff Blume, president of Cincinnati Pool Management and Rodgers’ boss, also admitted that the physical examination is ________. “Lifeguard candidates have to swim a 300 yard length, and then submerge (潜入水中) and grab a 10-pound brick off the bottom of the pool,” Blume explained.
Through great ________, Rodgers became a part time lifeguard. “It’s been fun ________ people enjoying the nice weather in the pool. It’s been more ________ than I expected to be,” Rodgers said. Her boss said it has also been a joy to have her on their team.
Blume noted that fear can ________ a lot of people and he’s glad that Rodgers is such a(n) ________ for being courageous. “I think there’s a ________ of ‘I can’t do this’ or ‘That’s not for me. That’s for the young’ or something like that. So, there’s a lot to ________, but if people want to do it, we could help them with the skills and give them a little bit more of a________ before they actually take the class. If people ________ that is an option, I think they might not look at the skills test as a tall mountain to get over.” They hope more people are inspired to ________ life-guarding as the country continues to face lifeguard shortages.
1. | A．spread | B．decrease | C．operate | D．change |
2. | A．gender | B．age | C．behaviour | D．character |
3. | A．However | B．Besides | C．Otherwise | D．Therefore |
4. | A．trained | B．employed | C．identified | D．replaced |
5. | A．fair | B．severe | C．brief | D．practical |
6. | A．opportunities | B．achievements | C．efforts | D．choices |
7. | A．keeping | B．catching | C．imagining | D．watching |
8. | A．pleasant | B．convenient | C．effective | D．significant |
9. | A．strike | B．control | C．threaten | D．restrict |
10. | A．creation | B．inspiration | C．attraction | D．motivation |
11. | A．horror | B．loss | C．relief | D．guilt |
12. | A．doubt | B．deny | C．overcome | D．ignore |
13. | A．reward | B．boost | C．try | D．taste |
14. | A．complain | B．ensure | C．predict | D．recognize |
15. | A．take up | B．make up | C．end up | D．pull up |
