共用题干Female BullfightingIt was a unique ey

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Female Bullfighting

It was a unique,eye-catching sight:an attractive woman in a shiny bullfighter’s suit,
sword in hand,facing the sharp horns of a black,500-kilogram beast.
Most people thought the days of female bullfighting were over in Spain.___________(1)
The first woman fighter,Cristina Sanchez,quit in 1999 because of male discrimination
（歧视）.But Vega is determined to break into what could be Spain’s most resistant male
field.________(2)
Spanish women have conquered almost all male professions._________(3)"The
bull does not ask for your identity card,"she said in an interview a few years ago.She
insisted that she be judged for her skills rather than her femaleness.
Vega became a matador（斗牛士）in 1997 in the southwestern city of Caceres.
__________(4) She entered a bullfighting school in Malaga at age nine and
performed her first major bullfight at age 14.She has faced as much opposition as
Sanchez did.And the"difficulties have made her grow into a very strong bullfighter,"
her brother Jorge says.
The 1.68-metre tall and somewhat shy Vega says her love of bullfighting does not make
her any less of a woman.__________(5)

________（4） A:She intends to become even better than Sanchez was. B:Her father was an aspiring（有雄心壮志的）bullfighter. C:But many bullfighting professionals continue to insist that women do not have what it takes to perform the country’s"national show". D:"l’m a woman from head to toe and proud of it,"she once said. E:She looks like a male bullfighter. F:But recently,29-year-old Mani Paz Vega became the second woman in Spanish history to fight against those heavy animals.