1 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

When the starting signal sounded, Qian Hongyan pushed herself in the pool. She won the silver medal in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke (蛙泳) final in the 11th National Games for Persons with Disabilities     1     (hold) in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province.

Qian, from Luliang, Yunnan Province, lost both legs.     2     caused that was a traffic accident when she was 4 years old. Since then, she     3    (become) well-known for moving around while balanced on an orange ball, earning     4    (she) a nickname, basketball girl.

Qian’s enthusiasm for swimming dates back to 2007. At 11 years old, she     5    (invite) by the coach Zhang Honghu to join the swimming club for people with disabilities. However, without legs, Qian found it difficult to keep balance in water. “Swimming without legs is like handling a boat     6     a rudder (舵). I tended to sway (摇摆) due to a poor sense of direction,” she said.

To help her overcome     7     difficulty, her coach made a tailor-made training plan for her. Every day, she practiced swimming for at least four     8    (hour). She made intense efforts to strengthen her arm and balance,    9     helped her successfully get used to the water. “I like swimming. It changed my life and helped me see     10    (extreme) wonderful things,” she said in an interview.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Paul and I were on our school basketball team, The Lions. We     1     (love) basketball and were both huge fans of the NBA. My favorite player was LeBron James. Paul’s favorite player was Tyrone Bogues, a guy     2     played for the Charlottee Hornets, although we     3     (actual) agree that they are both champions.

Bogues was only 1.6 metres tall, which made him the     4     (short) player ever in the NBA. Paul was only 1.6 metres tall, too! During all those hours of doing jump shots     5     his own, he used Bogues as his     6     (inspire). Paul once said. “If Bogues could make     7    , why not me?”

Our coach was not so sure. Paul had to try out many times just for     8     (make) the team. He was still usually on the bench,     9     was really tough on him. Everyone knew Paul had real skills, and was someone who worked really hard and had a strong desire to play for     10     team. However. Paul didn’t get a chance.

5 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Black Mamba a Legend That Will Never Die

It’s hard to believe Kobe is gone.

The NBA superstar,     1     great talent and win-at-all-costs spirit made him one of the most distinguished athletes in history, was the rare celebrity who didn’t need a last name.

Still youthful at 41, Bryant—who died in a helicopter crash on January 26 in California—looked     2     he could suit up any minute and drop 30 points on a rival(竞争对手)NBA team. It doesn’t seem that long ago that he was scoring 60 points in his final NBA game.

With a higyly decorated career spanning 20 years - all with the Lakers - Bryant is all but     3     (assure) of being a first-ballot inductee(第一候选人)into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, alongside Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, later this year.

Bryant,     4     18-time All-Star, was famous for his astonishing scoring ability and his championship pedigree(总冠军血统). He teamed up with fellow All-Star Shaquille O’Neal     5     (win) three consecutive NBA titles from 2000 to 2002, and later won two more rings, in 2009 and 2010.

Known as the “Black Mamba”, Bryant finished his career with 33,643 points in the regular season, which put him at No. 3 among NBA’s scoring leaders, behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Karl Malone (36,928)     6     LeBron James surpassed him just one day before Bryant’s untimely death.

“Kobe was so much more than an athlete. He was a family man, which was     7     we had most in common. Whenever we got together, I would hug his kids and he would embrace     8    .” O’Neal wrote on Twitter.

“Kobe was one of the most extraordinary players in the history of our game with accomplishments that are truly legendary(传奇般的),” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. “But he     9     (remember) most for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball and compete     10     the very best of their ability.”

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It was at the 2012 ISU World Figure Skating Championships that I first saw Japanese figure skater Hanyu Yuzuru. He competed in free skating with     1     piece of music from Romeo and Juliet. I was     2     (immediate) attracted to his amazing performance along with the expressive music.

Yuzuru has been an     3     (inspire) for me in my years as a senior high school student. In his career so far, he     4     (experience) countless difficulties and injuries. In 2014’s ISU Grand Prix, he was badly hurt on the ice due to a collision. Even though he was bleeding, he still insisted on     5     (compete) with no regrets. What’s more, in the 2018 Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, he couldn’t even walk because of a problem with the ligament (韧带) in his right ankle. But he ended up winning the championship and then     6     (award) the gold medal.

Despite suffering     7     asthma (哮喘), Yuzuru has always trained hard. He bravely overcomes obstacles so he can dance on the ice and live life to the     8     (full). From 2012 to 2021, I have been inspired by his spirit,     9     has helped me push forward no matter what.

    10     (face) with homework and sliding grades, I watch videos of Yuzuru skating over and over again in search of hope and perseverance. After all, he succeeded against so much uncertainty. So how could I not face my own problems?

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It’s never easy for     1     Asian athlete to shine in track and field events. But Su Bingtian, 28,     2     (know) as the “Chinese flying man”, became the first male Chinese sprinter (短跑运动员) to win a     3     (globe) medal in an individual event.     4     March 3, he took the silver in the men’s 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in the UK. In the final, Su Bingtian ran his personal best of 6.42 seconds, breaking the Asian record of 6.43, which he also     5     (set) last month in Germany.

The last time a Chinese athlete achieved a milestone was in 2004,     6     Liu Xiang won a gold medal in Athens in the 110m hurdles. Inevitably (不可避免地), Su is compared to Liu. “Liu Xiang     7     (be) my idol and also my friend,” Su told Xinhua News Agency.

As a matter of fact, Su had expected     8     (win) a bronze during the final. “There is no difference between silver     9     bronze. Even a bronze could prove that Chinese sprinters have made breakthroughs in many major world     10     (compete).” he said.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Eileen Gu,     1     freestyle skier, is one of China’s biggest stars at the Winter Olympics. Gu jumped into the top position with her third run,     2    (score) 94.50. Her total score was 188.25 in the event’s debut at the Winter Olympics.

Born in the US, Gu started on the snow at the age of 3, competed in national competitions at 9 in the US and won her first World Cup event at 15. At the age of 16, Gu applied for Chinese nationality and decided to compete     3     China. It was a decision met with shock and confusion from her growing fan base but Gu was determined, sharing her reasoning on Instagram at the time. She said it     4    (influence) by the country’s plan to attract 300 million people to ice and snow sports in the buildup to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

People say she is talented.     5     Gu says that talent counted for (占据) “only 1 percent” of her wins, adding that her hard work is what matters. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice at     6    (weekend). She spent eight hours going to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill     7    (practice) skiing.

Gu said, “I want to win a gold medal, but doing     8    (I) best seems more important. I hope more youngsters, especially girls, will try skiing and other extreme sports, many of     9     have only been known in China for 20 years.” She also said skiing gives her “    10    (free) and creativity”, especially when she perfectly controls her body and does tricks that others cannot do.