五、短文填空
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。
Once there was a young girl named Lily. She was a student in 46. eighth grade, and she loved going to school. Every day, she would wake up early, get dressed, and cooked breakfast by 47. (she). After break-fast she went to school with her friend Sarah.
Lily showed her 48. (curious) about studying. She enjoyed learning new things and asking questions. Her favourite subject was science, and she dreamt of becoming a scientist 49. the future. She was also a talented artist and loved to draw and paint in her free time. However, school was not always easy for Lily. She didn't do well in maths and couldn't answer the questions 50. (correct). She would spend hours trying to solve a problem, but only ended up with some mistakes. She 51. (consider) to give up sometimes, but she knew that she had to keep trying. She said, "I won't stop trying 52. I succeed in the end."
One day, Lily's teacher said there would be a science show at the end of the school term. Lily began to make 53. (prepare) for it. She wanted to show her new invention at the science show. She tried many times and invented a "flying bicycle". She brought it to the science show and she was 54. (success) in the end. She got the 55. (one) prize. From then on, she tried to learn every subject well and she wanted to make a difference in the future.

46. the 47. herself 48. curiosity 49. in
50. correctly 51. considered
52. until/till/before/unless 53. preparations
54. successful 55. first