五、短文填空
Fresh from winning a silver medal at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, China's head coach Zheng Wei remained clear-minded about the latest achievement and wished her team to ⑴ to grow.
At the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup, China reached their first semi-finals(半决赛) in major competitions in almost three decades before ⑵ to the United States in the final to get a silver medal for the second time in history.
"This result is better than expected, as our initial(最初的) goal was to do better than the last time(a sixth-placed finish)," Zheng said in an ⑶ with Xinhua on Sunday, adding that her players dared to fight in their own style, which is ⑷ remarkable(了不起的).
Sydney is a familiar place to Zheng. In 1994, ⑸ a basketball player, she and her teammates finished runners-up at the formerly known FIBA World Championship for Women. Zheng said that Sydney is a "blessed land" for the Chinese women's basketball team.
The 59-year-old was appointed head coach in May after working as an assistant coach(助理教练) within the team for more than a decade. She believed that the new role ⑹ a different working style. "While I was an assistant coach, I took care of the players. But now I have to be ⑺ with them so that they could give full play to their potential(潜能)," she said.
Zheng is still aware of the gap between China and those strong sides, ⑻ the United States, who have won the World Cup four times in a row. However, Zheng stressed that the team is quite ⑼ with an average age of below 26.
"That means they still have room to ⑽," she said. "They don't have much experience in major international events. Given enough time, they will go further."

⑴ continue
⑵ losing
⑶ interview
⑷ truly
⑸ as
⑹ meant
⑺ strict
⑻ especially
⑼ young
⑽ improve

1. ⑴处，根据语境“中国女篮主教练郑薇对最近的成就保持清醒的头脑，并希望她的队伍继续成长”，结合首字母c，可填continue，表示“继续”。
2. ⑵处，根据语境“在2022年国际篮联女子篮球世界杯上，中国队在近三十年来首次进入重大赛事的半决赛，然后在决赛中输给了美国队，历史上第二次获得银牌”，结合首字母l，可填losing，表示“输”。
3. ⑶处，根据语境“郑薇在周日接受新华社采访时表示”，结合首字母i，可填interview，表示“采访”。
4. ⑷处，根据语境“她补充说，她的队员们敢于以自己的风格战斗，这是了不起的”，结合首字母t，可填truly，表示“真正地，确实”。
5. ⑸处，根据语境“1994年，作为一名篮球运动员，她和队友们在当时被称为国际篮联女子世界锦标赛上获得亚军”，结合首字母a，可填as，表示“作为”。
6. ⑹处，根据语境“这位59岁的教练在五月被任命为主教练，此前她在队里担任了十多年的助理教练。她相信新的角色意味着不同的工作方式”，结合首字母m，可填meant，mean的过去式，表示“意味着”。
7. ⑺处，根据语境“但我现在必须对他们严格，以便他们能够充分发挥自己的潜能”，结合首字母s，可填strict，表示“严格的”。
8. ⑻处，根据语境“郑薇仍然意识到中国与那些强队之间的差距，特别是美国队，他们已经连续四次赢得世界杯”，结合首字母e，可填especially，表示“特别，尤其”。
9. ⑼处，根据语境“然而，郑薇强调，这支队伍很年轻，平均年龄在26岁以下”，结合首字母y，可填young，表示“年轻的”。
10. ⑽处，根据语境“这意味着他们还有成长的空间”，结合首字母i，可填improve，表示“提高，成长”。