1. (2023·无锡新吴区期末)Joining Hope&Sports is a good c________ for us to make friends with different kinds of people.

chance

2. Haiyan and Haitao share s________ personalities. They are both helpful and friendly.

similar

3. My dream is to enter the best college in Nanjing. My parents say they will do everything they can to help me a________ this dream.

achieve

4. It is impossible for us to win first ________ (奖赏) if we don’t work as a team.

prize

5. The Chinese women volleyball team won a ________ (金牌) at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

gold

6. Our team didn’t win the first p________. We finished third in the end.

prize

7. The volunteers work ________ (close) with the government and they have done a lot of useful work.

closely

8. How ________ (amazed) it is to help the children realize their dreams!

amazing

Ⅱ. 阅读下面短文，选择合适的单词或词组，并用其正确形式填空
　　　　
　　Have you ever been a volunteer before? Do you know how to be a good volunteer?
____1____ a volunteer is very important for a big event. It’s usually one of the most meaningful experiences for the volunteer. It provides a chance for a person ____2____ others. It also makes a volunteer ____3____ many new people.
But it’s not easy for one to be a good volunteer. You need to train a lot for what you will do. A volunteer needs to have good skills to do the job. What’s more, a volunteer should also have a strong sense of duty(责任感). If you have both of them, you are sure ____4____ the voluntary work well.
In the Olympics in Beijing sixteen years ago, thousands of volunteers did their best to work for the big sports event. With their help, the Beijing Olympics were a great ____5____. Not only the famous sports stars but also the volunteers were the heroes.
In daily life, there are many situations where volunteers are needed. If you are careful and brave enough, you can be a volunteer and work for others as soon as possible.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________
4. ________ 5. ________

1. Working as 2. to do something for 3. get to know 4. to do 5. success

1. Qian Xuesen has ________ great success as a scientist.
A. donated B. achieved
C. practised D. supported

B [解析]考查动词辨析。donate 捐赠;achieve 取得;practise 练习;support 支持。achieve great success 表示“取得巨大成功”。故选 B。

2. (2024·盐城盐都区调研)—Do you think they have a ________ of beating Australia?
—Of course.
A. chance B. change C. cause D. check

A [解析]考查名词辨析。句意:——你认为他们有机会打败澳大利亚吗? ——当然。chance 机会;change 变化;cause 原因;check 检查。根据“of beating Australia”可知,此处指打败澳大利亚的机会。故选 A。

3. It’s not good for you to smoke so much;you’d better ________.
A. give up it B. give them up
C. give it up D. give up them

C [解析]考查动词短语的用法。give up 表示“放弃”,其中 up 是副词。当宾语是名词时,置于 up 之后和之前都可以;当宾语是人称代词时,只能置于 give 和 up 之间。这里指“吸烟”这件事情,用 it 来指代。故选 C。

4. To them, the most important thing is ________ make much money ________ get together.
A. not to;but B. not;but
C. not;but to D. not to;but to

D [解析]考查动词不定式的用法。句意:对他们来说,最重要的不是赚很多钱,而是聚在一起。not... but... 意为“不是……而是……”,此处需用不定式作表语。故选 D。