(三)(2025·连云港东海一模)
Have you heard of Wang Xingxing, a 35-year-old engineer? Some people know about him simply 21. b of the performance called YangBOT at the 2025 CCTV Spring Festival Gala. The robots in colourful clothes quickly 22. c our attention and the performance was a big success. To our 23. s, the amazing robots in the performance were created by such a young engineer.
When he was very young, Wang showed an 24. i in building things with his hands. When his first human like robot failed to work, he didn't lose 25. h. Instead, his strong will kept him going and he tried again and again. In 2016, he set up a company to 26. c better robots for the world.
To 27. a mistakes, he is stricter with himself than before and he never stops learning every day. He often 28. p attention to every detail and works to high standards.
Today, Wang's robots are used worldwide. Although he is a young robotics pioneer, he never shows off. He often 29. e his team members to keep trying with new skills. Through his story, we learn that the road to 30. s is never easy but hard work and creativity can make dreams come true.

21. because 22. caught 23. surprise 24. interest 25. heart 26. create 27. avoid 28. pays 29. encourages 30. success

【分析】先通读全文，理解文章围绕年轻工程师王星星展开，讲述他因春晚机器人表演被熟知、成长经历、创业及成功的故事。解题时需结合语境、固定搭配、语法（时态、词性）确定每个空的单词：21空需用because of固定搭配；22空是catch one's attention的过去式；23空是to one's surprise短语；24空是show interest in搭配；25空是lose heart短语；26空是不定式表目的用动词原形；27空根据语境填avoid；28空是pay attention to的第三人称单数；29空是encourage sb to do的第三人称单数；30空是road to success的名词success。
【解析】
21. 考查固定搭配。because of意为“因为”，后接名词性成分，符合“一些人仅仅因为2025年春晚的《扬BOT》表演知道他”的语境，故填because。
22. 考查固定搭配与时态。catch one's attention意为“吸引某人的注意”，文章叙述过去的事，用一般过去时，catch的过去式为caught，故填caught。
23. 考查固定短语。to one's surprise意为“令某人惊讶的是”，符合“表演的机器人由年轻工程师创造”的语境，故填surprise。
24. 考查固定搭配。show interest in意为“对……感兴趣”，符合“他小时候对手工制作感兴趣”的语境，故填interest。
25. 考查固定短语。lose heart意为“失去信心”，结合前文机器人失灵后文他继续尝试，可知此处是没失去信心，故填heart。
26. 考查动词不定式。set up a company to do sth表目的，需用动词原形，create意为“创造”，符合“成立公司为世界创造更好机器人”的语境，故填create。
27. 考查动词。根据语境“为了避免错误，他对自己更严格”，avoid意为“避免”，不定式to后用原形，故填avoid。
28. 考查固定搭配与主谓一致。pay attention to意为“注意”，主语是第三人称单数he，一般现在时谓语用第三人称单数形式pays，故填pays。
29. 考查固定搭配与主谓一致。encourage sb to do sth意为“鼓励某人做某事”，主语he是第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语用encourages，符合“鼓励团队尝试新技能”的语境，故填encourages。
30. 考查名词。road to success意为“成功之路”，success是名词，符合“通往成功的路从不轻松”的语境，故填success。
【答案】21. because 22. caught 23. surprise 24. interest 25. heart 26. create 27. avoid 28. pays 29. encourages 30. success
【知识点】固定搭配、动词时态、名词用法
【点评】本题是介绍人物的英语完形填空，考查学生对常用固定短语、基本语法及词汇的掌握，需结合上下文语境分析，难度适中，是初中阶段常见基础题型。
【难度系数】0.5