三、缺词填空
根据短文内容和首字母提示，在短文下方的横线处填入适当的词使短文完整。(每空一词)

On 21 August, 14 - year - old Katie McCabe, from Devon, England, completed a challenge to sail around Great Britain. McCabe arrived back in Exmouth, Devon, after a 52 - day trip that s 1 on 30 June. She sailed on an eight - metre - long wooden boat called Falanda. While her father, David, sailed five miles behind her, Katie sailed her boat single - handedly for the w 2 trip, which means she sailed alone from the beginning to the end.
McCabe has been interested in sailing from an e 3 age, and grew up on her parents' fishing boat. She wanted to sail across the Atlantic, "but my parents wouldn't a 4 me," McCabe told *The Times*, "so I thought, 'Why not go around Britain?'"
Setting off in an anti - clockwise direction, McCabe c 5 a total distance of 1,840 miles. Her j 6 went via the Caledonian Canal, which connects the east coast of Scotland with the west coast. This means that she didn't go all the way round the north of the country. McCabe then sailed down the Irish Sea to Wales before crossing the Bristol Channel back to England. Upon her return, McCabe wrote on Facebook, "I can officially say I have sailed single - handedly around Britain, a d 7 I have been having since forever!" She added that for the past seven and a half weeks, "I have been imagining sailing around Britain, just me and Falanda (with Dad a small spot in the distance behind!)."
McCabe hopes to be officially recognized as the y 8 person to sail around Britain. That record now b 9 to Timothy Long, who sailed around Britain last year at the age of 15. He was at Exmouth to welcome her back. "I'd like to think I'd be that nice if someone would break the record next year," McCabe said. McCabe took on the challenge to raise m 10 for Sea Shepherd, a charity that supports marine wildlife. At the time the magazine went to press, McCabe had raised more than 15,000.
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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. started 2. whole 3. early 4. allow 5. covered
6. journey 7. dream 8. youngest 9. belongs 10. money

【分析】
拿到这道首字母缺词填空题，首先先通读全文，理清文章核心叙事逻辑：本文讲述14岁英国女孩Katie McCabe独自完成环绕大不列颠航行，同时为海洋野生动物慈善机构筹款的励志故事，明确全文的时间线和语义走向。接下来逐个推导空格：
1. 第一空：前文提到她8月21日返回起点，这段52天行程的起始时间是6月30日，结合首字母s，要表达“行程开启”的含义，事件发生在过去，需用动词过去式。
2. 第二空：后文补充说明她从头到尾全程独自航行，对应此处要表达“整个旅程”的含义，匹配首字母w。
3. 第三空：前文提到她一直对航海感兴趣，结合固定表达“从小”，匹配首字母e的固定搭配from an early age。
4. 第四空：前文说她原本计划跨大西洋航行，转折词but说明父母不认可这个想法，wouldn't后接动词原形，匹配首字母a的“允许”含义。
5. 第五空：后文接总里程1840英里，英语中常用cover表示“走完、行进（某段距离）”，事件发生在过去，用动词过去式，匹配首字母c。
6. 第六空：后文提到航行路线途经喀里多尼亚运河，此处指代她的这次航行旅程，匹配首字母j的名词“旅程”。
7. 第七空：后文说明这个想法她憧憬了很久，对应“长久以来的梦想”，匹配首字母d的名词dream。
8. 第八空：现有记录保持者完成航行时是15岁，14岁的Katie比对方年龄更小，所以她希望成为完成该航行的最年轻的人，用形容词最高级，匹配首字母y。
9. 第九空：要表达“该记录现在属于Timothy Long”，用固定搭配belong to，主语record是单数，一般现在时谓语用三单形式，匹配首字母b。
10. 第十空：后文提到是为慈善机构募集资金，固定搭配raise money表示筹款，匹配首字母m。
【解析】
1. 此处表示52天的行程从6月30日开启，事件发生在过去，填started。
2. 此处表示她在整段旅程中都独自驾船，对应后文“从头到尾独自航行”的说明，填whole。
3. 固定搭配from an early age，意为“从小时候起”，符合语境她很早就对航海感兴趣的描述，填early。
4. 此处表示她的父母不允许她跨大西洋航行，wouldn't后接动词原形，填allow。
5. 此处表示她总共行进了1840英里，cover可表示走完某段路程，过去式为covered，填covered。
6. 此处指代她的这次航行旅程，路线途经喀里多尼亚运河，填journey。
7. 此处表示独自环不列颠航行是她长久以来的梦想，填dream。
8. 此处表示她希望被官方认证为环不列颠航行的最年轻的人，用形容词最高级，填youngest。
9. 固定搭配belong to意为“属于”，主语record是单数，一般现在时谓语用第三人称单数形式，填belongs。
10. 固定搭配raise money意为“筹钱”，符合她为慈善机构募集善款的语境，填money。
【答案】
1. started 2. whole 3. early 4. allow 5. covered
6. journey 7. dream 8. youngest 9. belongs 10. money
【知识点】
首字母填空，固定短语搭配，语篇语境理解
【点评】
本题属于人物励志类记叙文的首字母缺词填空，考点覆盖动词时态变形、形容词最高级、常用固定搭配等，需要学生结合上下文叙事逻辑推导词义，同时注意词形的正确变化，部分空格需要结合固定搭配积累完成，易错点集中在动词过去式、主谓一致的变形上，对学生的词汇积累和语篇理解能力有一定要求。
【难度系数】
0.3