阅读短文,在空白处填入适当的词或用括号中所给词的正确形式填空。每空不超过两词。
Passage 1
It felt like a dream come true for Arman from Kazakhstan (哈萨克斯坦). He was the 1 (win) of the Kazakhstan National Chinese Language Contest, and when his sister 2 (return) home from her university abroad, she was surprised to see his gold medal on the wall. She had always encouraged Arman, but even she didn't expect such a great achievement.
A year ago, Arman became 3 (great) interested in Chinese culture after watching a thrilling kung fu movie. The beautiful language and rich history fascinated him, so he started learning basic phrases online. Soon, he decided 4 (take) part in the annual Chinese competition at school, hoping to challenge himself. But the path wasn't easy. At first, he wasn't chosen for the school team because his pronunciation was weak. 5, he didn't give up. He believed in 6 (he) and practised every day after class, repeating words until they sounded perfect.
7 the help of his sister, who had studied Chinese herself, he improved rapidly. She spent hours tutoring him, sharing her textbooks, and even cooking dumplings while they reviewed vocabulary. Her support was invaluable. Finally, after months of hard work, he won 8 ten-day free trip to Beijing as the top prize. How 9 (excite) it was to explore the Great Wall and speak with locals!
As Chinese is becoming 10 (popular) than many other languages globally, his experience shows that perseverance pays off. For any student facing doubts, remember: start small, seek help, and never stop believing. Learning Chinese opened doors to new friendships and 11 (opportunity), and it can do the same for you too!
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11.

1. winner
2. returned
3. greatly
4. to take
5. However
6. himself
7. With
8. a
9. exciting
10. more popular
11. opportunities

【分析】
本题为英语短文填空，需结合词性、时态、固定搭配、语法规则等解题：1. 定冠词后需接名词，将动词win转换为名词winner；2. 全文为过去时态，动词用过去式returned；3. 修饰形容词interested需用副词，将great转换为greatly；4. 固定搭配decide to do sth，故用to take；5. 前后句为转折关系，用However；6. 固定搭配believe in oneself，主语为he，用反身代词himself；7. 固定短语with the help of，故用With；8. 表示“一个十天的旅行”，ten-day以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a；9. 感叹句中修饰事物it，用形容词exciting；10. 由than可知用形容词比较级，popular的比较级为more popular；11. opportunity为可数名词，此处表泛指用复数opportunities。
【解析】
1. 定冠词the后需接名词，win的名词形式为winner，故填winner；
2. 全文描述过去发生的事，用一般过去时，return的过去式为returned，故填returned；
3. 此处修饰形容词interested，需用副词，great的副词形式为greatly，故填greatly；
4. 固定搭配decide to do sth（决定做某事），故填to take；
5. 前文提到“没被选入校队”，后文提到“不放弃”，为转折关系且有逗号隔开，故填However；
6. 固定搭配believe in oneself（相信自己），主语为he，对应反身代词himself，故填himself；
7. 固定短语with the help of（在……的帮助下），句首首字母大写，故填With；
8. 此处表示“一个十天的免费旅行”，ten-day以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a，故填a；
9. 感叹句中修饰事物it需用形容词exciting（令人兴奋的），故填exciting；
10. 由than可知需用形容词比较级，popular的比较级为more popular，故填more popular；
11. opportunity为可数名词，此处表泛指“多种机会”，用复数形式opportunities，故填opportunities。
【答案】
1. winner
2. returned
3. greatly
4. to take
5. However
6. himself
7. With
8. a
9. exciting
10. more popular
11. opportunities
【知识点】
英语词性转换、动词时态、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为英语短文填空题型，围绕人物学习中文的经历展开，考查初中英语核心语法与词汇运用，涵盖词性转换、时态、固定搭配等基础知识点，难度适中，能有效检验学生的英语综合运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6