Ⅴ. 语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词，或使用括号内词语的正确形式填空。(最多限填三个单词)
I love the sea. My memories often bring me 1. to the seaside.
I started 2. (learn) sailing when I was in eighth grade. I was 3. (scary) at first, but after many lessons, I got a bronze - level certificate (证书). I was 4. proud of myself that I set a higher goal for myself—that is to reach 5. silver level. I practiced hard. Finally I achieved it! When the sun shone on my certificate as I held it, I felt that all my hard work had 6. (pay) off. I can’t remember how 7. times I fell into the sea or my boat was stranded (搁浅). But every time I climbed back into the boat, I saw 8. stronger me. These setbacks (挫折) made the sailing experience a lot more 9. (meaning). I gradually understood that the way to success is never easy, 10. we should go for it with great effort.

back; learning; scared; so; a; paid; many; a; meaningful; but

1. "bring sb. back to..."为固定搭配，意为“把某人带回某地”，填back。
2. start后接动名词或不定式，此处“学习帆船”为长期活动，用learning。
3. 修饰人“感到害怕”用scared，scary修饰物，填scared。
4. "so...that..."结构表示“如此……以至于……”，填so。
5. silver level为可数名词单数，表泛指用不定冠词a，填a。
6. 过去完成时had后接过去分词，pay的过去分词为paid，填paid。
7. times为可数名词复数，“多少”用how many，填many。
8. 表示“一个更强的我”，stronger辅音音素开头，用a，填a。
9. more后接形容词，meaning的形容词为meaningful，填meaningful。
10. 前后句为转折关系，用but，填but。