第二节 (2024·吉林)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的六个选项中选出五个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Qian Xuesen was a great scientist. 41. He is also known as the "King of the Rocket" in China. Thanks to his research，China's space technology has progressed in a rapid way.
Qian was born in Shanghai on December 11th，1911. 42. After graduation，he worked in America for a few years. In the early 1950s，he heard that New China had been founded，and he decided to give up the good working conditions in America. Although the American government tried to stop him from leaving，he succeeded in coming back to China in 1955.
43. Then it became the leading organization for China's rocket and air travel. At that time，the conditions in China were too hard. 44. On April 24，1970，China's first man-made satellite was successfully sent into the air.
One of his students once said，"I gained professional knowledge and learned working spirit from Mr Qian. 45. When New China needed scientists badly，he returned to help in the rocket industry."
A. I sensed his deep love for our country too.
B. Who visited Qian Xuesen when he was in China?
C. At the age of 24，he went to America to study.
D. But Qian and his team still faced the difficulties bravely.
E. He is known as the "Father of China's Space Programme".
F. In 1956，Qian Xuesen suggested starting a special organization.

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四、(2024·南充改编)词汇运用(本题共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式或时态，使短文通顺、连贯。
Jiang Shumei，born in 1937，spent most of her time working in a factory. In the 1990s，she learned her 46. (one) Chinese character. In 2012，she started to write down some of her own 47. (story). It was not easy. Sometimes，48. (complete) a single sentence could take a day. She usually started at 3 or 4 a.m.，and revised(修改) the pieces several times until she was 49. (satisfy).
In 2013，her book，Time of Trouble，Time of Poverty，was published and proved 50. (be) a success. The book earned Jiang a lot of fans and sympathy. "Don't feel sorry for me，" she says to her fans. "The hardships(困难) 51. (mention) in the book are now in the past. Without them，I could never have finished this book."
So far，the elderly woman 52. (publish) six books，totaling more than 600,000 characters in length. "It's never too late. I enjoy 53. (I) when writing，" Jiang says. She lives a 54. (health) life，exercising every day and having a balanced diet. "If I could live up to 130，would you still say that it is too late for me 55. (start) after 60?" she says jokingly.

46. first 47. stories 48. completing 49. satisfied 50. to be 51. mentioned 52. has published 53. myself 54. healthy 55. to start