Ⅵ. Complete the passage with proper words or the proper form of the words given.
Li Hua, a 15-year-old table tennis 1. (athlete) from China, has always dreamed of winning 2. gold medal at the Olympics. Though she started training late, her 3. (excellent) skills and hard work helped her improve rapidly. Last year, she 4. (succeed) in winning the national youth championship, which made her coach very 5. (satisfy). However, Li once 6. (fear) that she might achieve 7. (something) in her career. Her family encouraged her, saying, “Keep trying, and you’ll make it!”
Now, Li is preparing 8. the Asian Games. She practises six hours a day 9. never complains. “I want to prove myself 10. the world stage,” she says. With her strong will and passion, Li Hua is on her way to becoming a new star in the world of table tennis.

1. athlete 2. a 3. excellent 4. succeeded 5. satisfied 6. feared 7. nothing 8. for 9. but 10. on

【分析】
本题为英语短文填空，需结合语境、词性变化、时态、固定搭配及连词用法等知识解题。思路如下：1. 第1题根据语境确定名词形式；2. 第2题根据可数名词单数泛指用法确定冠词；3. 第3题根据修饰名词的要求确定形容词；4. 第4、6题根据过去时间状语确定一般过去式；5. 第5题根据固定搭配make sb + adj.确定形容词；6. 第7题结合语境确定否定代词；7. 第8题根据固定短语prepare for确定介词；8. 第9题根据前后分句逻辑关系确定连词；9. 第10题根据固定搭配on the stage确定介词。
【解析】
1. 此处指乒乓球运动员，athlete为名词原形，无需变形，故填athlete；
2. gold medal是可数名词单数，表泛指“一枚金牌”，用不定冠词a；
3. 修饰名词skills需用形容词，excellent符合要求，故填excellent；
4. 由时间状语last year可知，用一般过去时，succeed的过去式为succeeded；
5. 固定搭配make sb + adj.，此处修饰人，用satisfy的形容词satisfied；
6. once表过去时间，用一般过去时，fear的过去式为feared；
7. 结合语境“害怕职业生涯一事无成”，用否定代词nothing；
8. 固定短语prepare for意为“为……做准备”，故填for；
9. 前后分句为转折关系，用转折连词but；
10. 固定搭配on the world stage意为“在世界舞台上”，故填on。
【答案】
1. athlete 2. a 3. excellent 4. succeeded 5. satisfied 6. feared 7. nothing 8. for 9. but 10. on
【知识点】
英语词性变形、冠词用法、一般过去时、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查短文填空，涵盖基础语法与词汇运用，需结合语境分析，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6