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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Do you know a famous runner called Liu Xiang? He is well-known all over the world. As a young boy, he was 31______ (interest) in sports and dreamed of 32______ (become) a great athlete. He trained very hard every day. There were many times when he wanted to give up, 33______ he never did. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles (跨栏). It was a great 34______ (achieve) for China. After that, he 35______ (regard) as a national hero. However, his career was not always smooth. He suffered from serious injuries (伤病) and missed some important 36______ (competition). Even so, he didn’t lose heart. He kept 37______ (fight) for his dream. In 2015, he announced his retirement (退役). But he is still an inspiration (鼓舞人心的人) to many people. As he once said, “38______ you have a dream, you should keep trying to make it come true.”
Now, Liu Xiang spends much time 39______ (help) young athletes. He often tells them that success 40______ (come) from hard work and never giving up
【答案速填】
31. interested
32. becoming
33. but
34. achievement
35. was regarded
36. competitions
37. fighting
38. If
39. helping
40. comes
【核心解析】
1. interested - 考察固定搭配 be interested in（对……感兴趣），主语是人 He，故用 interested。
2. becoming - 考察介词用法。dream of 后面接动词时，必须用 -ing 形式。
3. but - 考察连词逻辑。前句“想放弃”，后句“从未放弃”，是转折关系。
4. achievement - 考察词性转换。不定冠词 a 后需接名词，achieve 的名词形式是 achievement。
5. was regarded - 考察被动语态。主语 he 和谓语 regard 是被动关系，且是过去发生的事，用一般过去时的被动语态。
6. competitions - 考察名词复数。some 修饰可数名词复数，competition 是可数名词，故用复数形式。
7. fighting - 考查固定搭配 keep doing sth.（坚持/继续做某事）。
8. If - 考查连词。此处表示“如果你有梦想，就应该坚持去实现它”，引导条件状语从句。
9. helping - 考查固定搭配 spend time (in) doing sth.（花费时间做某事）。
10. comes - 考查主谓一致。宾语从句中，主语 success 是不可数名词，视为单数，故谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。
【完整译文】
你认识一位叫刘翔的著名运动员吗？他举世闻名。小时候，他就对运动感兴趣，并梦想成为一名伟大的运动员。他每天都非常刻苦地训练。有很多次他都想放弃，但他从未这样做过。在2004年雅典奥运会上，他赢得了110米跨栏的金牌。这对中国来说是一项巨大的成就。在那之后，他被视为民族英雄。
然而，他的职业生涯并非一帆风顺。他身受重伤，错过了一些重要的比赛。即便如此，他也没有灰心。他一直为自己的梦想而奋斗。2015年，他宣布退役。但他仍然是很多人的榜样。正如他所言：“如果你有梦想，就应该不断努力去实现它。”
现在，刘翔花很多时间帮助年轻运动员。他经常告诉他们，成功源于辛勤付出和永不放弃。
【考点精讲】
这篇短文涵盖了初中英语阶段非常核心的4大考点，非常适合用来巩固基础：
1. 介词搭配：be interested in / dream of / keep doing / spend ... doing （这是中考语法填空的必考固定搭配）。
2. 被动语态：一般过去时的被动语态 (was/were + done)，常用于描述过去发生的社会事件或人物评价。
3. 词性转换：动词 achieve 转名词 achievement，是书面语写作中提升文采的高分句型。
4. 连词辨析：转折连词 but 和条件连词 if 的逻辑判断，是完形填空和阅读理解的关键线索。
