四、词汇运用(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)(2025·江苏镇江期中)
根据短文意思和首字母提示,写出一个完整正确的单词。
Reading classical books can help us better understand the world. For us, it's never too late to read them. Among many foreign classics, I like The Old Man and the Sea best.

It's also many teenagers' f46.
"A man can be destroyed but never defeated(打败)," US writer Ernest Hemingway o47 said.
The book is about an old f48 in Cuba named Santiago. He catches a h49 fish after 84 days of nothing. The fish pulls his boat through the water for two days and nights. Finally, he kills the fish. But on his way back home, the old man meets a shark. And the big fish is eaten by the shark. The old man r50 home with only the bones of the fish.
What impresses(使……印象深刻) me most is how Santiago fights a51 the shark. When fighting, the old man has many heartfelt conversations with himself. They show how he encourages himself to rise above difficulties.
Although Santiago loses the fish at last, I think he tries his best to protect his pride(自尊). Faced with a long period of failure and being alone, he does not choose to give up, but to b52 in himself and challenge the sea.
The story shows us that even if there is not a great s53, our hard work is still important. Santiago's spirit of never giving up, his love for life, and his excitement about new adventures give us hope. Like Santiago, we all f54 difficulties in life. If we stay brave and h55, we can find our meaning in life. I will remember the old man's spirit as I go for my dream.
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