三、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Miracles(奇迹) will happen if you don't give up
trying
(try). Even if you have failed one hundred times, you may
succeed
(success) when you try for the 101st time.
When I was born, the doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my legs. She didn't believe what the doctor said and started to look
for
other ways.
My mother kept
looking
(look) for other doctors for me, and finally she succeeded. The doctor and his team in the hospital did everything they could
to help
(help) me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some exercise to help me walk. Day by day, I could walk by
myself
(I).
When
I grew up, my mother always told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met difficulties, I could do
anything
(something) successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be
a
very excellent person. I get the best grades in school and I am a good dancer and
swimmer
(swim). What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is "Never give up."
1.
trying
2.
succeed
3.
for
4.
looking
5.
to help
6.
myself
7.
When
8.
anything
9.
a
10.
swimmer
解析：
【分析】
本题为英语短文填空，需结合语境、固定搭配、词性转换、语法规则等逐一确定答案。解题思路：1. 通读全文理解“永不放弃”的主旨；2. 分析每个空格前后的结构、词性要求，结合固定搭配、语法规则推导答案；3. 验证答案是否符合语境和语法逻辑。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配：give up doing sth.（放弃做某事），故填try的动名词形式trying；
2. 语法：情态动词may后接动词原形，success是名词，其动词形式为succeed，故填succeed；
3. 固定短语：look for（寻找），符合“开始寻找其他方法”的语境，故填for；
4. 固定搭配：keep doing sth.（一直做某事），故填look的动名词形式looking；
5. 语法：did everything they could的目的是帮助我，用不定式表目的，故填to help；
6. 固定搭配：by oneself（独自），主语为I，反身代词用myself，故填myself；
7. 语法：时间状语从句，意为“当我长大时”，用连词When，故填When；
8. 语境：此处强调“做成任何事”，肯定句中用anything，故填anything；
9. 语法：泛指“一个非常优秀的人”，用不定冠词a，故填a；
10. 词性转换：与dancer（舞者）并列指职业，swim的名词形式为swimmer（游泳者），故填swimmer。
【答案】
1. trying 2. succeed 3. for 4. looking 5. to help
6. myself 7. When 8. anything 9. a 10. swimmer
【知识点】
固定搭配、词性转换、冠词用法
【点评】
本题为记叙文类短文填空，考查初中英语核心基础语法与常用固定搭配，需学生掌握常见短语及词性变化，难度适中，适合初中学生巩固基础。
【难度系数】
0.6
