《2025年通城学典初中英语阅读组合训练八年级上册南通专版》

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请认真阅读下面短文,并根据各题所给首字母的提示,写出一个合适的英语单词完整的、正确的形式,使短文通顺。
As a 14-year-old girl, Alena Analeigh Wicker's interest is very much unlike other teenagers'. She is now s 1 science at Heersink Medical School of the University of Alabama. She is ten years y 2 than the other medical students there.
Alena is always thirsty for knowledge. When she was about three or four years old, she was crazy about stars and space. And she has had a strong i 3 in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) from an early age. In her education, Alena didn't just take in knowledge form the textbook, a 4 she thought that taking extra(额外的) classes was pleasant. Learning new skills seemed to take a w 5 in the park for her. When she was in the fifth grade, the girl started to take high school level courses online after school.
But you are wrong if you think Alena is just a bookworm. The girl achieved h 6 goal to create the "Brown STEM Girls" program. Through "Brown STEM Girls", she is trying to create a road t 7 success for all girls like her. As one of Alena's teachers said, a 8 what makes Alena special in the world is not her brain but her heart. Unlike most of the c 9 teenagers, Alena always wants to help and lift others up.
Alena wants to show that age should n 10 stand in the way of success. She said, "You're not too young to do anything as long as you put your heart and mind into it."
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1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______

答案： 1. studying 2. younger 3. interest 4. and 5. walk 6. her 7. to 8. actually 9. common 10. never