Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang will be one of China’s medal hopes in the Paris Olympic pool. Although Qin has ___1___ the World Aquatics Championship in 2023, he tries his best to improve himself.

However, Qin’s swimming journey was not ___2___ smooth. In 2016, Qin missed the chance to take part ___3___ the Rio Olympic Games because he fell behind by ___4___ than 0.5 seconds. “After that, I felt regret and started to dream big. I ___5___ to stand on the world stage to show my talent,” Qin said in an interview for China Daily’s online ___6___ Tracking Success.

 ___7___, he met with regret again in 2021. During the men’s 200m breaststroke preliminaries (蛙泳预赛) at the Tokyo Olympics, Qin finished first in his group. But his score ___8___ because of his mistakes.

From then on, Qin threw ___9___ into endless training, focusing on every detail of his swimming skills. Changing swimming habits is as difficult as changing ___10___ habits, especially for an adult athlete. He described this process as “breaking and rebuilding”. “Just like learning to dance, I asked myself to finish every certain move perfectly,” Qin ___11___Jimu News.

___12___ two years of training, Qin finally became a hit in 2023, taking home 33 medals in total and being called “Breastroke King”. Still, he kept low-key. He compared ___13___ his achievements to the process of a stream (小溪) flowing into the sea.

“When I was a child, I was like a small stream. Then it gradually became a small river, and then a ___14___ river, finally flowing into the ocean,” Qin told China Daily.

Qin’s next goal is the Paris Olympic Games. “I ___15___ I can produce the best result possible and make a real splash (水花),” he said in the online show.

1.1.

A beat

B kept

C won

D made

解析：选C。“win the Championship”是固定搭配，意为“赢得锦标赛”，符合他在2023年世锦赛夺冠的事实。

2.2.

A hardly

B always

C sometimes

D never

解析：选B。根据下文他两次错失奥运机会的描述，可知他的游泳生涯“并非总是（always）顺利”，构成转折关系。

3.3.

A in

B of

C at

D to

解析：选A。固定搭配“take part in”（参加），其他介词不匹配。

4.4.

A better

B faster

C more

D less

解析：选D。因为他“错失机会”，所以是“落后于（标准/对手）不到（less than）0.5秒”。

5.5.

A refused

B forgot

C decided

D pretended

解析：选C。根据“After that, I felt regret and started to dream big”（此后，我感到遗憾并开始有远大梦想）可推断，他内心“决定（decided）”要在世界舞台展现自己。

6.6.

A show

B task

C suggestion

D way

解析：选A。结合上下文“in an interview for China Daily's online ___”以及文末“in the online show”，可知这是一个名为《追踪成功》的在线“节目（show）”。

7.7.

A Especially

B Suddenly

C Luckily

D Unluckily

解析：选D。上下文描述两次挫折，此处又是遗憾，需要表示不幸的副词“Unluckily”（不幸的是）。

8.8.

A canceled

B was canceled

C recorded

D was recorded

解析：选B。主语“score”（成绩）与谓语“取消”是被动关系，且因“mistakes”被取消是事实，用一般过去时的被动语态“was canceled”。

9.9.

A himself

B her

C his

D herself

解析：选A。主语是Qin（男），固定短语“throw oneself into”意为“全身心投入”，应使用反身代词“himself”。

10.10.

A other

B others

C another

D both

解析：选A。“other habits”指“其他的习惯”，与“swimming habits”形成对比。

11.11.

A said

B spoke

C told

D talked

解析：选C。“tell sb. sth.”或“tell sth. to sb.”是常用结构，意为“告诉某人……”。此处是Qin告诉（told）“Jimu News”（一家媒体）内容。

12.12.

A After

B Since

C Before

D During

解析：选A。根据时间逻辑，“两年的训练”之后，他在2023年取得成功，所以是“After two years of training”。

13.13.

A all

B whole

C some

D most

解析：选B。“the whole process”意为“整个过程”，与后文“从溪流到大海”的比喻相呼应。

14.14.

A deep

B small

C wild

D big

解析：选D。根据从小溪（small stream）到小河，再到入海的过程，此处应指河流规模变大，用“big river”最符合递进逻辑。

15.15.

A find

B hope

C realize

D know

解析：选B。表达对未来的愿望，用“I hope that...”结构，意为“我希望……”。