三、根据汉语意思翻译下列句子,每空一词。
1. 高铁的开通带来了更多游客和商业机会,这让我们的城镇更有活力。
The opening of the high-speed railway more visitors and business opportunities, and it has made our town more lively.
2. 我们花了十多年时间才把这段古老的河岸改造成一个美丽的公园。
over ten years to change this old riverbank into a beautiful park.
3. 我们地区最大的变化是人们已在镇中心建起一座现代化图书馆。
in our area is that people a modern library in the town centre.
4. 在人类活动极大地改变地貌之前,世界上大片区域曾覆盖着茂密的森林。
Large areas of the world thick forests before human activities changed the landform greatly.
5. 历史上,许多地方直到探险家们横渡大洋后
才开始彼此联系。
In history, many places any contact with each other explorers sailed across the oceans.

1. has brought about
2. It took us
3. The biggest change; have built
4. used to be covered with
5. didn't have; until

【分析】
本题为汉译英填空，需结合时态、固定句型及短语搭配解题：
1. 句子描述高铁开通带来的持续影响，需用现在完成时，“带来”对应固定短语bring about，主语为单数，故匹配对应形式；
2. 考查固定句型It takes sb +时间+to do sth，动作发生在过去，需用一般过去式；
3. “最大的变化”对应固定表达，后半句描述已完成的动作，需用现在完成时；
4. 考查used to结构表“过去常常”，此处需用被动形式表“被覆盖”；
5. 考查固定句型not...until表“直到...才”，描述过去的状态，需用一般过去式。
【解析】
1. 主语The opening of the high-speed railway为单数，动作发生在过去且对现在有影响，用现在完成时，“带来”的固定短语为bring about，故填has brought about；
2. 固定句型It takes sb some time to do sth表示“某人花费时间做某事”，此处描述过去的动作，take用过去式took，故填It took us；
3. “最大的变化”译为The biggest change；后半句宾语从句描述已完成的动作，用现在完成时，“建起”译为build，主语people为复数，故填have built；
4. used to be covered with表示“过去常常被覆盖”，符合“曾覆盖着茂密森林”的语境，故填used to be covered with；
5. not...until为固定句型，意为“直到...才”，描述过去的状态，助动词用didn't，故填didn't have; until。
【答案】
1. has brought about
2. It took us
3. The biggest change; have built
4. used to be covered with
5. didn't have; until
【知识点】
现在完成时、固定句型、短语搭配
【点评】
本题考查英语基础的时态运用、固定句型及短语搭配，是常见的汉译英练习，需学生掌握常用表达和句型结构，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6

四、根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
My hometown is one of the warmest places in my memory. About thirty years ago, it was just 1. quiet place with old streets, with almost no shops or fun places to go.
But in the past few years, great changes 2. taken place in my hometown. Many young people choose to stay and work here. It has brought new life to our town. We now have new supermarkets, clean parks and friendly community centres. There 3. colourful activities in our town every weekend, like sports games and music performances. Neighbours often meet to chat or take part in group tasks together, making the whole town full 4. warmth and happiness.
I love my hometown not only for its past peace 5. also for its present joy. It is a beautiful place, and I believe it will become even better in the future.

1. a
2. have
3. are
4. of
5. but

【分析】本题需结合语篇语境和英语基础语法知识填空，具体思路为：第1空需用不定冠词表泛指；第2空根据时间状语判断时态，结合主语确定助动词；第3空依据there be句型的主谓一致规则确定be动词；第4空考查固定搭配；第5空考查固定连词搭配。
【解析】1. 此处泛指“一个安静的地方”，quiet以辅音音素开头，故填不定冠词a；2. 时间状语“in the past few years”是现在完成时的标志，主语great changes为复数，因此填have；3. there be句型中，主语colourful activities是复数，时态为一般现在时，故be动词用are；4. 固定短语“be full of”表示“充满”，此处需填介词of；5. 固定搭配“not only...but also...”用于连接并列成分，故填but。
【答案】1. a 2. have 3. are 4. of 5. but
【知识点】冠词用法、现在完成时、固定搭配
【点评】本题围绕语篇语境考查基础语法的运用，涵盖核心基础知识点，难度适中，侧重学生对基础语法的实际运用能力。
【难度系数】0.6

五、根据下面的对话情景,在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子,使对话的意思连贯、完整。
( Li Lei and his classmate are talking about hometown changes at break time. )
A: Hi, Li Lei! I heard you went back to your hometown last month. How was your trip?
B: It was fantastic! 1. .
I could hardly believe my eyes. It has taken on a whole new look.
A: Really? Tell me more about it. 2. ?
B: It used to be a small and poor village. There were only narrow roads. People lived in old houses and almost all of them made a living by farming.
A: Then what is your hometown like now?
B: 3. .
A big supermarket opened last year, and we have already had a library since five months ago.
A: Wow, that's amazing! 4. ?
B: Yes, some villagers still make a living by farming. But some have set up their own factories. And some young people have moved to big cities to work.
A: So the villagers' life has improved a lot, right?
B: Exactly! They are much happier than before.
A: That's wonderful. I hope I can visit your hometown some day.
B: 5. .

1. Great changes have taken place in my hometown in the past few years / My hometown has changed a lot in recent years / ...
2. What did your hometown use to look like / What was your hometown like in the past / ...
3. New roads and tall buildings are everywhere / Now it is a beautiful place with many modern buildings / ...
4. Do villagers still make a living by farming now / ...
5. I'm looking forward to your visit / That will be great / Welcome to my hometown / ...

【分析】
这是一道情景交际类补全对话题，需结合对话上下文的问答逻辑、语境来补全句子。第1空：前文提及旅行很棒，后文提到家乡焕然一新，需填体现家乡发生巨大变化的句子；第2空：后文回答家乡过去的状况，需提问家乡过去的情况；第3空：前文询问家乡现在的样子，后文提到超市、图书馆等新设施，需填体现现在家乡新面貌的句子；第4空：后文回答村民的谋生方式，需提问村民是否仍以务农为生；第5空：前文表达希望来访的意愿，需填回应来访的句子。
【解析】
1. 根据后文“it has taken on a whole new look”可知，此处应表达家乡变化大，故填“Great changes have taken place in my hometown in the past few years”；
2. 根据后文回答家乡过去的状况，此处应提问家乡过去的样子，故填“What did your hometown use to look like”；
3. 根据前文询问家乡现在的样子，后文提到超市、图书馆等新设施，此处应描述现在家乡的新面貌，故填“New roads and tall buildings are everywhere”；
4. 根据后文回答村民的谋生方式，此处应提问村民是否仍以务农为生，故填“Do villagers still make a living by farming now”；
5. 根据前文表达希望来访的意愿，此处应回应欢迎，故填“Welcome to my hometown”。
【答案】
1. Great changes have taken place in my hometown in the past few years；2. What did your hometown use to look like；3. New roads and tall buildings are everywhere；4. Do villagers still make a living by farming now；5. Welcome to my hometown
【知识点】
补全对话、情景交际
【点评】
本题为初中英语常见的情景交际补全对话题，重点考查学生对上下文语境的理解能力及日常英语表达的运用，属于基础题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7