一、词汇运用
1. I find it difficult to tell the main ____________（要点）of the articles while reading.
2. You will find the air much fresher when you reach the top of the ____________（高山）.
3. The train is ____________（直达的）, so you don’t need to transfer（换乘）.
4. Everyone is in the classroom ____________（除了……以外）Li Dong. Where is he?
5. It’s very exciting to go ____________（sail）in the hot summer in Hawaii.
6. The visitors are enjoying the ____________（beautiful）of Taihu Lake.

1. points 2. mountain 3. direct 4. except 5. sailing 6. beauty

( )1. ________ the way, my hometown is quite different from what it was ________ some ways.
A. By; in B. By; by C. In; by D. In; in

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( )2. — Can you tell me how long you ________ the new mobile phone?
— For nearly a year. It works very well.
A. will buy B. have had C. have bought D. had had

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( )3. Peter’s mother lost her life in an accident. It is three years since she ________.
A. die B. died C. has been dead D. has died

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( )4. — Where is your father? — He ________ to Paris. He ________ there for a week.
A. has gone; has gone B. went; went
C. has gone; has been D. went; was

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( )5. — How ________ is it from Xi’an to Dunhuang?
— It’s less than 3 ________ flight.
A. long; hour’s B. far; hour’s C. long; hours’ D. far; hours’

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三、完成句子
1. 除了汤姆之外，我们都去过那儿了。
All of us ______________________________ Tom.
2. 顺便问一下，她离开常州多久了？
By the way, how long ______________________________ Changzhou?
3. 我爸爸自上个月以来一直在上海出差。
My father ______________________________ in Shanghai since last month.
4. 在一个晴朗的下午，我们搭乘直飞航班去了丹麦的首都。
We ______________________________ the capital of Denmark on a sunny afternoon.

1. have been there except 2. has she been away from
3. has been on business 4. took a direct flight to

四、综合填空
You may have seen this photo before: 1.____________ old fisherman with a bamboo hat standing on a boat on the back of the 20 - yuan renminbi. This was how Huang Quande looked in his photos with visitors. He became famous as a photo model of the Lijiang River in Guilin. Huang passed away（去世）2.____________ the age of 94 in 2023.
Fisherman Huang’s life showed the true spirit（精神）of the Lijiang River. He was a man full of kindness and energy. For example, in his 3.____________（ninety）, Huang could still row his boat. After becoming a photo model in 2008, he took photos with 4.____________（tour）from all over the world.
The picture is not just about one man, but thought as a special cultural symbol（象征）of the Lijiang River. In fact, the most beautiful views in the country 5.____________（be）on the different backsides of the fifth series of renminbi. Moreover, they all carry 6.____________（they）own cultural value（价值）.
For example, on the back of the 5 - yuan banknote（钞票）is Taishan Mountain in Shandong Province. For thousands of years, many emperors（皇帝）7.____________（go）there and prayed（祈祷）for peace and good luck. So far, the renminbi pictures 8.____________（help）make the Chinese places of interest even more popular. Many people love to find out where the pictures were taken. Pan Jinyu from Chongqing went on a “banknote tour” of China 9.____________ he was 21 years old, enjoying all the sights that are on renminbi banknotes from 1 yuan to 100 yuan. “I want to finish this 10.____________（meaning）journey and feel the beauty of our country,” Pan said.

1. an 2. at 3. nineties 4. tourists 5. are
6. their 7. went 8. have helped 9. when 10. meaningful