( )8. (2023 十堰) Mr Smith _______ at the Natural History Museum for more than 10 years, so he knows a lot about insects.
A. is working B. has worked C. was working D. will work

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( )9. (2023 岳阳) My grandfather used to _______ TV at home after dinner, but now he is used to _______ out for a walk.
A. watch; go B. watch; going C. watching; go D. watching; going

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( )10. (2023 青岛) My hometown has changed a lot _______ the subway was put into use.
A. unless B. since C. if D. when

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( )11. (2024 北京) With the help of my teacher, I _______ much progress(进步)in English since last year.
A. am making B. will make C. was making D. have made

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( )12. (2021 扬州) — We can always find something good in a bad _______ if we look for it.
— It’s so true. Let’s make full use of what comes.
A. situation B. direction C. instruction D. competition

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( )13. (2020 南京) What a terrible experience! _______, lucky us, we are safe now.
A. Anyway B. Otherwise C. For example D. As a result

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三、动词填空
1. (2023 青岛) — Have you decided on the project for your science club?
— Yes, we ____________（choose）“Sea Animals” as our research project already.
2. (2023 无锡) What ____________ you ____________（do）to my computer? It’s dead!
3. (2022 常德) We also look for ways to review（复习）what we ____________（learn）since three years ago.
4. (2020 宿迁) Most young people get used to ____________（pay）with WeChat or Alipay.

1. have chosen 2. have; done 3. have learnt 4. paying

四、综合填空（2023 聊城改编）
Zhao Yafu is an old agricultural researcher（农业研究员）in Jiangsu Province. He spends most of the years 1.____________（work）in the fields.
Born in 1941, Zhao’s childhood dream was to become 2.____________ news reporter. When he was at college, Zhao saw how hard lives were in the countryside, 3.____________ he decided to do something to help. He began to teach agricultural science to the farmers in a primary school in the village. “The villagers needed someone to help 4.____________（they）change their minds and learn new techniques（技术）,” Zhao said.
Zhao kept on encouraging（鼓励）the farmers to use the new techniques and to plant new kinds of rice, which brought in a lot of money. As time went by, more new 5.____________（house）and roads were built in the village. And the villagers came to understand that Zhao 6.____________（real）wanted to help them.
Besides working in Jiangsu, Zhao and his team are also 7.____________（act）in Western China. 8.____________ 2013, they have helped many farmers in Western China become rich.
“I saw how poor villagers used to 9.____________（be）, and I also see how they 10.____________（change）over the years. I will go on with my work if my health is not too bad,” said Zhao.

1. working 2. a 3. so 4. them 5. houses
6. really 7. active 8. Since 9. be 10. have changed