1 Mark the linking of sounds in each sentence. Then listen and check. 标出句子中的连读，然后听录音检查。
(1) He told us funny stories from his childhood.
(2) In the past, people lived in houses with no electricity.
(3) Back in those days, people wrote letters by hand.
(4) Grandpa, were you good at running when you were young?
(5) Twenty years ago, she lived far away from the city centre.

(2) lived_in
(3) Back_in
(4) good_at
(5) years_ago, far_away

2 Complete the passage with the words in the box. 用方框中的单词补全短文。
stations trucks modern stay seldom wide
Transport in Chongqing has changed a lot over time. In the old days, there were few tunnels or long bridges in the city. People had to climb high mountains or use boats to travel across (1) rivers. And on the road, there were few cars, (2) or buses. People (3) travelled to faraway places. Nowadays, Chongqing is a (4) international city. Transport is much easier. Highways, bridges, tunnels, bus stops and underground (5) are everywhere. Every year, millions of tourists come to the city and enjoy their (6) here. Chongqing has now become one of the most popular tourism cities in China.

(1) wide (2) trucks (3) seldom (4) modern (5) stations (6) stay

【分析】这是一道选词填空题，解题时需先通读短文把握重庆交通变化的语境，再结合每个空的前后语境、词性要求，匹配方框内的单词：先明确方框单词的词性和词义（stations：名词，站点；trucks：名词，卡车；modern：形容词，现代的；stay：名词，停留；seldom：副词，很少；wide：形容词，宽的），再逐个分析空格：(1)需形容词修饰rivers，选wide；(2)需交通工具类名词，与cars、buses并列，选trucks；(3)需副词修饰动词travelled，选seldom；(4)需形容词修饰city，选modern；(5)需交通站点类名词，与bus stops并列，选stations；(6)需名词与their搭配，选stay。
【解析】(1)空格修饰名词rivers，需形容词，方框中wide（宽的）符合语境，指宽的河流，对应旧时候过河的困难；(2)空格与cars、buses并列，属于交通工具类名词，方框中trucks（卡车）符合；(3)空格修饰动词travelled，需副词，方框中seldom（很少）体现旧时候人们出行频率低；(4)空格修饰名词city，需形容词，方框中modern（现代的）描述现在重庆的城市特征；(5)空格与bus stops并列，属于交通站点类名词，方框中stations构成underground stations（地铁站），符合语境；(6)空格与their搭配，需名词，方框中stay（停留）符合游客享受在重庆停留时光的语境。
【答案】(1) wide (2) trucks (3) seldom (4) modern (5) stations (6) stay
【知识点】选词填空；词汇运用；语境理解
【点评】本题以重庆交通变化为语境，考查学生对词汇的词性、词义及语境搭配的掌握，题型基础，注重词汇在具体语篇中的运用。
【难度系数】0.5

3 Listen to a passage and put items (1) to (8) into the correct part. There is one extra item. 听一段短文，将下列信息归类。其中有一则信息是多余的。
(1) narrow streets
(2) a busy seafood market
(3) tall buildings
(4) supermarkets
(5) a big airport
(6) a high-speed railway station
(7) beautiful beaches
(8) delicious seafood
In the past
Now
(1)

In the past: (1) (2)
In the past & Now: (7) (8)
Now: (3) (4) (6)