四、信息还原：认真阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项(六选五)
Today, we’ll talk about a beautiful city named Nanchong. It’s in the north-east of Sichuan. In the city, there are many places of interest. Now I’ll introduce three of them: Beihu Park, the Jiangling River and the West Mountain.
There is a large and beautiful lake in Beihu Park. It’s like a mirror. 1 We can also enjoy the natural beauty there. On the small islands surrounded by the lake, there are different kinds of flowers and trees. It’s wonderful to take a walk and have a rest under the trees.
2 It’s called the “mother river” by Nanchong people. On the Jialing River, there are a lot of small fishing boats and big travelling ships. We can go on a cruise along the Jialing River. We can also watch the music fountain in the evening. 3
The West Mountain with twelve hills is about 480 metres high. 4 Across the square, we can climb the mountain on the stone steps. We can visit Kaihan Tower, Qiaozhou Memorial Hall and Wanjuan Tower. Wanjuan Tower was built in the Han dynasty. A famous historian named Chen Shou lived there and finished writing Records of the Three Kingdoms.
Nanchong is an old city with a long history. It was not that famous as other cities in Sichuan. 5 The local government has taken action. New underground lines are on the way. It has become much more modern and beautiful. Welcome to Nanchong!
A. We can have fun going boating there.
B. On the river bank, many people exercise.
C. Nanchong hasn’t changed much since long ago.
D. But now things have changed a lot in Nanchong.
E. The Jialing River is about 1,345 kilometres long.
F. There is a square at the foot of the West Mountain.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1.A；2.E；3.B；4.F；5.D

1. 空1前文介绍北湖公园的湖泊，后文提及可欣赏自然美景，A选项“我们可以在那里开心地划船”承接湖泊相关活动，与后文衔接自然。
2. 空2后文介绍嘉陵江是南充的“母亲河”，E选项“嘉陵江大约1345公里长”先引出并介绍嘉陵江的基本信息，符合语境。
3. 空3前文介绍了嘉陵江上的各类活动，B选项“在江岸上，很多人锻炼”补充了江边的场景，衔接合理。
4. 空4后文提到“Across the square”，F选项“西山脚下有一个广场”先引出广场，与后文内容衔接紧密。
5. 空5前文说明南充过去的名气情况，后文讲述如今的发展变化，D选项“但是现在南充的情况变化很大”起到转折衔接的作用，符合逻辑。

五、首字母填空
Cameron Patterson, a British student, spent his childhood in China. He has seen many great changes in the country over the past 15 years, especially (1) t.
At the age of 8, Patterson moved from Wales to (2) j his father in Shanxi. In the following years, he and his parents lived in a few cities. They also travelled a lot during holidays. However, traveling itself wasn’t always (3) r. When his family moved from Jiangsu to Guangdong, they took the old green train and spent one and a half days on the trip.
Now with (4) h train, life becomes much easier. Long and boring trips in the past have become (5) s. Also, the modern trains are more comfortable. “A coin (硬币) wouldn’t move at all on the table of a fast moving train.” He said (6) e.
Patterson was glad to see these changes in China, but he also wondered how they (7) h. When he read a poem about China’s role model Jiao Yulu in 2015, he got the (8) a. Jiao was seriously ill at that time, but still (9) k working to help people till the end of his life. Jiao devoted (献身) himself to improving people’s life. “He was really great. I learn a lot from him,” said Patterson.
Patterson now works as a Confucius Institute volunteer at Lancaster University. “I’m proud to act as a (10) b between the UK and China and help the two peoples know about each other’s cultures better.”

(1) transport
(2) join
(3) relaxing
(4) high-speed
(5) shorter
(6) excitedly
(7) happened
(8) answer
(9) kept
(10) bridge

1. 后文围绕交通出行的变化展开，结合首字母t，此处填transport（交通），表示尤其在交通领域的变化。
2. 语境是搬到山西和父亲团聚，join sb.意为“和某人一起，加入某人”，首字母j，故填join。
3. 根据后文坐旧绿皮火车耗时久的内容，可知旅行不总是令人放松的，主语是traveling，用relaxing（令人放松的），首字母r，故填relaxing。
4. 现在有了高铁让出行更便捷，high-speed train是“高铁”，首字母h，故填high-speed。
5. 过去的长途旅行和现在对比时长变短，用比较级shorter（更短的），首字母s，故填shorter。
6. 此处需要副词修饰动词said，结合语境是兴奋地描述高铁的平稳，excitedly（兴奋地）符合，首字母e，故填excitedly。
7. 他想知道这些变化是如何发生的，happen表示“发生”，此处用过去式happened，首字母h，故填happened。
8. 前文提到他有疑问，这里表示他得到了答案，answer（答案）符合，首字母a，故填answer。
9. keep doing sth.表示“持续做某事”，此处用过去式kept，首字母k，故填kept。
10. act as a bridge between...意为“作为……之间的桥梁”，bridge（桥梁）符合语境，首字母b，故填bridge。