六、短文填空(每小题1分,满分10分)
请认真阅读下面短文,并根据各题所给首字母的提示,写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式,使短文通顺。
In 1987，China was still operating steam trains on some rail routes. So people from many countries are surprised at its great changes in 56. r 30 years. Bruce Connolly，a photographer from Scotland，was one of them.
57. S Bruce first came to China in 1987，he has travelled to most parts of China. Wherever he went，his camera remained by his side. He used it to record every important moment in his eyes.
During his 58. j in China，Connolly found that China was very 59. d from what he saw in photographs. The pictures showed that Chinese people were serious and looked poor. 60. I，what he saw was that people were friendly，open and they wore bright clothes. In the 61. e years of Connolly's travelling，most Chinese people were always curious about foreigners who visited China，but now that has changed.
In many cities，foreigners can be seen more often. There are a lot of foreigners 62. l or travelling in these big cities. They are no longer strange to Chinese. Some of them even 63. f in deep love with China.
Another great change that Connolly has felt is the 64. w use of new technologies. Now，China has become one of the most attractive 65. c in the world. Chinese people have used their wisdom and hard work to tell the world that they are going to have a bright future.

56. recent 57. Since 58. journey 59. different 60. Instead 61. early 62. living 63. fall 64. wide 65. countries

【分析】
本题为根据首字母提示完成短文填空的题型，解题思路为：首先通读短文，把握文章主旨（讲述摄影师Bruce Connolly眼中中国近30年的变化）；接着针对每个空格，结合上下文语境、固定搭配及首字母提示，确定合适的单词；最后验证单词形式是否符合语法要求。具体到每个空：56题需表达“近30年”，结合首字母r确定；57题主句为现在完成时，从句为过去时间，结合首字母S确定引导词；58题对应“在中国的旅行”，首字母j匹配；59题用固定搭配be different from，首字母d对应；60题表转折替代前文描述，首字母I匹配；61题对应“早年”，与后文“now”形成对比，首字母e确定；62题结合there be sb doing结构，与travelling并列，首字母l匹配；63题用固定搭配fall in love with，首字母f确定；64题修饰“use”表“广泛的”，首字母w匹配；65题对应“one of + 复数名词”结构，首字母c确定。
【解析】
56. 根据前文“In 1987，China was still operating steam trains...great changes”及首字母r，可知此处表示“近30年”，填recent；
57. 主句用现在完成时“has travelled”，从句为过去时间“1987”，结合首字母S，用Since引导时间状语从句，表“自从”；
58. “During his...”后需接名词，结合语境“在中国的旅行”及首字母j，填journey；
59. 固定搭配be different from（与...不同），结合首字母d，填different；
60. 前文提到照片里中国人严肃贫穷，后文描述实际看到的友好开朗，表转折替代，结合首字母I，填Instead；
61. 与后文“now”形成对比，表“早年”，结合首字母e，填early；
62. 结合there be sb doing sth结构，与travelling并列，表“居住”，首字母l，填living；
63. 固定搭配fall in love with（爱上），结合首字母f，填fall；
64. 修饰名词“use”，表“广泛的”，结合首字母w，填wide；
65. 结构one of + 形容词最高级 + 复数名词，结合首字母c，填countries。
【答案】
56. recent 57. Since 58. journey 59. different 60. Instead 61. early 62. living 63. fall 64. wide 65. countries
【知识点】
英语词汇运用；短文填空
【点评】
本题为常见的首字母短文填空题，主要考查学生对核心词汇、固定搭配及上下文语境逻辑的理解能力，难度适中，是初中英语基础题型。
【难度系数】
0.6