一、根据括号内所给汉语注释写出单词的正确形式(每空一词)
1. Farmers grow (小麦)to make bread and pasta.
2. I have many happy memories from my (童年).
3. The air is fresh and clean in the (乡下).
4. The temperature dropped (在……的下面)freezing last night.
5. The (精力充沛)children ran and jumped around the playground happily.
6. These animals can survive in the hot (沙漠)for a long time.
7. Tomorrow the (西部)will have rain.
8. This area gets very little (雨量)during the summer.
9. The man found his lost book (在……中)the pile of old magazines.
10. There is a (短缺)of fresh vegetables in the market.

1. wheat 2. childhood 3. countryside 4. below 5. energetic 6. desert 7. west 8. rainfall 9. among 10. shortage

二、用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. The little bird sang so (sweet)that children stopped to listen.
2. The (villager)worked together to build a new bridge.
3. I love Rome, （especial）in the spring.
4. My grandfather is full of (wise)and always gives good advice.
5. We are excited about the （arrive）of our cousins tomorrow.
6. The firefighters rescued the cat (safe)from the tree.
7. We should protect (nature)resources like water and forests.
8. It will (probable)rain this afternoon, so bring an umbrella.
9. She finished the race (amazing)fast!
10. The number of factories in my hometown (increase)greatly in the past few years.

1. sweetly 2. villagers 3. especially 4. wisdom 5. arrival 6. safely 7. natural 8. probably 9. amazingly 10. has increased

三、阅读理解
“The Grand Canal is the bloodline(血脉)that flows through the hearts of Chinese people,” said Shan Jixiang, former director of the Palace Museum.
With a history of more than 2,500 years, the Grand Canal is made up by the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Sui and Tang Grand Canal and the Zhedong Canal. It is nearly 3,200 kilometres long and is the world’s longest man-made waterway.
Connecting the north and south of China, the Grand Canal helps develop trade and shapes culture. As some parts of the canal have dried up and been disused(废弃)because of historical evolution(演变)and changes of the weather, however, some people seem to forget its cultural value.
People threw waste into the waterway and built different kinds of buildings beside the canal. All of these are harmful to the canal.
Luckily, action has been taken to revitalise the Grand Canal. For example, in 2021, Yangzhou set up the Grand Canal Museum, which shows many things about the canal and reproduces the natural sights along the Grand Canal in the form of pictures and videos. This allows people to learn its beauty. In Hengshui City in Hebei, a new policy was carried out—a river chief system(河长制). Some river chiefs at town and village levels have been asked to help clean and rebuild the river lines.
The Grand Canal is taking a change for the better. The Chinese culture can add glory(光彩)to it today and in the days to come.
()1. What do we know about the Grand Canal?
A. It helps develop the trade at home and abroad.
B. It is the world’s longest man-made waterway.
C. It has shaped the culture of southwestern China.
D. Its cultural value is greater than its value in society development.
()2. What does the underlined word “revitalise” in the fifth paragraph mean?
A. Bring sth back to life.
B. Make sth less or smaller in size.
C. Talk about sth.
D. Make a mess of thing.
()3. According to the passage, what action was taken in Hebei to protect the Grand Canal?
A. A river chief system was set up.
B. More houses were built along it.
C. More river lines were added to it.
D. The Grand Canal Museum was rebuilt.
()4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The necessity of protecting the Grand Canal.
B. The influence of the Grand Canal on trade.
C. How the Grand Canal has changed over time.
D. What the Grand Canal is and ways to bring it back to life.

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