阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Hometown Feelings
Some people still live in their hometown. However, others may only see it once or twice a year. Nowadays 1. (million) of Chinese leave the countryside to search for work in the cities. Among these is Zhong Wei, a 46-year-old husband and father. He has 2. (live) in Wenzhou for the last 13 years. With a hard job in a factory, he doesn't find much time to visit his hometown. "I used 3. (return) home at least once a year, but I haven't been back for three years now," he says.
Many people like Zhong Wei are 4. (interest) in how their home-towns have changed. Perhaps large hospi-tals and new roads have appeared. 5. many places, the government has also built new schools and sent teachers from the cities to help.
"I noticed that's true of my hometown," adds Zhong Wei. "Children have learned to read and count at my old primary school 6. the mid-20th century. But now the buildings are 7. (real) old. I hear they're going to build a new school there." Zhong Wei thinks such develop-ments are good, and he also knows that his hometown cannot always stay the same.
According to Zhong Wei, 8. , some things will never change. "In my hometown, there was a big old tree oppo-site the school. It is still there and has be-come quite a symbol of the place. Most of the children in my time 9. (like) to play together under that big tree, espe-cially during the summer holidays. It was such a happy childhood. Our hometown has left many soft and sweet 10. (memory) in our hearts."

1. millions 2. lived 3. to return 4. interested 5. In 6. since 7. really 8. however
9. liked 10. memories

【分析】
本题为英语语篇语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、时态、词性转换、介词用法等知识点逐一解题。解题思路：先通读全文理解文章关于“家乡情感”的主旨，再针对每个空格，分析其语法结构、所需词汇形式，结合上下文逻辑确定答案。
【解析】
1. 考查固定搭配：millions of是固定短语，意为“数百万的”，修饰可数名词复数，故填millions；
2. 考查现在完成时：由时间状语for the last 13 years可知，此处用现在完成时，结构为“has+动词过去分词”，live的过去分词是lived，故填lived；
3. 考查固定搭配：used to do sth.表示“过去常常做某事”，故填to return；
4. 考查固定搭配：be interested in意为“对……感兴趣”，此处需用形容词interested，故填interested；
5. 考查介词：表示“在许多地方”，用介词in，句首首字母大写，故填In；
6. 考查时间介词：由现在完成时及时间点the mid-20th century可知，此处用since（自从），故填since；
7. 考查副词修饰形容词：修饰形容词old需用副词，real的副词形式是really，故填really；
8. 考查转折连词：前文提到发展好，后文说有些东西不变，是转折关系，且空格前后有逗号，故用however，故填however；
9. 考查一般过去时：由时间状语in my time（我那个时候）可知，此处用一般过去时，like的过去式是liked，故填liked；
10. 考查名词复数：many修饰可数名词复数，memory的复数是memories，故填memories。
【答案】
1. millions 2. lived 3. to return 4. interested 5. In 6. since 7. really 8. however 9. liked 10. memories
【知识点】
数词固定搭配、现在完成时、固定搭配used to do、形容词interested、介词用法、时间介词since、副词用法、转折连词、一般过去时、名词复数
【点评】
本题为语篇型语法填空，围绕“家乡情感”主题，考查英语基础语法与词汇的综合运用，需结合上下文语境分析，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生巩固相关知识点。
【难度系数】
0.6

When I was very young, people in our village lived by planting fruit trees. My grandmother always took me to the orchard(果园) on the hill. At that time, they had to carry water from the river at the foot of the hill to halfway up the hill.
Even though we worked so hard, the production level of fruit was still low because it was short of water there.
One day, two young men led a group of workers to our village. They learned about the difficulties we faced, and later,
canals(渠) and other projects began to be built in my village. "Who are they?" I asked. "They are good men from our government," my grandma replied.
Shortly afterwards, I moved to another city for my junior high school. The only reason I ever came back to my hometown was my grandmother.
One day, my family and I made time to return. We were surprised because everything had changed. The canal ran past every orchard so villagers didn't have to go up and down the hill anymore. The river was so clean that fish swam happily in it. When we arrived home, my grandma took out some fresh pears and apples. She told us that after the water conservancy project(水利工程) was completed,a policy(政策) was made to encourage more people to increase the fruit production with clean water in the river.
Thank those good men who have devoted themselves to the development of our countryside.
Nowadays, people work hard to live in a big city. However, we should not forget our hometowns where we are from.
()1. What troubled the villagers most was that .
A. they had too much work
B. it was not convenient to go up the hill
C. they could only grow fruit trees
D. there wasn't enough water in the orchard
()2. The good men came and offered help probably because of .
A. the villagers' suggestions
B. the government's support
C. a school's practical activity
D. a company's engineering plan
()3. We can infer from the passage that .
A. the grandmother doesn't like to live in the city
B. the village is a place of interest for tourists now
C. there will be more fruit production in the village
D. more people like to work in the countryside nowadays
()4. The underlined phrase "devoted themselves to" is the closest in meaning to "".
A. prepared much for
B. donated money to
C. drawn public attention to
D. put much effort into
()5. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. How Is a Village Improved?
B. Who Are the Good Men?
C. Why Do People Come Back?
D. What Does a Hometown Mean?

1. D 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需通过定位原文信息、分析题干要求逐一解题：
1. 第1题是细节理解题，需定位村民面临的最大困扰，找到对应缺水的表述；
2. 第2题是细节理解题，定位“好人”的身份，明确帮助的原因；
3. 第3题是推理判断题，需结合原文政策内容推断未来趋势；
4. 第4题是词义猜测题，结合语境理解短语含义；
5. 第5题是主旨大意题，需归纳全文核心内容确定标题。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据题干关键词“troubled the villagers most”，定位原文第二段“the production level of fruit was still low because it was short of water there”，可知缺水是最大问题，故选D。
2. 第2题：定位原文中奶奶的回答“They are good men from our government”，说明帮助来自政府支持，故选B。
3. 第3题：原文提到“a policy was made to encourage more people to increase the fruit production”，可推断村庄未来水果产量会增加，故选C。
4. 第4题：“devoted themselves to”意为“致力于、投身于”，与“put much effort into”（投入很多努力）含义最接近，故选D。
5. 第5题：全文围绕家乡因水利工程等发生的改善展开，A选项“How Is a Village Improved?”最贴合主旨，故选A。
【答案】
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解（细节理解、推理判断、主旨大意）
【点评】
本文以家乡变化为主题，题目涵盖多种阅读理解常见题型，考查学生信息定位、推理及归纳能力，内容贴近生活，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6