Ⅰ. Listen and complete the tasks.
A. Listen and complete the table.

B. Listen again and answer the questions.
( )1. How might Li Kai feel when hearing about the trip at the very beginning?
A. Sad. B. Excited. C. Surprised.
()2. How might Li Kai feel about the trip after the conversation?
A. Worried. B. Not interested. C. Looking forward to it.

A. 1. clean 2. bus 3. bikes 4. lake 5. go boating
B. 1. C 2. C

Ⅱ. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.
cut convenient discussion greatly lead
sandy shortage support villager with ease
Across the world, people are working hard to improve their lives and the environment around them.
Li Rui’s hometown once had terrible sandstorms and 1. soil. Life was really difficult and uncomfortable for the 2. because of the poor living environment. There was even a 3. of fresh food. But they worked together and planted lots of bushes and trees with 4. from the government. The environment has turned green, and this has 5. helped the development of farming and tourism. It shows people can 6. a better life by working hard together.
The Mombasa-Nairobi railway built with China’s help has made people’s lives 7. in Kenya. The new railway 8. the time from 10 to 4 hours. It has helped Kenyans travel 9. , do business well and transport food faster. It has become a hot topic for 10. and a perfect example of international cooperation.
These changes tell us that hard work and cooperation can bring amazing and meaningful changes to life and the world.

1. sandy 2. villagers 3. shortage 4. support 5. greatly 6. lead 7. more convenient 8. has cut 9. with ease 10. discussion

【分析】
本题为英语词汇语境填空题，解题思路如下：1. 先通读全文，明确文章围绕“人们通过努力与合作改善生活和环境”展开；2. 逐个分析每个空格的语法成分（如修饰名词用形容词、修饰动词用副词、主语为单数时的时态等）和上下文语境；3. 结合方框内单词的词义，匹配对应词汇并注意形式变化（如名词复数、动词时态、形容词比较级等）。
【解析】
1. 第1空：需形容词修饰名词soil，结合前文“terrible sandstorms”，方框中sandy（沙质的）符合语境，故填sandy。
2. 第2空：指生活困难的群体，方框中villager（村民）需用复数表泛指，故填villagers。
3. 第3空：固定搭配“a shortage of”意为“……的短缺”，方框中shortage符合，故填shortage。
4. 第4空：“with support from...”表示“来自……的支持”，方框中support为名词，符合语境，故填support。
5. 第5空：需副词修饰动词helped，方框中greatly（大大地）符合，故填greatly。
6. 第6空：“lead a...life”是固定搭配，情态动词can后接动词原形，方框中lead符合，故填lead。
7. 第7空：“make sth + 形容词”结构，此处表“使生活更方便”，用convenient的比较级more convenient，故填more convenient。
8. 第8空：主语the new railway为单数，动作对现在有影响，用现在完成时，cut的过去分词仍为cut，故填has cut。
9. 第9空：需短语修饰动词travel，方框中with ease（轻松地）符合语境，故填with ease。
10. 第10空：for后接名词，方框中discussion（讨论）符合“热门讨论话题”的语境，故填discussion。
【答案】
1. sandy 2. villagers 3. shortage 4. support 5. greatly 6. lead 7. more convenient 8. has cut 9. with ease 10. discussion
【知识点】
词汇语境运用、固定搭配、动词时态
【点评】
本题考查英语词汇在具体语境中的正确运用，涉及词性变化、固定搭配、时态等知识点，难度适中，学生需结合上下文分析空格的语法成分和语义，即可完成作答。
【难度系数】
0.5