情境3 在时代的发展里，交通为旅游铺路，旅游给生活添彩。“云端校车”串联起游客与学子，让乡村既收获教育希望，又迎来生活新生。
Chen comes from Nizhuhe Village located at the border of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. For years, Chen and her classmates walked on muddy routes to reach their school high on the top of the cliffs (悬崖).
However, this challenging journey has now changed into a wonderful tour. They first take a 6-minute scenic bus ride and then take a lift that climbs 268 metres. Next, they take a cable car ride that climbs over 200 metres. After a 1-kilometre walk, they arrive at the school in just under 30 minutes.
The change began with the introduction of the eco-cultural tourism in 2017. The project helped build a cliffside lift in 2018 and a cable car in 2022. They were made free for the villagers there.
The “cloud school bus” not only safely sends the village children to school but also attracts many tourists to the area.
In 2024, 300,000 visitors came, bringing in the profit of nearly 20 million yuan. This also has improved villagers’ lives, with many starting businesses like farmstays, coffee shops and guest houses. Additionally, some villagers have returned to their hometowns to contribute to this growth.
Cai Xiong is one of them who led many amazing projects like the cliffside lift. “This tourism project is not only meant to help the villagers succeed, but also to serve as a ‘ladder to the clouds’ for the children. I hope they will climb this ladder, gain experience and grow, and finally return with the skills to make their hometown even better,” he said.
（）16. What does the underlined word “treacherous” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. Busy. B. Dangerous. C. Boring. D. Long.
（）17. 新考法·图文转换 What is the correct order of the students’ journey to school at present?

A. 公交车 → 扶梯 → 步行 → 缆车 B. 公交车 → 扶梯 → 缆车 → 步行
C. 公交车 → 缆车 → 扶梯 → 步行 D. 缆车 → 公交车 → 扶梯 → 步行
（）18. Which is NOT an advantage of the “cloud school bus”?
A. It improves students’ safety during their school journey.
B. It attracts a great number of tourists to visit Nizhuhe Village.
C. It provides villagers with better lives and a bright future.
D. It encourages villagers to leave their village for better jobs.
（）19. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To describe the dangers of walking to school in mountainous areas.
B. To explain how education has improved in Yunnan and Guizhou.
C. To show how a tourism project changed villagers’ lives and education.
D. To introduce Cai Xiong’s contributions to building lifts and cable cars.
（）20. In which part of a newspaper can we probably find the passage?
A. Education. B. Sports. C. Science. D. Environment.

任务三 答案速查 16.B 17.B 18.D 19.C 20.A
【主旨大意】本文展示了旅游项目是如何改变村民的生活和教育现状的。
16. B 【点拨】词义猜测题。根据 “For student Chen Honghan, the journey... through the clouds” 可知，上学之路已从一段险象环生、需耗时三小时的徒步跋涉，转变为一段安全无忧、仅需三十分钟、仿佛在云端飞驰的旅程。因此 treacherous 的意思是 “危险的”。
17. B

18. D 【点拨】细节理解题。根据 “I hope they will climb... make their hometown even better” 可知，是最终带着能让家乡变得更好的技能归来，而不是 “‘云端校车’鼓励村民离开他们的村庄去寻找更好的工作”。
19. C 【点拨】写作目的题。本文展示了旅游项目是如何改变村民的生活和教育现状的。
20. A 【点拨】推理判断题。本文展示了旅游项目是如何改变村民的生活和教育现状的，因此可能出现在报纸的教育部分。