三、按要求完成下列各题。
1. David didn't go to school yesterday because he was ill.（改为简单句）
David didn't go to school yesterday ______ ______ his illness.
2. They didn't arrive on time because they got up late.（对画线部分提问）
______ ______ they arrive on time?
3. The rain has fallen. The air becomes much cooler.（用 as 合并为一句）
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Tom went to bed late. Tom was late for school.（合并为一句）
Tom was late for school ______ he went to bed late.
5. I will play the guitar at the art festival. I am good at it.（用 since 合并为一句）
________________________________________________________________________________

because
; of
; Why
; didn't
; As the rain has fallen, the air becomes much cooler.
; because
; I will play the guitar at the art festival since I am good at it.

四、根据短文内容及首字母提示完成单词。
Grow Great by Dreams
$A highly successful businessman was asked the question: How have you d\underline{\quad 1 \quad} so much in your lifetime?$
$He replied, “I have dreamt. I have t\underline{\quad 2 \quad} my mind loose to imagine what I wanted to do. Then I have gone to bed and thought about my d\underline{\quad 3 \quad}. At night I dreamt about my dreams. And when I awoke in the m\underline{\quad 4 \quad}, I saw the way to make my dreams real. While other people were saying, ‘You can’t do that. It isn’t p\underline{\quad 5 \quad}.’, I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted.” Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the US, said, “We grow great b\underline{\quad 6 \quad} dreams. All big men are dreamers.”$
$They see things in the soft haze of a spring day, or in the red fire on a long winter’s evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but o\underline{\quad 7 \quad} nourish($滋养$) and protect them—nourish them through bad days until they bring t\underline{\quad 8 \quad} to sunshine and light which always come to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come t\underline{\quad 9 \quad}.$
$So please don’t let a\underline{\quad 10 \quad} steal your dreams, or try to tell you they are impossible.$
“Sing your songs, dream your dreams, hope your hopes and pray your prayers.”
1. _________
2. _________
3. _________
4. _________
5. _________
6. _________
7. _________
8. _________
9. _________
10. _________

done
; turned
; dreams
; morning
; possible
; by
; others
; them
; true
; anyone

五、阅读理解。（2023·山东烟台）
Podareva, 28, was born in the hometown of Russia's famous poet Sergei Yesenin. She has loved poetry(诗歌) since her childhood. Growing up, she wrote many poems in both Russian and English. After she came to China to study Chinese in 2013, the world of Chinese poetry opened up before her.
Podareva has had colourful experiences in China in the past ten years. She has won prizes in many Chinese poetry writing competitions and published her own Chinese poetry collections. Her most unforgettable memory is that one of her Chinese poems written in 2020 was turned into a song. And even better: She sang it herself.
"Some people may praise China in a direct way, but I prefer to express my feelings about the country and describe the friendship between China and Russia through different styles of poems," Podareva says.
Podareva has always wanted to be a cultural ambassador(使者) between the two countries. In 2020, she began to make videos and shared them online. Besides sharing Chinese poems she had written, Podareva also produced videos about cultural differences between China and Russia. Sometimes she made humorous videos to explain the misunderstandings that Chinese people have towards Russians.
Besides writing poetry, Podareva has also been painting. She doesn't think the two art forms are different from each other. "Wang Wei was a famous Chinese poet, and he was also a painter," she says. In December 2022, Podareva held an exhibition in Shanghai with 66 of her paintings on show.
"All art is a way for the creators to express their spirit," Podareva says. "I hope to create a website in Russia and introduce China—through my poetry and paintings—to Russians, so that the friendship between the two countries will be much deeper."
( )1. According to the passage, how many languages in all has Podareva used to write poems?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.
( )2. What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. Podareva's experiences in China.
B. Podareva's most famous poem.
C. Podareva's love for Chinese poetry.
D. Podareva's way of winning prizes.
( )3. How does Podareva try to be a cultural ambassador between China and Russia?
A. By spreading cultural differences between China and Russia.
B. By finding some funny misunderstandings towards Russians.
C. By making and sharing videos about poems and culture online.
D. By learning to write Chinese poems from famous Chinese poets.
( )4. Why does Podareva want to create a website in Russia?
A. To exhibit some of her 66 paintings on the website.
B. To introduce some ways of creating poems in Chinese.
C. To help deepen the friendship between China and Russia.
D. To explain why poetry and painting are the same art form.

B
; A
; C
; C