四、词语运用。(共8小题;每小题1分,满分8分)
根据句意及所给中文提示、首字母或英文释义,写出句中所缺单词,每空限填一词。
1.The (突然的)illness took his life last year.
2.He set the plate (在……上)the table just now.
3.The water is (结冰的)in winter, and children like skating on it.
4.In spring, the rain is good for the crops’ (生长).
5.Look at the sky. The sun is brightly.
6.Most computer games have a bad on students’ schoolwork.
7.Can you hear the wind (move creating an air current)hard outside here most nights in winter?
8.When you are sick, it is important to take your (the degree of internal heat of one’s body) to check if you have a fever.

五、短文填空。(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Do you know anything interesting about 1 weather in the UK? People often talk about the weather because they can experience(经历)four seasons 2 one day. In the morning, the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later, black 3 (cloud) come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon, it will be 4 (sun). The sun will begin 5 (shine), and it will be like summer.
In the UK, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter, they can 6 (swim) sometimes, and in summer, sometimes they should 7 (wear) warm clothes.
When you go to the UK, you 8 (see) that some British people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with 9 (they) on a fine morning, but you should not laugh at them. 10 you don’t take one with you, you will regret(后悔)later in the day.
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六、阅读表达。(共3小题;第1、2小题2分,第3小题3分,满分7分)
阅读下面短文,用英语回答短文后的问题。
In China, there’s a really big desert called the Taklimakan Desert(塔克拉玛干沙漠). For a long time, it was spreading and causing a lot of problems. But guess what! On 28 November, 2024, an amazing thing happened in China—the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt(阻沙绿化带)of 3,046 kilometres.
Back in 1978, China started the important project called the Three-North Shelter Forest Programme(三北防护林工程). Many scientists and workers worked very hard to make this project successful. They planted billions of trees and shrubs along the edges(边缘)of the desert. Day by day, year after year, these plants grew up and formed a kind of “green wall”, preventing the sand from moving farther.
This green wall was really powerful. It stopped the desert from growing bigger. And the completion of the sand-blocking green belt means the Taklimakan Desert doesn’t spread like it used to.
Because of this, the local environment has become much better. The air is cleaner, and there are more places for wild animals to live. People around there are also happier. It just shows that when we humans put in a lot of effort(努力)and use smart science, we can make a big difference to nature!
1. When did China start the Three-North Shelter Forest Programme?
2. What did the scientists and workers do in the project?
3. Do you like to live in a desert? Why or why not?