二、用方框中所给单词和词组的正确形式填空，补全对话
as long as as well next to rise side
Sally: Hello, John. Could you tell me more about the Yangtze River?
John: Of course. It is the third longest river in the world, (1) the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America.
Sally: I remember it (2) in Qinghai Province, right?
John: Yes. It is (3) 6,397 kilometres and runs eastward into the East China Sea. It is also a "north - south" dividing line (分界线) in China.
Sally: So the geographical (地理的) environments of the two (4) must be quite different.
John: Yes, you are right. In fact, the Yangtze River is important to China's history, culture and economics (经济) (5) . There are many modern cities along it, like Chongqing, Wuhan and Shanghai.
as long as as well next to rise side
Sally: Hello, John. Could you tell me more about the Yangtze River?
John: Of course. It is the third longest river in the world, (1) the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America.
Sally: I remember it (2) in Qinghai Province, right?
John: Yes. It is (3) 6,397 kilometres and runs eastward into the East China Sea. It is also a "north - south" dividing line (分界线) in China.
Sally: So the geographical (地理的) environments of the two (4) must be quite different.
John: Yes, you are right. In fact, the Yangtze River is important to China's history, culture and economics (经济) (5) . There are many modern cities along it, like Chongqing, Wuhan and Shanghai.
答案：(1) next to
(2) rises
(3) as long as
(4) sides
(5) as well
(2) rises
(3) as long as
(4) sides
(5) as well
解析：
1. 第(1)空：根据语境“长江是世界第三长河，仅次于非洲的尼罗河和南美洲的亚马逊河”，next to意为“仅次于”，符合语境，故填next to。
2. 第(2)空：句意为“我记得它发源于青海省”，rise表示“起源、发源”，主语it是第三人称单数，一般现在时中谓语动词用第三人称单数形式rises。
3. 第(3)空：根据后文的长度“6,397 kilometres”，as long as意为“长达”，用于描述长度，符合语境，故填as long as。
4. 第(4)空：前文提到长江是中国南北分界线，所以是“两边的地理环境”，side的复数形式sides表示“边、侧面”，符合语境，故填sides。
5. 第(5)空：句意为“长江对中国的历史、文化和经济也很重要”，as well意为“也”，常用于句末，符合语境，故填as well。
2. 第(2)空：句意为“我记得它发源于青海省”，rise表示“起源、发源”，主语it是第三人称单数，一般现在时中谓语动词用第三人称单数形式rises。
3. 第(3)空：根据后文的长度“6,397 kilometres”，as long as意为“长达”，用于描述长度，符合语境，故填as long as。
4. 第(4)空：前文提到长江是中国南北分界线，所以是“两边的地理环境”，side的复数形式sides表示“边、侧面”，符合语境，故填sides。
5. 第(5)空：句意为“长江对中国的历史、文化和经济也很重要”，as well意为“也”，常用于句末，符合语境，故填as well。