一、词汇运用
1. ___(最近)，it has been popular for tourists to have a bowl of plain noodles(素面)at Xiyuan Temple in Suzhou.
2. The little girl loves to draw colourful ___(线条)on her notebook.
3. Would you please stand in two ___(一排)and wait patiently, boys?
4. We are ___(满怀希望)that the app will become a great success.
5. Where have you been in ___(近来的)years，Wang Hua？
6. He stood up on his skates and ___(踏)on the roller rink(场地)carefully.
7. The new stone bridge in our village is much ___ (wide) than the old one.
8. As the ___ (report) said, the car suddenly went off the road and hit into a tree.
9. The narrow paths in the park became ___ (mud) after the heavy rain.
10. Luckily, some ___ (village) showed us the way when we were lost.
1. ___(最近)，it has been popular for tourists to have a bowl of plain noodles(素面)at Xiyuan Temple in Suzhou.
2. The little girl loves to draw colourful ___(线条)on her notebook.
3. Would you please stand in two ___(一排)and wait patiently, boys?
4. We are ___(满怀希望)that the app will become a great success.
5. Where have you been in ___(近来的)years，Wang Hua？
6. He stood up on his skates and ___(踏)on the roller rink(场地)carefully.
7. The new stone bridge in our village is much ___ (wide) than the old one.
8. As the ___ (report) said, the car suddenly went off the road and hit into a tree.
9. The narrow paths in the park became ___ (mud) after the heavy rain.
10. Luckily, some ___ (village) showed us the way when we were lost.
答案：1. Recently 2. lines 3. rows 4. hopeful 5. recent 6. stepped 7. wider 8. reporter 9. muddy 10. villagers
解析：
1. 考查副词作状语，“最近”用Recently，句首首字母大写；2. 考查可数名词复数，“线条”line为可数名词，受colourful修饰，应用复数形式lines；3. 考查可数名词复数，“一排”row为可数名词，前面有two修饰，应用复数形式rows；4. 考查形容词作表语，“满怀希望的”用hopeful，be动词后接形容词作表语；5. 考查形容词作定语，“近来的”用recent，用于修饰名词years；6. 考查一般过去时，and连接并列谓语，stood为过去式，“踏”step的过去式为stepped；7. 考查形容词比较级，than是比较级标志词，wide的比较级为wider；8. 考查名词，“记者”用reporter，the后接名词作主语；9. 考查形容词作表语，became后接形容词，“泥泞的”为muddy；10. 考查可数名词复数，“村民”villager为可数名词，some后接复数形式villagers。
二、从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次
develop convenient certain work thanks to
Many people choose to leave their hometown to make a living in big cities. Chen Wei is among them. He has 1. ___ in Shenzhen for almost 13 years. On a recent visit to his hometown, he said, "It has changed so much since I left."
These changes 2. ___ have a positive effect on local people's lives. There is a large hospital and new schools. The government has built new roads and bridges as well. This has made travelling between places much more 3. ___. A new high-speed train connecting his hometown to Shenzhen was open to the public last year. 4. ___ it, Chen Wei can return to his hometown easily.
Chen Wei is happy to see the great 5. ___ of his hometown. He believes his hometown will be better and better.
develop convenient certain work thanks to
Many people choose to leave their hometown to make a living in big cities. Chen Wei is among them. He has 1. ___ in Shenzhen for almost 13 years. On a recent visit to his hometown, he said, "It has changed so much since I left."
These changes 2. ___ have a positive effect on local people's lives. There is a large hospital and new schools. The government has built new roads and bridges as well. This has made travelling between places much more 3. ___. A new high-speed train connecting his hometown to Shenzhen was open to the public last year. 4. ___ it, Chen Wei can return to his hometown easily.
Chen Wei is happy to see the great 5. ___ of his hometown. He believes his hometown will be better and better.
答案：1. worked 2. certainly 3. convenient 4. Thanks to 5. development
解析：
1. 根据“for almost 13 years”可知此处用现在完成时，结构为have/has+动词过去分词，work的过去分词是worked，故填worked。2. 此处需要副词修饰动词have，certain的副词形式certainly表示“肯定，无疑”，符合语境，故填certainly。3. “make sth+形容词”为固定结构，convenient是形容词，意为“方便的”，符合“出行更便捷”的语境，故填convenient。4. 根据语境，此处表示“多亏了高铁，陈伟能轻松返乡”，thanks to意为“多亏，由于”，句首首字母大写，故填Thanks to。5. great为形容词，后接名词，develop的名词形式development表示“发展”，符合“家乡的巨大发展”的语境，故填development。
三、完成句子
1. 自改革开放以来，这儿的生活条件大有改善。
Since the reform and opening up, ___.
2. 你在这家小旅馆工作多久了？
How long ___?
3. 由于政府的努力，市民们都对未来充满了希望。
Thanks to the government's efforts, the citizens ___.
4. 这个海边村庄发生了巨大的变化。
___ in the seaside village.
1. 自改革开放以来，这儿的生活条件大有改善。
Since the reform and opening up, ___.
2. 你在这家小旅馆工作多久了？
How long ___?
3. 由于政府的努力，市民们都对未来充满了希望。
Thanks to the government's efforts, the citizens ___.
4. 这个海边村庄发生了巨大的变化。
___ in the seaside village.
答案：1. the living conditions here have greatly improved
2. have you worked in this small hotel
3. are full of hope for the future
4. Great changes have taken place / There have been great changes
2. have you worked in this small hotel
3. are full of hope for the future
4. Great changes have taken place / There have been great changes
解析：
1. since引导时间状语时，主句需用现在完成时，“生活条件”译为living conditions，“大有改善”用have greatly improved表达；2. how long询问动作持续时长，要用现在完成时的疑问句形式，将助动词have提前，“在这家小旅馆工作”译为work in this small hotel；3. “对未来充满希望”用固定搭配be full of hope for the future，主语citizens为复数，be动词用are；4. “发生巨大变化”可用固定表达Great changes have taken place或There have been great changes，符合本单元现在完成时的知识点要求。
四、综合填空
I have been in love with a book called The Last Days of Old Beijing(《再会，老北京》)by the American writer Michael Meyer 1. ___(recent). The book caught my eye as soon as I 2. ___(step)into a bookstore.
Meyer’s writing takes me back in time to Beijing about 20 years ago. Meyer lived in a shared hutong in one of Beijing’s 3. ___ (old) neighbourhoods, Dashilan. Dashilan lies near 4. ___ heart of Beijing. This gave him a chance to get close to the local culture. Some of the great changes were also seen by Meyer. However, some parts of old Beijing’s culture have stayed strong in the face 5. ___ the fast changes. People still
keep traditions and artists work hard to pass down skills.
I was born in Beijing in 2011, so I know more about the city's modern side. Beijing is a city full of 6. ___ (creative) and innovation. Lots of young people come here to make a living and feel 7. ___ (hope). The quality of people's life here 8. ___ (improve) a lot these years. But reading the book opened my eyes to new sides of the city. I got to know those small things of daily life in the old neighbourhoods 9. ___ Meyer's eyes. It made me 10. ___ (think) about how we can keep our traditions alive while also moving forward with changes.
I have been in love with a book called The Last Days of Old Beijing(《再会，老北京》)by the American writer Michael Meyer 1. ___(recent). The book caught my eye as soon as I 2. ___(step)into a bookstore.
Meyer’s writing takes me back in time to Beijing about 20 years ago. Meyer lived in a shared hutong in one of Beijing’s 3. ___ (old) neighbourhoods, Dashilan. Dashilan lies near 4. ___ heart of Beijing. This gave him a chance to get close to the local culture. Some of the great changes were also seen by Meyer. However, some parts of old Beijing’s culture have stayed strong in the face 5. ___ the fast changes. People still
keep traditions and artists work hard to pass down skills.
I was born in Beijing in 2011, so I know more about the city's modern side. Beijing is a city full of 6. ___ (creative) and innovation. Lots of young people come here to make a living and feel 7. ___ (hope). The quality of people's life here 8. ___ (improve) a lot these years. But reading the book opened my eyes to new sides of the city. I got to know those small things of daily life in the old neighbourhoods 9. ___ Meyer's eyes. It made me 10. ___ (think) about how we can keep our traditions alive while also moving forward with changes.
答案：1. recently 2. stepped 3. oldest 4. the 5. of 6. creativity 7. hopeful 8. has improved 9. through 10. think
解析：
1. 此处需用副词修饰整个句子，recent的副词形式是recently；2. 由主句谓语动词caught（一般过去式）可知，从句也应用一般过去时，step的过去式是stepped；3. “one of + the + 形容词最高级 + 可数名词复数”表示“最……之一”，故填old的最高级oldest；4. “the heart of...”是固定搭配，意为“……的中心”，此处特指北京的中心，故填定冠词the；5. “in the face of”是固定短语，意为“面对”，故填of；6. full of后接名词，creative的名词形式是creativity；7. feel是系动词，后接形容词作表语，hope的形容词形式是hopeful；8. 由时间状语these years可知，此处应用现在完成时，主语The quality是单数，故填has improved；9. 表示“通过某人的眼睛”用介词through；10. “make sb do sth”是固定结构，意为“让某人做某事”，故填动词原形think。