1 . If the Slender West Lake is compared to a pretty young lady, the Five-pavilion Bridge(五亭桥) is like a beautiful belt worn on her. The Five-pavilion Bridge is not only the symbol of theSlender West Lake, b    1       that of Yangzhou as well. Built in the Qing Dynasty, it has ah    2    of over 200 years.The Five-pavilion Bridge, also named the Lotus Bridge, is a stone arch bridge(拱桥),which runs for o    3     50 metres across the lake. There are ceiling decorations inside the pavilions and windbells hanging   o    4    . They look like five flowers rising slowly out of water. The lower part includes 15 bridge openings of d    5     sizes.When you s    6     on the Five-pavilion Bridge, you will see the Fishing Terrace(钓鱼台).It is also called the Blowing Terrace, where the instruments used to be played. It’s said that

Emperor Qianlong once fished here. To s    7     him, the local salt businessmen of Yangzhou secretly chose several good divers and sent them carrying live fish down into the water. The divers were c    8     with lotus leaves, breathing through lotus stalks.

Whenever the emperor threw his line, the divers would put the live fish onto his fishhook. In this way, Qianlong wash    9     as the live fish took the bait at once.The terrace is surrounded by water on three sides, namely in the south, north and west, each side with a moon gate. From the west moon gate, one can see the Five-pavilion Bridge over the l    10     .

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Lofton is a little village in England. It is not f    1    from the city of Manchester.

Not many families l    2    around the village, so the people all know each o    3    . Most of them are friendly and helpful.

Though(虽然) their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. S    4     work in large factories there. A few work in shops o    5    offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually t    6    about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester. In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐会), they have to go to Manchester, because there are n    7     cinemas in Lofton.

Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. Life in Lofton may not be so e    8     as that in the b    9     cities, but it can be just as interesting. That is w    10     people in Lofton love their village.

3 . C）根据短文内容，用括号内所给动词的正确形式填空。

Hello, everyone! Welcome to Xuzhou. I am your guide today. First, let me     1     (tell) you something about it. As you know, Xuzhou     2     (lie) in the northwest of Jiangsu Province. Its beauty and wonderful location (位置)     3     (make) it famous all over China. People here are clever and hardworking , so Xuzhou     4     (become) more and more beautiful now. If you have enough time, I     5     (show) you around all of the places of interest and try delicious local food.

4 . 根据短文内容及首字母提示,补全空格内单词,使短文完整、通顺。（每空一词）
Yangzhou is one of the first 24 historic and cultural cities in China. It l    1     at the crossing of the Yangtze River and the 2,400-year-old Grand Canal. It. In the old town, there are many old streets and houses. It’s b    2     to visit Yangzhou in spring. Spring paints it in bright colours.
Yangzhou has many wonderful places of interest. A    3     them, the Slender West Lake is the most popular one. The lake is about 4.5 km long and c    4     an area of 33 km^2. You can see willows along the lake. And the famous Twenty-four Bridges is a good place to enjoy the m    5     at night. With fantastic views and history, it has enough to keep a tourist busy for the whole day.
L    6     the Slender West Lake, we will head for He Garden. It was o    7     owned by the family of He Zhidao in Qing Danasty. He Zhidao designed this garden with buildings in b    8     Chinese and Western styles. He also made good use of rockery(假山).
Another hotspot you won’t want to m    9     is the Grand Canal. Boating on the old canal, you can get a whole view of the river town: old buildings, stone bridges, crossing waterways …. You will be a    10     at the liveliness of this canal and the city’s history and culture.

5 . 缺词填空   先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。
There is a town called Walden in England. It is a q    1     small town. Cars c    2     go into the centre of the town, so it’s very pleasant(令人愉快的) to walk around.
You can s    3     at least half a day visiting the museum. It’s on a hill outside the town in a lonely old building. The museum brings history to life. You can even ride on a horse and cart ( 马车 ) in the street. I was really interested in a 1950s living room in the museum. It was just l    4     my grandmother’s house. I lived there when I was a c    5    .
If you can’t wait, there’s a new exhibition (展览) opening soon. Walden is f    6     for candy! If you like candy, this exhibition is the place for you. You can learn about its history. I n    7     see so many different kinds of candies.
But I won’t go now b    8     it will start on the 26th of May.
When you are there, have a look around Walden too. I    9    you start in the main square and follow(跟随) the green signs, they’ll take you to the museum, and you’ll see lots of o    10     interesting things on the way, too.
Welcome to Walden!

6 . 短文填空 根据内容及首字母提示，补全单词，使短文完整、通顺。
The Antarctica (南极洲) is the most southern area on the earth and is mostly c    1    with ice. People have never wanted to live there because of its coldest t    2    . But now scientists from all over the w    3     come here to learn more about the earth’s history.
Some scientists live there for part of the y    4    . But they don’t usually stay there for m    5    than six months because there are six months of light and six months of darkness.
Antarctica usually has lots of fine w    6    . Most parts doesn’t have any wind at all. Also it isn’t very wet because there is very l    7    snow or rain. It only snows on the ice in winter, but at other times Antarctica is d    8    , just like the Sahara Desert（沙漠）.
In winter the sea around Antarctica freezes (结冰) for t    9    of kilometers. But scientists tell us that the earth is getting w    10    ., there may be less ice in the Antarctic sea in the future. When that happens, our weather will never be the same again.

7 . Venice(威尼斯) is the ‘Queen’ of the Adriatic Sea（亚得里亚海）.Every year many people from all over the world t    1     to Italy to visit the city. Do you know w    2     they like to go there for a visit? Venice is quite d    3     from other cities in the world. There aren’t many roads or streets, so there aren’t any cars or buses. There are many canals（河道）. People must row up and down the canals in
the boats to go to work, go s    4     or visit friends. But Venice is sinking(下沉). In 2040 Venice will be u    5     water. The Adriatic Sea will cover the c    6    . The Venetians love their city and they want to s    7     there. So they want to s    8     Venice from the sea.
How? They can b    9     some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gate will close to keep much water o    10    . In this way, Venice won’t sink.

8 . 根据短文内容及首字母提示补全单词。

Do you know an old city called“Pingyao”in Shanxi？It's a town with a long h    1    of more than two thousand years. Thousands of people come to v    2     the old town every year. The want to have a look at the Chinese traditional b    3     there.

The old city is not very large. And there are no tall buildings here. Most of the buildings have only two f    4    . And most of them are made of stones（石头）.People all like to go w    5    on the stone streets. There are many Chinese style shops on each side（边）of the street.

Pingyao is a square（方的）city. The city has a wall a    6    it. It's about 6km l    7    and 12 m high.

And you mustn't miss the nice food in Pingyao. Pingyao is not f     8    from Taiyuan，the capital of Shanxi Province省）. You can take buses or trains here. It's less than 2 h    9    bus ride from Taiyuan. It costs you only 20 yuan. If you take a train，it'll t    10    you only one and a half hours. And it doesn't cost you too much.

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The Yellow Mountain is o     1     of the most famous mountains in China. It is in the south of Anhui. Every year t     2     of Chinese and foreigners pay a visit here. It’s not f     3     from here. It t     4     you about three hours to get there by bus. You can also go there by train or by plane. While you are c     5     the mountain, you can e     6     the sea of clouds, wondrous pines and unique rocks ahead of you. In the e     7     morning when the sun rises, the sky looks b     8     . It’s my d     9     place to v     10     .

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I am Mike. I w    1     born in London, the c    2     of the UK. Today I am very happy to s    3     you around London. London has an a    4     of about 1, 577 square kilometres.
L    5     Beijing, London is also an old city with a long h    6     , over 2000 years.
So, it has a lot of old buildings and churches. But London is also very m    7     , you can see the many tall buildings here and there．Every year, people all o    8     the world come and visit it. London has hosted the Summer Olympics (奥运会) three t    9     . Do you like London now? I hope you can come h    10     some day.