1 . 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.

2 . VII. (A) 多亏了建筑者们的辛勤付出，自今年四月份以来长春南湖大桥的水幕瀑布成为了我们城市的又一道绚丽的新风景。下面是林立写给美国笔友Mike的邮件，请你将其补充完整，每空一词。

Dear Mike, How is it going? Here I have something new to tell you. Since     1    , Nanhu Bridge Waterfalls have been another attraction in Changchun. You know,     2     to the builders, the project is a great success. People can not only enjoy the waterfalls in different shapes and colors, but also     3     to nice music at the same time. You cannot imagine lots of people come here just for a look,     4     they live quite far. The bridge is sometimes crowded     5     many visitors, so policemen are there to keep things in order. Welcome to my hometown this summer. Looking forward to your reply. Yours, Lin Li

3 . Melbourne is in Australia. It is a beautiful city    1    huge gardens, great parks and many    2    (amaze) buildings. Many people came to visit it every year.

Melbourne is also    3     ancient city in Australia. It has an interesting history of more than 170 years. The first people came in 1835,and in the 1850s,gold     4    (discover). Because of this, Melbourne became a very rich city. Many new buildings were built at that time.

And today, Melbourne is one of the world’s     5    (great) cities. It is known     6     its     7       (beautiful) and its famous universities. It is also Australia’s top city for    8     (sport).Many of them are very popular. For example, young people are mad     9     soccer here. In 1956,the Olympic Games came to this city, and for the first time they were showed live on TV around the world.

Melbourne is a nice place and you can always have great    10     here.

4 . If you only know Australia for     1     (it) kangaroos and cotton (棉花), then you are behind the times. Now, Australia is said     2     be the best place     3     live in the world.

According to a survey, Melbourne in Australia is the most livable city in the world. This is the first time since 2002     4     Melbourne was     5     (name) the best city to live in.

Melbourne, the second-biggest city in Australia, won in every area. More than 40 percent of Melbourne is covered by trees and grass. The city is home to people from more than 223     6     (country) and regions. There aren’t many cars in the city. Trains, streetcars and buses make up Melbourne’s public transportation system. There are also many sporting events that are     7     (hold) there, such as the Australian Open and the F1 Racing Championship.

Vienna, Austria is second     8     (介词) the list. It is a popular city for tourism (旅游业). The city is surrounded (环绕) by great forests and crossed by the beautiful Danube River.     9     (介词) the capital of Austria, Vienna is nicknamed “the city of music” and     10     (host) many great concerts every year.

5 . 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在短文空白处填上一个适当的词，使短文完整、通顺，语法正确。
Big Ben lies in the tower in London. It is very famous around the world, but few people really know why it was built and c    1    Big Ben .
Long ago, the queen of England knew that many clocks had different times. People were
e    2    early or late. she had it built so that people would have the s    3     time.
How did Big Ben get its name? Some people say that it was named after Benjamin Caunt, a boxer. People called him Big Ben. But more people believe it was named after Sir Benjamin Hall. He was in c    4     of this work in 1859. A story was told that during the discussion about what the bell should be called, Sir Benjamin was going to give his ideas when an officer behind him shouted suddenly, "Let' s call it Big Ben! " From t    5    on, it was named Big Ben .

6 . 根据短文内容和所给中文提示, 在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
Welcome to Cape Town!
Cape Town isn’t the capital city and it isn’t the    1    (大的)city in South Africa either, but it is the most popular city. Every year, millions of tourists     2    (参观)Cape Town. From the beautiful beaches to great shopping centers, Cape Town has something for everyone.
For outdoor or sports fans, Cape Town     3    (提供)fantastic activities like hiking and climbing. The beautiful beaches are good for water sports, including surfing. If you are brave enough, you can even try to go down into the deep sea and get eye to eye with a great     4    (鲨鱼)in cage! But of course, it’s also a good choice for you to walk     5    (沿着)the wooden ro ads and enjoy natural     6    (风景)around if you are not so brave.
The weather in Cape Town is pleasant. In summer, the     7    (当地的)temperature is about 26℃ . And remember mid—summer here is     8    (一月)!And the winter temperatures don’t usually fall below10℃.     9    (二)of the main languages here are Xhosa and English. The population of Cape Town is about 3.5 million.
Cape Town is the city that has     10    (一切).It will make your vacation unforgettable.

7 . In the middle of Jiangsu province, Yangzhou is an important city in the economic circle of the Yangtze River delta(三角洲). It is m    1    up of three cities of Baoying, Gaoyou, and Yizheng, three districts of Hanjiang, Guangling and Jiangdu. It has an area of 6,638 square kilometers and a population of 4.6 million, i    2    the central area of 1,100 square kilometers with a population of 1.31 million.
Yangzhou is a cultural city with a long history and rich c    3    . It has a long history of about 2,500 years since King Fu Chai of Wu dug Hangou and built Hancheng. There were three g    4    times in the history of Yangzhou. It took shape in the Han Dynasty, developed in the Tang Dynasty and reached its top in the Qing Dynasty. A number of politicians, writers and a    5    such as Li Bai, Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty and Ouyang Xiu and Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty all served as officials or went sightseeing there and l    6    many poems describing the beauty of Yangzhou. "Eight eccentrics of Yangzhou", Yangzhou school and Yangzhou opera all enjoy special qualities. In h    7    , Yangzhou was a famous and open city. In the Tang dynasty, it is the biggest city in Southeast China and one of the four ports(港口) that conducted economic and cultural exchanges with other c    8    . Over 10 thousand foreign businessmen lived in Yangzhou then. Master Jianzhen went eastward to Japan to s    9    China’s culture.
Yangzhou is a friendly and beautiful city suitable for people to live in. Such famous well-known sayings as “In this flowery March journeyed south to Yangzhou”, “The green city is Yangzhou”, “Only Yangzhou is suitable for people to l    10    in” give true expression to Yangzhou. In 2006, it was awarded the United Nations Habitat Award, the highest prize in the area of global habitat.