一、(2025·四川成都中考改编)方框选词。
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Dashiban is a 600-year-old village in Xichang，Sichuan Province. It was a busy place on the 1 Silk Road and the Tea Horse Road. However，the village gradually declined. Many 2 left their hometown to search for work elsewhere.
In order to change the situation，Xichang started a project in Dashiban in 2021. To keep the village's historical charm(魅力)，it followed the rule of "repairing the old as old". The local government improved tourism infrastructure(基础设施) 3 unforgettable experiences of local culture and traditions.
The local government's efforts changed the village's appearance 4，which has directly benefited homestay(民宿) business. Chen Xiaoyu 5 a homestay for several years. She said she never 6 that she could make so much money in her hometown. The village's change has also drawn more and more villagers working 7 back home to start businesses. Xiao Wenfang gave up her job in the big city and opened a restaurant with her father in the village 8 learning about its changes. Ethnic-themed travel photography has also become very popular in the ethnic village，following homestays and restaurants.

Many tourists come to dress 9 in traditional clothes.
Dashiban now has 232 homestays，85 restaurants and 65 travel photography studios. 10 has become the village's main industry，creating jobs for over 1,000 villagers. It received 1.9 million visitors last year. People from different cities even choose this small village to live in when they are free. They just want to enjoy the easy life here.

二、综合填空。
Can you imagine what life was like without smartphones or the internet? I still remember what my hometown looked like twenty years ago. It 1 (use) to be a poor village. There was only one road to go there. The road was narrow and often covered with mud 2 it rained. Most families lived in small houses with big yards. And the school was very far from our village. So it took a long time for children 3 (go) to school by bike.
My hometown is different from what it looked like before. To be honest，it's 4 (beautiful) than before. Great changes have already taken place here in the past twenty years.
5 the help of our government，people in our hometown have built a new highway. So it's convenient to go in and out of our hometown. Also，people have built some schools with a large library and computers so that children can get a good 6 (educate). As people have made more money by working in the cities，or planting more economic crops(经济作物)，most families 7 (have) a car or a truck so far and built modern houses with high-tech household appliances(家用电器). There is a beautiful park in my hometown now. Every day，people would like to go to the park to enjoy 8 (they).
Although these changes bring great convenience to our lives，there are still some things that never change 9 friendship and the best memories. I still remember the sound of grandma calling me home for dinner. East or west，home is the best. I believe my hometown 10 (become) even better in the future.