一、词汇运用。
1. The country is enjoying a (时期) of peace and prosperity.
2. (2025·四川凉山)—The scientist Yuan Longping works for the people not only in China but also around the world.
—Yeah, he has become a h and is remembered in everyone's heart forever.
3. (2025·泰州市靖江期中)—What do you think of A Dream of Red Mansions, the great classical Chinese novel?
—I've no idea. I (read) only half of it, and I will try to finish it by the weekend.
4. If you care about your job, you should think (two) before following that advice.

二、单项选择。
1. It's a pleasure to make friends with a modest person because he does not like to .

A.take off
B.put off
C.show off
D.get off

2. 亮点原创 A tour Zhangjiajie's forest of towering stone pillars(柱子) can make you amazed by nature's beauty.

A.across; feel
B.through; to feel
C.through; feel
D.across; feeling

3. —What's the city flower of Nantong?
—Chrysanthemum. It's peace, nobility(高尚) and so on.

A.a symbol of
B.a list of
C.a cycle of
D.a sense of

4. Which of the following Chinese sayings means "Guilin has the most beautiful scenery in the world"?

A.The grass is always greener on the other side.
B.East or west, Guilin landscape is the best.
C.Every cloud has a silver lining.
D.A rolling stone gathers no moss.

三、根据中文提示完成句子。
1. 无论发生什么,我们都不应该放弃。毕竟,没有什么是不可能的。
We should never give up . After all, nothing is impossible.
2. (2025·常州市金坛区期中)我的父亲已经出差三天了。
My father for three days.
3. 马面裙、旗袍以及其他中式服装是中国的文化珍宝。
The horse-faced skirts, qipao and other Chinese-style clothes are of China.
4. 延安曾是中国共产党的核心所在地,它在革命斗争后期作为红色首都发挥着重要作用。
Yan'an the CPC and served as the Red Capital during the later stages of the revolutionary struggle.

四、(2025·常州市第二十四中学期中改编)阅读表达。
Classical Chinese gardens are purposely designed so that no matter where you stand, you can never see the whole thing at once. The purpose of a classical Chinese garden is to let people enjoy nature. Besides, the classical Chinese gardens have another purpose—to inspire(激发) artistic expression like poetry, literature or painting. Nearly all Chinese gardens have the things mentioned below.
Water is a necessary thing that no Chinese garden can go without. Water in a garden typically symbolizes(象征) a lake or even the ocean. Water can even symbolize life, movement and dreams.
Large rocks typically symbolize mountains. Many of the rocks in Suzhou gardens come from Lake Tai, shaped by the flow of water over thousands of years. Smaller rocks are often on show in fancy halls. This shows the appreciation the garden owners had of these rocks.
There can't be a garden without plants. Different plants have different meanings. Bamboo, for example, stands for strength. Flowers, meanwhile, add colour to a garden, with each carrying a symbolic meaning of its own.
In Chinese gardens, pavilions (亭) are usually placed in some of the best viewing places. In the past, pavilions were also used as places for garden owners to reflect, paint and write poems.
In fact, classical Chinese gardens are in some ways very much like traditional Chinese landscape paintings. And all of the parts show the importance of nature in Chinese culture.
1. What does bamboo mean in a classical Chinese garden?

2. What is the purpose of classical Chinese gardens?

3. 新考法 开放性设问 What do you think of classical Chinese gardens? Why?