四、信息还原（5分）
Over the past 20 years, Xue Gailian has used pyrography（烙画）to draw pictures on gourds（葫芦）and help villagers make money.
Xue, like most villagers in Shanxi, once made a living by growing grapes. 1. In 1996, she began to plant gourds in her yard, and after that, she has made more money.
Xue has always been interested in pyrography. Pyrography is the art of burning（烧）pictures on wood or other materials. The art form has a long history. 2. Xue worked very hard to learn to make pyrography on her gourds. "At first, it wasn't very easy," Xue said. "3. " After she learned the skill, Xue hoped to do something for her hometown. 4. Slowly their products（产品）sell better and better. More young people go back to the village to learn the traditional skill.
"5. I will also learn more about gourd pyrography and teach people to make more products that better show the beauty of traditional Chinese folk art," Xue said.
A. I will try to make more money.
B. It dates from the Qin dynasty.
C. Few people are interested in the art form.
D. But that couldn't bring her enough money.
E. I will keep improving（提高）the planting of gourds.
F. She started to teach the villagers how to make the art for free.
G. To be better at it, I travelled to Tianjin to learn from folk artists.

五、词汇运用（9 分）
1. I am (琢磨) how to send this heavy washing machine to my grandparents'.
2. The map (在下面) may help you find your way to the gate of the park.
3. Did you bring all the (工具) we need for the folk art class?
4. — What do the Chinese words (表达……的意思)? — No parking here.
5. It's a wonderful book by Lu Xun. It's well (值得) reading.
6. Dad's car is (break) again. He needs to have someone check it.
7. The AI robot can collect information and make a report really (quick).
8. We all believe that honesty(诚实) is one of the most important (quality).
9. Mike and Joe's plan may sound good, but I think (we) is better.

六、语法填空（10分）
For most Chinese people, rice is an important part of every meal. But for Yuan Longping, rice was his lifetime career（事业）. Now I'd like 1. (introduce) him to you.
In the 1960s, people in China had trouble 2. (grow) enough food for all. "If we grow a new kind of hybrid rice（杂交水稻）, more people 3. (have) food to eat," Yuan thought to himself. Many people didn't think hybrid rice was possible（可能的） at that time, but Yuan still spent four years 4. (look) for the rice that could be crossed（杂交） with other plants. In 1964, he found it!
In 1973, he grew the world's 5. (one) hybrid rice plant. It could reach a yield（产量） of 6. (many) than 500 kg per mu. 7. (farm) can grow it on many different kinds of land. It can withstand（经受） bad weather and disease（病害） too. The hybrid rice 8. (large) helps with the problem of hunger all over the world.
Yuan is our 9. (nation) hero. He won many prizes（奖） because of what he did, but he lived a simple life. He gave away most of 10. (he) prize money to help others.