《2025年学霸组合训练八年级英语下册译林版苏州专版》

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请认真阅读下面短文，回答短文后的问题。
|题目|体裁|字数|难度|建议用时|实际用时|正确率|
| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
|家乡的变化|记叙文|253|★★★★|6分钟|____分钟|____/3|


When I was very young, people in our village lived by planting fruit trees. My grandmother always took me to the orchard(果园) on the hill. At that time, they had to carry water from the river at the foot of the hill to halfway up the hill. Even though we worked so hard, the production level of fruit was still low because it was short of water there.

One day, two young men led a group of workers to our village. They learned about the difficulties we faced, and later, canals(灌溉渠) and other projects began to be built in my village. “Who are they?” I asked. “They are good men from our government,” my grandma replied.

Shortly afterwards, I moved to the city for my junior high school. The only reason why I ever came back to my hometown was my grandmother.

One day, my family and I made time to return. We were surprised because everything had changed. The canal ran past every orchard, so villagers no longer had to go up and down the hill. The river was now so clean that fish swam happily in it. When we arrived home, my grandma took out some fresh pears and apples. She told us that a policy(政策) was made to encourage more people to plant fruit trees too.

Seeing the big changes in my village, I’ve realized that although more and more people work hard to live in a big city, they should never forget their hometowns where they are from.
1. How did the villagers make a living when the writer was young?
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2. Why has the production in the writer’s hometown increased?
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3. As a student, what do you think you can do to help people in the poor areas?
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答案： 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，向我们讲述了作者家乡过去和现在的变化，多亏水利工程和政府扶持政策，让作者的家乡得到了很大的发展。
1. By planting fruit trees.
2. Because the government has built canals and other projects.
3. I can donate money, clothes and stationery to help them.(答案不唯一，言之有理即可)