《2025年高考模拟试题汇编高中英语》

阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
There is a Chinese story of an old man in his90s working with his family to remove mountains to connect the outside world　　56　　others'doubts.　The story has inspired the Chinese to unite and overcome difficulty with　　57　(determine)and hard work..
The story became a reality in Lin County,Henan Province in thee 1960s.A1500−kilometer−long waterway along the cliffs(悬崖)of the Taihang Mountains　　58　(build)by the local people within10years,bringing precious water from the Zhanghe River in the bordering Shanxi Province to the drought−hit area.
Initially,finding drinking water was　　59　　headache for residents:People had to fetch water from five kilometers away every day..　　60
(ease)this area's water shortages,the local government decided to construct a canal across the mountains,　　61　　construction was a remarkable engineering achievement.
People tied ropes around their waists and　　62　(hang)off cliffs，drilling holes in rock,and then dug canals with simplle toolls.From February1960to July1969,they leveled1250mountain tops and dug 211tunnels(隧道),　　63　(remove)22.25million cubic meters of earth and rocks.
Their efforts gained multiple　64　(benefit).It was the canal that 65　(dramatic)changed the life of the local people,irrigating(灌溉)
36000hectares of land and solving water supply difficulties to some 567000people.Their deeds have been hailed(称颂)as the“spirit of the Red Flag Canal".

答案： 56.despite 57.determination 58.was built 59.a 60.To ease 61.whose 62.hung 63.removing 64.benefits 65.dramatically