（1）The Hope Project has built many schools        big classrooms and libraries.

（2）Paris is        the largest cities in the world.

（3）I regard you        my best friend.

（4）No one can be successful        hard work.

（5）Did you see an old tree across        the old house?

（6）We can't pass the exam       we study hard.

（7）Could you tell me something interesting        the old man?

（8）The young girl has been to ten countries        five years ago.

—He __________ for France.

—OK.

—Sorry, she is not in. She __________ Shanghai.

The other day Roy Price went "home" to his sister's house. It's here home now, but it's also the house he was born in. Pat, his sister, kissed him and said,“You haven't changed much, Roy. Let me see, now. When did we meet last?"

"Twenty-five years ago," he answered. "I was here for a week, do you remember?" He added, "You haven't changed much, either.” It was polite for Roy to say so, but it wasn't true. Pat seemed almost an old lady.

       The next morning, Roy walked through the village alone. The place looked very different. There were lots of traffic signs on the roads and beside the roads, there was a new car park, a new post office, a new bus stop. He remembered suddenly that the bus used to stop anywhere: you just put up your hand and it stopped. One surprise followed another. The railway station was gone! The school was gone. A lot of farm machinery stood in the playground!

But Roy's biggest surprise was the people. He didn't recognize (认出) anybody at all. Perhaps because everyone seemed old. He went into the post office and bought some stamps. "Where are all the children and young people?" he asked the postmaster.

The old fellow looked up from his book of stamps. “Children?” he said, “They're in school, of course. There are three or four young families here. The children go to school by bus—to Horham."

       Horham was a town about twenty kilometers away.

       At lunch Pat said, "The village looks nice, doesn't it?"

       "It's all different, Pat. It used to be an exciting place. But now it's full of old people. I don't understand. . . "

       "There are a few newcomers, but the ones we knew are still here. You're also not young, Roy, are you?"

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

       某英文报举办“家乡的变化”主题征文活动。请你根据以下提示，以“The Changes in My Hometown”为题，用英语写一篇80词左右的短文。

  过去：

  1生活贫困，房屋破旧。

  2污染严重，垃圾遍地。

  3交通不便，游客很少。

  现在：

  1生活：住房宽敞明亮，许多人有了自己的汽车。

  2环境：山更绿了，水更清了，天更蓝了。

  3旅游：每年有成千上万来自世界各地的游客。

  将来：请你展望家乡的未来。

  注意：1. 文中不得出现具体的地名。    2. 标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数。

                                                  The Changes in My Hometown

        In the past, my hometown was very small.