题目内容：

Suzhou is my hometown. This beautiful city is in Jiangsu Province. ______ it is not as big as Beijing, everyone in China knows this beautiful place. People ______ it as “Venice of the east(东方威尼斯)”.

Suzhou has a long history. There are many ancient Chinese ______ in Suzhou. Now, they are becoming famous tourist places in Suzhou.

In the past 30 years my hometown has ______ rapidly in many ways. The biggest change I have found is the ______. On the one hand, many people here don’t live in the ______ houses any more. They have moved into the new high buildings and are enjoying the comfortable life. One the other hand, nowadays builders have ______ thousands of modern building of different styles. I think this change is ______ because it has made Suzhou become more modern and more beautiful.

To be honest，everything has changed ______ my hometown. I think you should think about  ________ the beautiful city. Make sure you will love it.

1.A. Although    B. Because    C. If

2.A. check    B. regard    C. control

3.A. gardens    B. towers    C. pictures

4.A. collected    B. searched    C. changed

5.A. people    B. environment    C. pollution

6.A. expensive    B. cheap    C. old

7.A. set up    B. given away    C. given out

8.A. dangerous    B. great    C. strange

9.A. to    B. in    C. about

10.A. protecting    B. holding    C. visiting