Zhouzhuang in Suzhou is not only the "No. 1 water town in China”，but also one of the “ten most beautiful towns in the world".

It     1     (build) in 1086. In the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, a man     2     (name) Shen Wansan lived in this beautiful town, who was the     3    (rich) man there. He started doing business with     4     (foreigner) taking advantage of the water. And the town became a trading center of food, silk and many handicrafts(手工艺品).The people of the town finally lived a rich life.

Zhouzhuang is famous     5     its canals, ponds and lakes, especially stone bridges. Among them, the Double Bridge is the most popular,     6     is made up of Shide Bridge and Yongan Bridge. They come in     7     (difference) shapes, one round and the other square. First built during 1573 and 1619, the Double Bridge is the best place to feel the ancient charm of the water town. You can take a boat    8     (appreciate) the clear water and green trees,    9     (pass) under the bridge.

But Zhouzhuang is not just about water. You might as well enjoy     10    easy walk around the ancient paths or take a boat ride on the lakes to visit the old houses.

【推荐2】A reporter from Jiangsu Province went to Australia and some other countries with his father for a 3­month trip, which turned out to be a miracle (奇迹).

The reporter’s father spent most of his life working on the farm. The son started this     1    (amaze) trips with his father because the father got cancer—a serious     2    (ill).

The reporter wanted to take his father to travel in the hope     3     his father can find his younger self in his last days. They     4    (travel) more than 13,000 kilometers and took over 110, 000 pictures on their trips to different countries. Well, a miracle happened during the “rebirth” trips.    5    their surprise, his father got     6    (good) and became more open-­hearted.

He even taught himself to play     7     violin, and then he played     8    very well after practice. After that miracle trip, now he is expecting     9    trip to Africa. He is the most stylish dad ever.

Time carves (雕刻) the old father’s face     10     youth (青春) flows in his blood. This is the real style.

Jiuzhai Valley is a nature reserve in the north of Sichuan Province,     1     is known as the habitat of giant pandas. It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls    2     colorful lakes. It     3     (become) a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.

Located about 400km north of Chengdu, Jiuzhai Valley has    4     (impress) views of lakes, waterfalls, and mountains. The name means “Valley of Nine Villages”,     5     (come) from the 9 ancient Tibetan villages that call it home. Its     6     (high) point is4, 700m above sea level, with the main sightseeing areas between 1,980 m² and 3,100m².

The park is the natural habitat for the giant panda and the Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkey. However, because of the park’s size and     7     number of tourists, the chances    8     (see) them are slim. About 20 pandas reportedly live in the park.

For environmental protection reasons, no personal transport    9     (permit) within the park. However, with a bus pass you can take a bus to all of the sites within the park. Every few minutes a bus will come to a site to pick up the     10     (passenger).

【推荐1】A drop in tourism during the coronavirus crisis is making it more difficult for some organizations to protect     1     (threaten) wildlife in Africa. Wildlife     2     (official) fear poaching (偷猎) activity will rise because the collapse of the travel industry leaves less money for guarding animals.

African rhinos have long been     3     threat from poachers who kill them for their horns. The illegal trade is fueled by the belief, in some cultures,     4     the horns have medicinal value which has not been proven by science.

The number of black rhinos in Africa     5     (increase) slowly. But a report in March by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said it still considered the animals “critically endangered”. In part, it credits the comeback of the rhinos to effective law enforcement.     6    , the enforcement measures are very

The IUCN expects to lose $3 to $ 4 million this year and the     7     (lose) severely limits the group’s ability     8     (protect) the rhinos. Wildlife activists across Africa are now waiting to see how poachers will react to the current situation, and whether more rare wildlife     9     (kill).

The IUCN said the population of black rhinos grew at a     10     (year) rate of 2.5 percent between 2012 and 2018. Now, there are more than 5,600 animals. That growth was predicted to continue over the next five years, the environmental group said.