【推荐1】Last year’s springtime    1    (be) the perfect moment to visit Huangshan in Anhui Province to go for a hike and see the beautiful scenery that attracts so many    2    (visitor) every year. My boyfriend and I prepared the back pack,     3    turned out to be too heavy for the hike. I am an inexperienced hiker and those endless steps made me want to return to safe places. But with the help of my boyfriend’s motivation: “Look, the top is coming closer and closer. We are almost there.” I controlled    4    （I）and kept going. After a three-hour exhausting hike to the top, but with spectacular views on the way, we finally arrived on the top and also found a hotel. But all the rooms were too    5    (expense) for us. So I asked the possibility of a tent. The hotel owner sold a tent     6    80 RMB. He was such a friendly person that he even offered to put up the tent for us. So the only foreign guests that night ended up     7    sleep) in a tent. We spent the night     8    comfortable) in the tent and at 5 am woke up to see the unbelievable sunrise. Afterwards, we    9    continue) to explore the beautiful area around Huangshan and walked all the steps back down to safe grounds, which made my muscles ache even more than the climb up. This is     10    unforgettable adventure during my three years in China.

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During the 18th century, seaside holidays began. However, at that time, it was only a luxury (奢侈) for the wealthiest people. Only the upper class     1    (visit) the seaside in their free time.     2     first British seaside town was Scarborough,     3     became

popular when a stream of acidic water was found in the south of it. It was believed that the water could contribute to     4    (treat) small diseases. Brighton, in the south of the UK, was also an early seaside town. It was     5    (extreme) popular with the wealthy. King George IV especially enjoyed visiting it. In 1815 , he transformed his home into a palace by the sea. Part of his home has now been turned into a museum.

Great changes about seaside holidays     6    (take) place over the last few decades. In the beginning, only the rich could enjoy them, but nowadays, they are     7    (access) to all. In the 1840s, the     8    (invent) of the railway allowed a wider range of people to visit the beach, as it was a cheaper way to travel than before. As a result     9     this, more hotels were built beside the sea. Beaches became more popular too. Bathing machines were made available for people to get     10    (change) in. It was beach etiquette (礼仪) to use them, particularly for women.

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The Li River f situated in Guilin City of Guangxi, is a bright pearl on the list of China’s tourist     1     (attract) and it is one of the best sightseeing tours in Guilin. The 83-kilometer waterway from Guilin to Yangshuo is the greatest work of the Li River,     2     (decorate) with rolling hills, steep cliffs, beautiful caves, boats and lined bamboos. Han Yu     3     (clear) described the beauty of the Li River in his poem: “The river looks like a blue silk ribbon, and the mountains resemble emerald hairpins (发夹)”

The poetic and picturesque Li River     4     (come) from the Mao’er Mountains at Xing’an County in the northeast of Guilin. It winds     5     (it) way for 170 kilometers, passing through Guilin. The Li River, according to its     6     (difference) scenes, may be separated into three sections: Guilin to Ox Gorge, Ox Gorge to Water-Dropping Village, and Water-Dropping Village to Yangshuo.

Along the river, the rolling peaks, steep cliffs, green hills and clear water make     7     interesting hundred-mile picture gallery. Among poems singing the praise of its beauty are these lines: “He     8     travels in Guilin hills finds himself in a fairyland.” and “Whoever sails along the Li River finds himself     9     (boat) in a sweet dream.” The natural beauty of the Li River is indeed beyond description, and you have to be there to see     10     your own eyes and to feel with your own heart.