Mount Emei,World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site in China,     1     (locate)in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, is an area of striking scenic beauty,famous for     2     (it)high mountain and thick vegetation.It is also a place of spiritual and cultural significance, in    3     there are important architecture and     4    (collection) of cultural artworks, including sculpture,beautiful painting and writing,and other traditional artistic works. Besides Emei Mountain is known    5     one of the holy mountains of China.

The Leshan Giant Buddha, lying at the eastern foot of Mount Emei,     6     (carve)out of a hillside with special skills in the 8th century.The human element has been integrated into it.     7    (face)the confluence(汇流处)of Minjiang, Dadu River and Qingyi River,the 71-meter-tall Giant Buddha of Leshan is one of the most important cultural treasures of China.

Mount Emei with its natural and cultural values well interconnected is attracting    8     large number of tourists in the world. Aiming     9    (enjoy) the beauty of nature and culture, they are brave to climb it through thick and thin.When some of them reach the top of the mountain, they are so happy that they feel all the effort is     10    ( high)worthwhile.

【推荐2】Today, our class went to “The Fishery”,     1     is a local fish store, because we are learning about fish: where they live and how they are different from people. Inside the store it was very dark, except for the bright lights on top of each tank. The girl     2    (work) in the store told me that the lights are neon, and they are used to show off the bright colours of each fish. Under the lights, the fish were blue, purple, yellow, and green. They     3    (look) so beautiful that I wanted to take all of them home.

It was my first day in Hangzhou, the Chinese city famous for its natural beauty and history and I didn't have much time to spare. I wanted to see     1     much of the city as possible in the two days     2     I was to return to Guangzhou. My first task was to decide where to go and     3     to get there. I took out my guide book in which there was a lot of information about the city's well-known tourist     4    (attract) and started to read. At that moment an attractive young lady     5     noticed my book, came up to me and introduced     6    (her). She said her name was Miss Bai. She kindly offered to show me     7     the city. I was delighted and was about to accept her proposal when she suggested we first     8    (go) to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge. I quite liked the idea of visiting the West Lake but wasn't so sure about crossing the Broken Bridge.    9     it was broken, did she expect me to jump across？And I couldn't swim, so if I fell in then I would drown. That was definitely not an attractive idea so I politely declined her invitation,     10    (close) my book and walked away.

The Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an extraordinary sporting event which are held every four years for thousands of highly trained and     1    (extreme) talented athletes from different countries across the world. 

The Olympic Games have     2     long history. The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BCE when only Greek men were allowed to participate and died out around the year 393.It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin,     3     brought the Olympics back to life. The modern Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens. 

Many talented     4    (athlete) made their contributions to the Olympic Games. The boxer Cassius Clay won the light heavyweight gold medal for the USA during the 1960 Rome Olympics. Afterwards, he     5    (return) to the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony. Jessica Ennis-Hill is a former track and field athlete from the UK,     6     won an Olympic gold medal in her home country in 2012.  

China and Chinese athletes make an outstanding contribution to the Olympic Games. In addition to     7    (host) the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China also ranked first in the medal table. Xu Haifeng won our country’s first-ever gold medal.Then Liu Xiang became the first Asian     8    (win)the gold medal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. The Chinese women’s volleyball team won a hard-fought victory     9     the final at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Beijing has won the     10    (elect) to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Each country in the world has its own traditional clothes, which show the     1     (country) unique aesthetics (美学), philosophy and social values.

In China, the Hanfu, Zhongshan suit, Tang suit, and cheongsam (旗袍) are the four most distinctive types of traditional Chinese clothing, of which Hanfu is the     2    (old). Hanfu     3    (date) back to the time of Emperor Huang     4     Leizu made cloth with silk. It was constantly improved throughout several dynasties.

Adopted and strongly     5    (promote) by the ruling class, the Hanfu became the national clothing of the Han ethnic people in the Han Dynasty. Various ornaments (装饰品)     6    (use) to decorate their Hanfu. The more decorations they had, the higher social status they had. Over the years, it has been changing     7    (satisfy) people’s needs in China.

It also had     8     extremely far-reaching influence on neighboring — Asian countries, such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Nowadays, the Hanfu is seldom worn by people except     9     special occasions, such as festivals and wedding     10    (ceremony), or by young girls who want to show off or take photos.