Yangshuo county, a small town     1     (locate) in Guilin city in South China’s GuangXi Zhuang autonomous region, is famous for     2     (it) unique scenery of hill and rivers, featured with the typical karst landscape.

Yangshuo keeps and displays more than twenty thousand peaks and seventeen rivers,     3     is considered as a global reference area for the Karst feature and landscapes. Seen from a distance, the mountain peaks constitute a thick forest. Seen closely, each peak is     4     (fantastic) shaped, looking like a bamboo, a sword, a warrior and even     5     elephant or a tiger.

The best way     6     (enjoy) the majestic scenery of Yangshuo is to take a cruise along the Lijiang River. The boat trip down the river offers you gorgeous views and new surprises at every bend. And travelling in Yangshuo, a     7     (tradition) Chinese painting unfolds before your eyes, displaying the highest state of Chinese natural landscape. A spot on the Lijiang River at GuiLin     8     (adopt) as the backside scenery of the 20 RMB banknote since 1999.

    9     your next trip to Yangshuo, Why don’t you bring a 20-yuan note,     10     find this splendid scenery of South China Karst?

Located in Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province, Huangxian Cave is a rare karst (喀斯特) cave     1     combines various geological wonders into the scene.

It is a long and winding cave     2     (measure) over 2, 187 yards in length. The mouth of the cave faces northwest and measures more than three hundred     3     (foot) in width. Through the long period of geological change and     4     (develop), the abundant limestone inside the cave has formed into the typical karst landscape like a heavenly world. Walking into the cave, you can find     5     (you) in a wonderland full of all sorts of rock formations. Nature is not just like a sculptor carving the stalagmites (石笋) and stalactites (钟乳石) into stone columns, stone’ curtains, stone waterfalls, stone spears and stone needles,     6     like a painter who doesn’t forget to dress them in different beautiful colors ― red, white, yellow and green. The most     7     (impress) sight is the more than two hectares of karst basins called Yun Pen. In rainy seasons, these basins     8     (fill) with water.

Through the ages, Huangxian Cave     9     (attract) countless men of letters who have left many great works. Due to its excellent landscape and rich cultural relics, it is regarded     10     a rare karst treasure in China.

Huangshan, which lies in Anhui province, is on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is one of the top scenic     1     (attraction) in China. HuangShan     2     (it) does not have good transportation links. Most travelers stop in either Tangkou or Tunxi for the nights before and after a visit to Huangshan.

Huangshan has 36 separate peaks, all     3     (rise) above 1,800 meters. Famous throughout Chinese artistic history, Huangshan represents the typical (有代表性的) mountain in Chinese paintings. So far, over 1,450 kinds of plants     4     (find) there.

The main thing to do in Huangshan is walk pround and take photographs of the scenery, which is spectacular (壮观的),     5     (beauty), different and changing in appearance with every change of weather.     6     same view looks quite different by day in fine weather and with cloud, early morning and late evening. Sunrise and sunset are famous but, of course, they depend     7     the weather.

When there is good weather and clear skies, watching the stars at night is     8     (fair) rewarding. If you are staying overnight at a hotel on the mountain then before dark     9     (come), find some good areas     10     you can get away from the hotel lights and look up. You are likely to view a sky full of stars.

What is     1     tallest mountain on Earth? Most school children will say the answer is Mount Everest.

So it may be a little surprising for them     2     (learn) that there is something that is three hundred and four meters taller than Mount Everest if measured from the ocean floor. It begins at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and     3     (rise) over seventeen kilometers from the ocean floor, and     4     (it) name is Mauna Loa in Hawaii In the Hawaiian language, Mauna Loa means “Long Mountain”. It is more than half of the island of Hawaii, the largest of the Hawaiian Islands.     5     addition, it is     6     (main) underwater. It is also the largest and most active volcano on Earth and has produced liquid (液体) rock called lava (熔岩) over thirty times since first records     7     (keep) in 1843. Today, Mauna Loa is     8     (peace) and not producing lava.     9    , experts say it is only a matter of time before this happens once again.

Mauna Loa is not the only volcano on the island of Hawaii. There are four others, three of which are no longer active. One of them is still active that is named Kilauea. Experts say the volcanoes of the island of Hawaii prove that the environment of Earth won’t stop     10     (change) and will always remain beyond human control.