Li Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian were on a trip to Canada. Rather than take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west     1     east across Canada.

First, they arrived at Vancouver, Canada's warmest part and     2     (more) beautiful city,       3       (surround) by mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Then, they went to Calgary by train. During the train journey,     4       they crossed the Rocky Mountains, they managed     5     (catch) sight       6     some mountain goats and even a grizzly bear and an eagle. After two days' travel, the girls were    7    (amaze) to see such an empty country. Afterwards, they came to the busy port city of Thunder Bay at the top of the Great Lakes. The girls were surprised at the fact that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes. Because    8     the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water than any     9     country in the world. In fact, it has one-third of the world's total fresh water, and much of it is in the Great Lakes. That night     10     they slept, the train rushed across the top of Lake Superior, through the great forests and southward towards Toronto.

【推荐2】Mr. Black offered his advice on     1     (choose) a good school for Paul. The one at Caen was generally considered to be the best. So Paul decided to go to Caen. He said his goodbyes     2     (brave), for he was quite pleased that he was going to live in a place     3     he would have some friends of his own. His mom was unhappy, however, she had to accept it because she knew that he must have a good education. Paul’s sister quickly got used to being on her own, but she     4     (find) the house very quiet without him.

【推荐3】You know that everything changes, but you’re seldom prepared when it comes to your children.     1    years fly by, suddenly they’re teenagers. They’re all grown up with plans     2    their own.

At parents, we want to hold tightly to those precious and unforgettable     3    (moment) when she     4    (lose)her tooth and you were the Tooth Fairy, or when you bought his baseball glove and taught him with great patience     5    (hold) a bat. Your girl looks more like a young woman now; your son is becoming a man. If you’re fighting those changes, you may get tired. But if you welcome the changes    6     (merry), you’ll be young at heart.

Parents have to change, too---you can’t avoid it. It’s    7    (nature) for you to miss the years when they were cute and when you were     8    center of their world. As a courageous parent aware of the process of life    9    you’re involved in, you accept the changes and move forward in tears. Sometimes you’ll thankful that    10    (be) a teenager is not a permanent condition.

According to a long-history tradition, Chinese make lanterns and rice balls, representing reunion,     1     the Lantern Festival, the     2     (one) full moon of a new lunar year, which falls on Feb. 26 this year.

    3     used to take three days to accomplish all of the 30 plus steps needed     4     (finish) only one lantern, because the bamboo and paper     5     (be) the common materials. Today wire is used. The Lantern Festival marks the end of the Spring Festival celebrations.

Duan from a small village in Shanxi Province. He is one of the 400     6    (villager) who are in charge of taking a group photograph. In 2017, it was the first time the villagers     7    (come) together to have their photograph taken.

As well as lion dances, some other folk performances, and lantern exhibitors, the villagers have prepared a zigzag（Z字型的）pathway with wood sticks. All the villagers have to walk along it, in     8     hope that the road ahead is     9     (smoothly) in the new year.

In Fujian Province where the weather is much       10     (warm), people are preparing to plough（犁）the fields. In some villages, young men parade（游行庆祝）the fields praying for a harvest.