My name is Li Ming. My home is in Changshou. Do you know it? It is in Chongqing. Changshou is not a big city,     1     it is very nice and clean. There is a lake (湖) in Changshou. Its name is Changshou Lake.

Our house is near Changshou Lake. Behind our house there is     2     big old tree. My grandparent tells me that the tree is very, very old. There are many birds     3     the tree. We call it a “bird tree”. Our house is near the lake. The lake is big and blue. There     4     a lot of fish in the lake. After school, I go there and catch fish     5     my friends. It is very interesting. I like fish and I also like catching fish.

【推荐2】Have you ever been to Singapore? For     1     (1000) of tourists from China, this small island in Southeast Asia is a wonderful and safe place to take a holiday. On the one hand, more than three     2     (四分之一) of them are Chinese, so you can simply speak Putonghua a lot of the time. On the other hand, Singapore is an English-speaking country, so it's also a good place to     3     (提高) your English!

Have you ever     4     (品尝) Chinese food outside of China? Maybe you will fear that you won't be able to find anything good to eat when     5     (旅行). In Singapore, however, you'll find a lot of food from China; you won't have any     6     (困难) getting rice, noodles or dumplings. Singapore is also an     7     (极好的) place to try new food. Whether you like Indian food, Western food or Japanese food, you'll find it all in Singapore!

Most large cities have zoos, but have you ever been to a zoo at night? Singapore has a Night Safari. It might be     8     (惊讶的) to go to a zoo when it's dark. However, if you go to see lions, tigers or foxes during the daytime, they'll     9     (可能) be asleep! A lot of animals only wake up at night, so this is the best time to watch them. At the Night Safari, you can watch these animals in a more     10     (自然的) environment than in a normal zoo.

Many countries all over the world have National Parks. There are about 7, 000 National Parks around the world. Most of them protect natural settings as well as the plants and animals that live there, but a few are in towns and cities.

Are there National Parks in England?

There are nine National Parks in England. The first t    1     were the Peak District, the Lake District and Dartmoor, which were all named as National Parks in 1951. Others followed afterwards, such as the North York Moors in 1952, the New Forest in 2005 and the South Downs in 2010.

Are National Parks in England the same as those in other countries?

Many National Parks around the world cover huge areas of land where n    2     lives, but in England most of the countryside within them is useful for farming and other activities. As a result, National Parks in England include places where people live and work, as well as wild and beautiful areas where there is little sign or human life.

Why do visitors go to the National Parks?

There are plenty of activities to do in all of the National Parks in England. Visitors can walk or cycle, following marked route, and many of the parks o    3     activities for families.

Are there any problems in the National Parks?

There are about 110 million visitors to the parks every year, bringing many benefits to the areas but c    4     problems too. Many popular towns and villages can be swamped (充斥) by visitors. This results in overcrowded car parks and roads choked (堵塞) with traffic. Life can be difficult for people who live there, as more and more gift shops and cafes are opened instead of those everyday shops; local people can hardly a    5     to buy houses in pipulsr places.

Another major problem is litter. In the parks it is a particular (特别的) danger to animals. Broken glass can also cause fires by focusing the rays of the sun. When these start in wild places, they are much harder to c    6    and can damage (毁坏) large areas very quickly.

How can people help?

All National Parks in England promote (倡导) the Countryside Code, which tells people how to take care of their e    7    . If these rules are followed, the National Parks will be protected and continue to give pleasure to many people for a long time.