【推荐2】“We thank you for your visits to Heilongjiang. This winter, you brought joy and life to this land. It’s so great to have you here.” On the last day of 2023, the Heilongjiang Provincial Tourism Office announced a thank-you letter     1     (excited). The letter     2     (print) by several local newspapers.

At Harbin Ice and Snow World, the ice-and-snow theme park in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, tourists gathered     3     (count) down toward 2024, with more than 1,000 ice and snow sculptures around.

Besides the ice-and-snow sculptures, a lot of winter activities were there for visitors to enjoy. Skiing was one of the     4     (popular) activities. Many people would wait for two to three hours for these activities.

What’s more, bicycles on ice and hot air balloons allowed visitors to enjoy the magic world from above. When the night     5     (fall), the ice sculptures looked bright in different colors, and live music and DJs added more to the colorful ice and snow world, where     6     (thousand) of visitors danced to the music together.

During this tourism boom, many visitors felt the warmth of local people. Local government provided hot tea     7     free to keep visitors warm. Many drivers also volunteered to drive around the city to pick up tourists and give     8     free rides.

“    9     it is Zibo Barbecue or Harbin Ice and Snow Tourism, they have given full play to their own characteristics and advantages.” said Zhang Yiwu,     10     Chinese language and literature professor at Peking University.

【推荐3】完成短文:根据首字母提示填空，使短文完整正确。(每空限填一 词) (共 10小题)
I like traveling a lot and I hope to do more in the future. However, I ahways have one simple question: Why do we do it?
This s    1    vacation, many people traveled to the Forbidden City.People w    2     in line to see the real palace in Beijing.Why are a lot of people spending so much time doing s    3    a thing? Because traveling not only can be exciting and enjoyable, but also can be c    4     if you want to learn something and do some "homework" first. A large number of v    5     go to many famous places of interest every year. Sometimes traveling may let them down.For example, Stonchenge (巨石阵) is a circle of stones 3000 years ago. We still don't know how people b    6     it. After traveling, you find you can learn n    7    , except touching the stones. But my first visit there was very great,because I did my "homework". I sudied it and read a lot of books. My travels b    8    before I left.Once I arrived, I was ready to learn more and   take part in more interesting a    9    . All of these made my trip more meaningful.
If you are p    10     to travel next vacation, ask yourself: Am I going to learn anything?
Am I just taking a trip, or am I traveling for a reason?

【推荐2】Robert and Bruno took a t_______ to San Francisco last July. They went there to visit Dominick. He is a friend from their old neighborhood in Rome（罗马）. They went there by train because they w_______ to see more of the United States. The trip took two days and nights.

They a_______ in San Francisco at midnight. Dominick met them at the train station. They were so h_______ to see him. The next day, they went sightseeing. They rode the cable cars, saw the Golden Gate Bridge, and had lunch at Fisherman’s Wharf. At Fisherman’s Wharf, they s_______ the fishing boats come in. The next day, they v_______ the University of California. Dominick is a student there. Robert and Bruno liked the campus（校园）. They thought that it was very big and very beautiful.

They saw all of San Francisco before they left. Dominick took them e_______. They returned to New Orleans（新奥尔良） by plane because they didn’t have time to return by train.

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【推荐3】I love traveling, nature and animals. I have been to many t    1     (主题) museums, such as the National Science Museum, the International Museum of Toilets and the Hangzhou National Tea Museum in Zhejiang Province. In the National Science Museum, I learned about many i    2     (发明) and knew who invented them. It's unbelievable that technology has made such rapid progress. It e    3     (鼓励) me to study harder. In the Hangzhou National Tea Museum, I watched an u    4     (不同寻常的) tea art performance and learned how to make a perfect cup of tea with beautiful tea sets. I have learned many s    5     (社会的) customs from the performance. 

This spring, I visited an amusement park with a couple of friends in Singapore. We saw t    6     (千) of foreigners, such as Germans, Indians and Japanese. We took some photos with my c    7     (照相机). 

Singapore itself is a p    8     (安宁的) and safe place to have fun. It's m    9     (主要地) near the equator. This is a good location for traveling. You can go there whenever you like. The temperature there is almost the same all year round. On the one hand, don't fear whether you can speak English or not. You can s    10     (只) speak Chinese there. On the other hand, it's also a good place to practice your English.

【推荐1】In the middle of Jiangsu province, Yangzhou is an important city in the economic circle of the Yangtze River delta(三角洲). It is m    1    up of three cities of Baoying, Gaoyou, and Yizheng, three districts of Hanjiang, Guangling and Jiangdu. It has an area of 6,638 square kilometers and a population of 4.6 million, i    2    the central area of 1,100 square kilometers with a population of 1.31 million.
Yangzhou is a cultural city with a long history and rich c    3    . It has a long history of about 2,500 years since King Fu Chai of Wu dug Hangou and built Hancheng. There were three g    4    times in the history of Yangzhou. It took shape in the Han Dynasty, developed in the Tang Dynasty and reached its top in the Qing Dynasty. A number of politicians, writers and a    5    such as Li Bai, Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty and Ouyang Xiu and Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty all served as officials or went sightseeing there and l    6    many poems describing the beauty of Yangzhou. "Eight eccentrics of Yangzhou", Yangzhou school and Yangzhou opera all enjoy special qualities. In h    7    , Yangzhou was a famous and open city. In the Tang dynasty, it is the biggest city in Southeast China and one of the four ports(港口) that conducted economic and cultural exchanges with other c    8    . Over 10 thousand foreign businessmen lived in Yangzhou then. Master Jianzhen went eastward to Japan to s    9    China’s culture.
Yangzhou is a friendly and beautiful city suitable for people to live in. Such famous well-known sayings as “In this flowery March journeyed south to Yangzhou”, “The green city is Yangzhou”, “Only Yangzhou is suitable for people to l    10    in” give true expression to Yangzhou. In 2006, it was awarded the United Nations Habitat Award, the highest prize in the area of global habitat.

【推荐2】Fill in the blanks with proper words. The first letter of each word is given.

After nearly five years of construction (建设), the Beijing Daxing International Airport officially (正式地) o    1     on Sep. 25. Seated in the southeast p    2     of Beijing. it is the world's l    3     integrated(综合性的) transportation hub(枢纽). The Guardian listed it as one of the "seven wonders of the modern world".

The airport’s size and traveler capacity(承载量) are b    4     quite large. It has the world’s largest flight terminal(航站楼)in a single building. The building has an a    5     of 700, 000 square meters —the size of 98 soccer f    6    . In the future, it will be able to handle more than 100 million passengers a year, China Daily reported.

Apart from its size, the airport is also getting attention for its use of new technologies that m    7     it smarter and more efficient(有效率的).

For e    8    , the airport will use a robot-operated（机器人操作的）parking system. After drivers park their cars, robots will lift the cars and c    9     them to an open parking space. When collecting their cars, drivers can use their parking tickets to get information on where to f    10     their cars.

【推荐3】 Fill in the blanks according to the texts we’ve learned. The first letters are given.
Jenny and Ian are people with very different l    1    . Jenny works in a r    2    studio as a sound e    3    . She likes working with m    4    . Ian is an i    5    . He thinks about his work most of the time and likes new things around him. He usually practices j    6    to relax himself.
Leeds Castle was b    7    by a Norman baron in 1119. It then became a royal p    8    and the home of six queens of England. From 1552 the castle was the home of a g    9    of Ireland, and it remained a private home. Today the castle is a museum and c    10    centre. It’s open to the public all year round with its beautiful gardens.
Rick Allen is a d    11    with the Irish Rock band Def Leppard. He became w    12    around the world when he was 16. But he lost his left arm in a car a    13    in 1984. One of his friends d    14     a new drum kit for him so that he could play with an arm and two feet. At last, he returned to the band and now he still p    15    with his band.

【推荐1】In the closing ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, China put on     1     eight-minute performance “See You in Beijing in 2022”, directed by Zhang Yimou. The show centered on the talents of a team of 24 roller-skating     2     (perform) from Beijing Sport University. Two of them dressed     3     “Panda Captains” led the performance. It reviewed China's ancient times, showing the country's rich cultural heritage (遗产) and     4     (sing) the present as well as the future. In addition to     5     (tradition) symbols including the Great Wall, the Chinese Dragon and the Chinese phoenix (凤凰), the performance also showed the recent schievements in science and technology     6     has been made in China. Towards the end of the performance, the Olympic rings     7     (rise) on the stage, as well as images of a global village,     8     (child) smiling faces, olive branches and plum blossoms (梅花), which represented China's promise to improve global peace and build a better future for humans. Finally, the skaters travelled a path     9     (draw) the “Winter Dream”, sign of the Olympic Winter dreams Beijing 2022. The performance     10     (successful) sent China's goodwill and invitations to the world for Beijing 2022.

【推荐2】阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。

Did people eat takeout in ancient times?

    1     fact, there was takeout even in the Song Dynasty (960- 1279). According to history books, Emperor Xiaozong (1127-1194) liked to order takeout at night. His servants(仆人) went to pick up the dishes     2     bring them back to the palace.

Common people also ordered takeout. Restaurants would get their workers to go out and yell(吆喝) out which dishes could be ordered. People could order the meals that they like. Later, workers would bring food to their homes. In     3     famous painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival(《清明上河图》), a takeout worker can     4     seen carrying a meal box in hand.

People at the time even had special meal boxes for takeout dishes. People also used warming plates made of two bowls. Hot water could be put between them     5     keep the dishes warm.

【推荐3】请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

Autumn Evening in the Mountains After fresh rain in mountains bare, autumn permeates evening air. Among pine-trees bright moonbeams peer, over crystal stones flows water clear. Bamboos whisper of washer-maids, let us stirs when fishing boat wades. Though fragrant spring may pass away, still here’s the place for you to stay.

Are you familiar with the poem above? It was w    1     by Wang Wei, a well-known poet and painter who lived during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). He has been praised for “having poetry in his painting and painting in his poetry”.

W    2     Wang Wei describes the scenery, he does it carefully, like drawing a painting. In the b    3    , Wang shows readers a clear sky, with moonlight and a view of mountains far away. Moving closer, the poet describes the pine trees and flowing water. Wang also shows the power of colors in the poem. All the t    4     he describes are green, white and cyan.

These colors can c    5     a peaceful and harmonious feeling. This helps readers i    6     the beauty of the landscape and helps them dream of a relaxing lifestyle.

In the last part of the poem, Wang says that though spring may pass, the beautiful autumn and the peaceful mountain village r    7     there. In this way, he s    8     wants to show his love of a peaceful and harmonious life and dislike of the corruption (腐败) on the royal court(朝廷).

By describing the scenery, the poem also shows Wang’s characteristics. For example, pine trees and lotus (莲) stand for perseverance (坚忍不拔) and nobility (高洁), which also means Chinese s    9     nowadays.

Tang poetry is really the t    10     of Chinese traditional culture. It’s never too late to learn.