【推荐3】Lofton is a small village in England. It is not f    1     from the city of Manchester. There are not many f    2     in the village, so people here know each o    3    . Most of them are friendly and h    4    .

Though (尽管) their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. S    5     work in large factories there. A few work in shops or offices. Most of them go to work by train. It usually t    6     about half an hour to get to Manchester.

In the evening, a lot of people like watching TV. If they want to see a film, they have to go to Manchester. Here are n    7     cinemas in Lofton.

Like many other villages near towns or cities, Lofton is clean and q    8    . Life here may not be so exciting as that in big cities, but it is c    9    . That is w    10     the people in Lofton love their village.

Most people have heard of the Great Wall of China, but not many people outside of China know about the Grand Canal（大运河）. This man-made waterway is k    1     in China as Da Yunhe. It is about 1, 700 kilometres long and some parts of it are more than 2, 000 years old. It     c    2     the north of China with Hangzhou, a city in the southern part of the country. It’s the l    3     man-made waterway in the world.

The Grand Canal was b    4     as a way to transport grain（运输粮食）from the rich agricultural（农业的）land in China’s south to cities in the north. In fact, it’s not one canal, but some canals and rivers joined together. It’s still an important part of the transport s    5     in China today. T    6     of boats use it every day to transport grain and many other things.

Now the Chinese government is doing new work on the Grand Canal. It is m    7     parts of it deeper, so bigger ships can use it. The canal will also help to move water. There is a lot of rain in the south of China, but not as much in the north. The canal will c    8     lots of water from the south to the north.

The Grand Canal is much less famous than the Great Wall, and not very many t    9     visit it. But It’s really w    10     to go on a cruise（乘船游览）along some of the oldest parts of the canal. Passengers on these cruises are able to see beautiful parts of China that other visitors don’t see.

The Arctic is a land with long winters and short summers. It has     1     (差的) weather on the earth. Humans lived there for     2     (千) of years. They had the habit of living there. So, how did they     3     (设法做到) to live in the Arctic under such terrible conditions?

The first and     4     (二) groups of people of the Arctic in North America were the Inuit. They came from Russia by crossing the Bering Sea. They hunted animals because     5     (庄稼) couldn’t be planted. To live in the cold Arctic, they had to watch things around them     6     (仔细地). They noticed changes according to the wind and sky, then tried to guess what the weather would be like that day. It was also     7     (必要的) for them to watch how the animals lived. In summer, they hunted groups of caribou because it was more difficult to find seals than in winter. In winter, the Inuit learned to make snow houses and built snow parks for     8     (孩子). In fact, they had to make everything they needed.

Today, the Inuit no longer depend on hunting as they     9     (曾经) did. They also do not need to move from one place to place all around the year. They now live in communities. They     10     (连接) to the world by televisions, telephones and the Internet.

【推荐3】June 21st (or 22nd) is the summer solstice (夏至) for the northern hemisphere (北半球). The day has the longest daytime (白天) of the year. It is     1     special day for many people. In the old days, many people liked     2     do some fun things on that day. People also thought it     3     a time for love and growth. Now many places around the world have parties on that day. People sing     4     dance to celebrate. The great English writer, William Shakespeare, said that dreams on that night would come true later. So have great dreams on the summer solstice! If you live     5     the northern hemisphere, enjoy the day with the sun.