【推荐1】If you go to visit London, you’ll see a lot of buses and cars on the road. You’ll also see many     1     because more and more people travel by bike. Why? There are many reasons. First, it is very cheap to buy     2     bike, and it is quick, too. Second, you often need to     3     for a bus for half an hour. When the bus comes, there are many other buses and cars on the roads and the bus moves very     4    .

I went to     5     by bus for about four years. I often arrived at work late and felt tired. Then one day, about two years ago, a friend of mine said, “I go to work     6     bike. Why don’t we go together?” “    7     my bike is old, and there are so many buses and cars on the roads. I’ll feel afraid,” I answered. “Don’t be     8    ” “If you follow me and we     9     slowly, you’ll be fine,” he said.

Later, I bought a new bike.     10     went slowly, but we arrived at work quickly. I spent 40 minutes going by bus, but only half an hour by bike!

How do students around the world get to school? In North America, most students go to school on     1     (校车); some also     2     (步行) or     3     (骑自行车) to school. In other parts of the world, trips are different. In Japan, most students     4     (乘地铁) to school. In China, it depends on where you are. For example, Lin Fei is my friend, and his home is about 10 kilometers from the school. He     5     (动身去) school at 6:00 am. First, he takes the bus to the No.30     6     (公共汽车停靠站). It     7     (花费) about 20 minutes. Then the early bus     8     (带) him to school. In some places where there are     9     (河流), students often take the boat; some students even go on a     10     (索道) to school.

How amazing it is!

Sakchai lives in Bangkok, which is the c    1     of Thailand. It’s a big c    2     with lots of new buildings as well as old temples.

Sakchai works in a car repair shop. He doesn’t m    3     a lot of money but he e    4     his life. The streets in Bangkok are usually full of traffic, so Sakchai comes to work on the Sky Train. It’s much faster than a car or a bus.

Sakchai lives with his parents and sister in a new f    5    , quite a long way from the city c    6    .

He s    7     his money on clothes and music. Bangkok is warm all year round, so he doesn’t need thick clothes.

When he has a holiday, he goes to the beach with his friends Thailand has long golden b    8     with palm trees along them. The sea is b    9     and warm. There are beautiful views over the sea. Tourists from all over the world like to v    10     Thailand’s beaches. It’s a good place for a holiday.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

If you don’t come to Xinjiang, you won’t know how big China is. And if you don’t come to Xinjiang, you won’t know how     1     (beauty) Nalati is. According to the local people, Nalati means the first place     2     (see ) the sun. Nalati is known as the “Entrance to Heaven on Earth”.

It has a fascinating view. The wide grasslands, blue lakes and wonderful flower fields attract     3     (million) of visitors from home and abroad every year. You can see groups of cows and sheep everywhere, you can also see horses     4     people on their backs running across the fields. People on the horseback can enjoy the amazing view of the grassland at the same time. The postcard like scenery will be long remembered by everyone who sees it. There are 27 main tourist attractions     5     total in this area. It     6     (report) that tourist industry plays an important role in its development. Nowadays, it not only offers jobs for the local people, but encourages young people     7     (realise) their dreams.

One of the visitors said in an interview, “    8     (visit) Nalati has left a deep impression on me, and I look forward to returning sometime in the future.”

“We are Chinese, we belong to one family, as long as everyone thinks in one way, life will be better and better.” said Wureken, a 49-year-old local person.

Voyo, a 19-year-old American girl     9     loves Chinese culture and studies in Xinjiang University, told the reporter, “During my stay, I was shocked by the     10     (develop）of Xinjiang. The Chinese government has made great effort in supporting the local industries.”

【推荐2】The undersea world is very beautiful. Now more and more people want to dive (潜水) in the water to find the secrets there. Scuba diving is a new sport today. It can take you into a     1     ['wʌndəfl] undersea world.

You will find many strange animals in the sea. Some are as large     2     a school bus. Many sea animals give out light in the dark and some have     3     [ʃɑːp] teeth.

During the day, there is enough light. Here, under the sea, everything is blue and green. When fish swim nearby, you can     4     [kætʃ] them with your hands. When you have     5     (bottle) of air on your hack, you can stay in deep water for a long time. However, you can’t dive too deep. And you must be very     6     (care) when you dive in deep water.

The deep sea is not an easy place to live in. It’s cold, and it’s dark, too. The deeper it is, the     7     (little) sunlight there is. At about 3,000 feet, there is     8     light at all, so it is very dark there.

Animals eat! They must find food to eat. Some animals eat     10     while some animals eat meat. This means these sea animals have two big jobs. They need to find animals as food, and they have to try not to become other animals’ meal.

【推荐3】It’s winter in Siberia in the east of Russia. Lake Baikal is covered with ice. If you want to get to Olkhon Island, more than a kilometer out from the shore, you can’t take a boat. You have to drive across the ice. But don’t w    1    — the ice is about 60 centimeters thick. Just try not to think about how much water is b    2    you. Try to forget that you’re traveling over the deepest lake in the world.

At its deepest, Lake Baikal is 1,642 meters deep. It is more than 640 kilometers long. The lake is about twenty-five million years old. On either side of it, there are mountains which are very s    3    moving apart — by about 2 centimeters each year.

Around the beginning of the twentieth century, the Trans-Siberian Railway was built, crossing Russia from west to east. Before then, it was difficult to travel across Siberia’s long d    4    ，so Lake Baikal was quite an isolated (与世隔绝的) place. Building the railroad along the shore of the lake was a big，difficult job, but it e    5    more people to visit the area.

Olkhon is the largest island in the lake. For the local people, it is a sacred place. For them, Lake Baikal is not simply a lake. It is Baikal, the father of 337 daughters. These daughters are all the rivers and streams around the lake. In a legend, one of the daughters, Angara, ran away from the family. T    6    explains why the Angara River flows out of the lake while her 336 “sisters” flow into it.

Lake Baikal is usually f    7    from January to May. When the weather gets warmer and the ice breaks, visitors can take a boat to Olkhon to enjoy the quiet beauty of this place.