What are people in different places of the world doing now? They are all doing different     1    （thing）. In London, it’s 5:00 p.m. Some people are     2    （wait）for buses or trains. Some are driving home. Some are having afternoon tea     3     home. In Moscow, it’s 8:00 p.m. Some people     4    （be）having dinner. Some are watching a film in a cinema. Some are watching TV or playing     5    （game）. In Beijing, it’s 1:00 a. m. A lot     6     people are sleeping,     7     someone are still working. In Los Angeles, it’s 9:00 a. m. People are starting     8    （they）work and     9    （child）are starting lessons.     10     New York, it’s 12:00, People are having—lunch, seeing friends or shopping.

【推荐2】Nanjing is in the south of China; it is the capital of Jiangsu Province. In the p    1    , Nanjing wasn't a comfortable place. It used to have narrow roads, low buildings and small markets. But during the recent years, it has c    2     a lot. People there are walking on the w    3     roads and living in tall buildings.

In the past, it might usually take us more than an hour to get to school from home because there were f    4     buses than today and they were so s    5    . And the stations were very small. We had to w    6     there a long time for the buses. Nowadays, there are many different bus routes for us to choose. If you are in a hurry, you can also take the t    7    . It is much faster and more c    8     than taking the bus because you can always have a seat. Now, some people are used to taking the u    9    . It's much convenient because it always comes on time. But it's a little more e    10     than the bus.

Cambridge is a beautiful city in England. It is on the River Cam. It is     1     (著名的) for its university. Many great people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old     2     (建筑物) to visit. Students and visitors enjoy trips along the river by     3     (小船).

Cambridge is 80 km from London. London is in the     4     (南方) of England. It is about 2, 000 years old. It is a great city for people who like to     5     (旅行) around the world. Because there are many interesting places like Big Ben and Tower Bridge.

England is part of an island, and you are always near the sea.     6     (在……期间) holidays, many visitors would like to visit the small villages and beaches so they     7     (变成) popular places. Everywhere in England, you will find how     8     (绿色的) the countryside is.

It is     9     (从不) very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the year, but bring an     10     (雨伞) with you. You will need it most days.

Some people still live in their hometown. However, many Chinese people these days leave their hometown to work in the cities. They usually     1     (返回) there one or two times a year. Zhong Wei hasn’t been back in     2     (接近) to three years. He has been working in a     3     (彩色铅笔) factory in Wenzhou for the past 13 years. People like him are interested in how their hometowns are changing. New buildings are often built by the     4     (政府). Zhong Wei thinks these changes are good because things need to change in order to become better. But he also thinks some things will never change, and his hometown is still the place that holds all his     5     (童年) memories.