London, a European city, is the capital of England. It is a big and famous city with a long history. It has the largest number of museums and libraries in the world. There are many people in this city and most of them are     1     (friend) and helpful. They are always happy     2     (tell) visitors about their city.

The weather in London is nice. In winter it’s not very cold and in summer it’s not very hot because the city is near the sea. However, it is changeable. People often talk about the weather because they can have four     3     in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just     4     in spring. After an hour, black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets cold. Later in the afternoon the sky will be clear, the sun will begin to shine and it     5     (be) summer at this time of day.

There are many places of interest in this city. The Thames (泰晤士河)     6     (run) through London from west to east. It’s interesting to take a trip along the river. This way, you can see almost every place of interest of London in a day. When you take a trip in London with     7     (you) friends, do not miss Big Ben. It is a clock tower on the river. It is one of the landmark     8     (build) in London. The tower is 95 meters high, the bell is 8     9     (foot) in diameter and weighs 13.5 tons. It goes off every 15 minutes.

I think you can have a great time     10     (visit) here. It is really a wonderful place.

In the Sui Dynasty, a terrible flood (洪水) happened on the Xiao River outside the city of Zhaozhou. The flood washed     1     a large stone bridge. People had rebuilt the bridge many times.     2     it was still washed away over and over again. “What’s wrong     3     it?” Li Chun, the most famous local engineer     4     that time, asked himself. One day, an idea came into     5     mind! He thought of building bow-shaped arches (拱). And there would be only one big arch     6     was supported at each end by two small ones.     7     floods came, the water would run through the four small arches and had little influence     8     the bridge. He was greatly excited about     9     idea.

A new Zhaozhou Bridge     10     built. It was safe and beautiful. It shows the wisdom (智慧) and creativity of the Chinese people.

Usually, mice are not popular, but Mickey Mouse     1     (win) many people’s hearts. Movies about Mickey Mouse are popular almost everywhere in the world for more     2     ninety years. Walt Disney made this     3     ['feɪmas] cartoon character. When he was young, Walt Disney was interested in     4     (draw) cartoons. And he tried to find     5     (good) ways of making cartoons. At that time, some movies just started to use sound. So Disney decided to put sound in his cartoons, too. People were excited when they saw Mickey Mouse talk on the movie screen. Mickey became popular with both the young and the old.

Later, Walt Disney started to build     6     new kind of amusement park (游乐场) . He hoped to bring a good, clean and beautiful world to people of all     7     (age) . In the end, Walt Disney made his dream come     8     [tru:] In 1955, Disneyland     9     (open) in the USA and became the most     10     [fæn'tæstɪk] amusement park in the world.