【推荐1】I     1     a great time last summer vacation. I went to England with my parents. We all know it is always wet and     2    (cloud) in London. So we each took an     3    . But it was sunny on the first day so we were very     4    (luck). On our     5    (two) day in London, we visited the London Eye and the Big Ben.

Three days     6    , we visited Shakespeare's former residence (莎士比亚故居). He was born in 1564 and died in 1616. We visited many other interesting     7     there, such     8     the National Gallery and the British Museum.

This trip was very     9    (wonder). I really want     10    (visit) London again one day.

【推荐2】Have you ever been to Shenzhen? Shenzhen is     1     international city with many interesting places. Travellers enjoy     2    (they) a lot here.

Splendid China

The Splendid China is the largest model village     3     the world. It has miniatures（微缩模型）of 82 famous places, such as the Great Wall, the Terracotta Army（兵马俑）    4    the Yellow Mountain.

Happy Valley

The Happy Valley covers 350,000 square metres. It has nine places, such a Gold Mine Town, where you can escape（逃跑） a flood by train. If visitors want to enjoy some relaxing     5    (activity), they can try 4D cinema. People always spend their time     6    (happy) at the Happy Valley.

Window of the World

At the Window of the World, there     7    (be)130 miniatures of famous places from across the world. You can have a lot of fun here. For example, you can hunt animals with the     8    (Africa) people or boat along the Colorado River.

Shenzhen     9    (provide) enjoyable places for people     10    (travel). Come and enjoy your trip in Shenzhen.

【推荐3】Stonehenge, a rock circle, is not only one of Britain’s most famous historical places but also one of its greatest mysteries.

Every year more than 750, 000 v    1     go there. People like to go to this place especially in June b    2     they want to see the sun rising on the longest day of the year.

For many years, historians believed Stonehenge was a temple (寺庙) where ancient leaders tried to c    3     with the gods. However, historian Paul Stoker thinks this can’t be t    4     because Stonehenge was built so many centuries ago. “The leaders arrived in England much later, ” he pointed out.

Another popular idea is that Stonehenge might be a kind of calendar (日历). The large stones were put together i    5     a certain way.

On midsummer morning, the sun shines directly into the center of the stones. Other people believe the stones have a m    6     purpose. They think the stones can prevent illness and keep people healthy. “As you walk there, you can feel the energy from your feet move up your b    7    . ” said one visitor. No one is sure what Stonehenge was used for, but most agree that the position of the stones must be for a special p    8    . Others think it was built to c    9     a victory over an enemy.

Stonehenge was built slowly over a long period of time. Most historians believe it must be almost 5, 000 years old. One of the greatest mysteries is how it was built because the stones are so big and heavy. In 2001, a group of English volunteers tried to build another Stonehenge, but they couldn’t, “we don’t r    10     know who built Stonehenge,” says Paul Stoker. “And perhaps we might never know, but we do know they must have been hard-working—and great planners!”

Taking care of body and mind

During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), the prince of Chu state often felt sick. A man    1    (call) Wu Ke went to visit the prince. Wu said that the prince was physically healthy; the problem was    2    his mind. Medicine couldn’t save him, but maybe some helpful    3    (suggest) could.

Wu first asked the prince to change some of    4    (him) bad habits. The prince lived too    5    (comfortable), with servants taking care of everything. He rarely walked. Instead, he took    6    carriage everywhere. He also ate a lot of greasy (油腻的)food.

After that, Wu advised the prince to do    7    (many) outdoor activities than before, like hunting    8    traveling. Last but most important, according to Wu, was    9    (meet) more people and discuss how to develop his morals (道德)and rule the state.

After taking Wu’s advice, the prince got better. This is the story know as Qifa (《七发》), which    10    (write) by Mei Cheng, a writer during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC—AD 24). It was fictional, but very inspiring (有启发性的).

【推荐2】George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor     1    . He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father's helper. He spent a lot of time     2     (learn) about engines. On     3     [´hɒlədeɪz], he often took engines into pieces and studied each piece     4     (careful). Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read     5     write.

He     6     (begin) to lean the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day     7     he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young teacher.

On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name     8     the first time in his life. George invented many things in his life. The train was the     9     (great) one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to     10     [ə´nʌðə], we will think of this great man—George Stephenson.

Over 2,000 years ago, in China, there lived a boy called Confucius. When he was only three, his father     1     (die). His mother was very poor. In those days people had to pay to go to school and his mother did not have enough money     2     (send) him to receive education.

As Confucius grew up, he wanted to learn things. So he decided to teach     3     (him). Unfortunately he was a strange-looking boy. The other children often pointed at him and made fun of him. They called him names and laughed     4     him. Confucius got very upset, but he was a kind, gentle boy and did not fight back.

Confucius did not play with other children. He went off to talk to holy men (圣人) in the temple and learned from them. He talked to artists and     5     (music) and learned from them. If he tried to do something difficult, he would keep     6     (try) over and over again he learned how to do it. In this way the boy taught himself to read and write and learned lots of interesting things. Confucius grew up to be a very clever man.

When he was a man, Confucius became the     7     (rule) of the city of Changtu. People were very happy. When he was their leader, he used his abilities and skills in a wise way.

People sometimes call him the     8     (great) man who ever lived. We still remember many of his sayings today. So far Confucius Institute (孔子学院) has been set up in many other countries. Every year a lot of foreign students     9     (teach) there. And now Chinese is     10     (wide) spoken in those countries.

Weifang kite-making was included in the national-level intangible cultural heritage lists(非物质文化遗产清单) in 2006. Known as the birthplace of kites, Weifang in Shandong province has a long h    1     of making kites.

Yang Hongwei, 56, is an inheritor(传承人) of the Weifang kite-making skill. At the age of 16, Yang l    2     the skill from her grandfather. After practising it hard for 10 years, she started her o    3     shop in 1992.

“Many places around the world have a tradition of flying kites,” Yang said. “But I think the culture behind our kites is q    4     different.” On Yang’s kites, people can see not only common shapes like butterflies, but also some paintings telling ancient Chinese stories and Chinese history.

For example, she once made a kite showing a phoenix(凤凰) head w    5     paintings of 50 famous women in Chinese history on each side of the kite. A    6     the idea was cool, it was not easy to make such a kite. Each woman was different in look, clothes and makeup style. She spent much time checking historical records or discussing the details with others.

“It takes too much time,” Yang added, “but when I e    7     the stories on the kites to foreign customers, I feel a sense of great achievement.” In her spare time, she also travels to different c    8     including Germany, Australia and the US to tell people about Chinese stories seen on kites and the traditional ways of making kites.“It is an important job to spread the heritage around the world,” she said.