Here are some ideas for you to plan your summer holidays.

Swimming is an interesting sport in summer. Swimming with friends and playing pool games are     1     best.

Plan a short trip to your favorite place. Family     2    （trip）can help you have a strong bond（纽带）with your family.

Summer is a good     3     /ˈsiːzn/ to take long walks or ride a bike in nature（自然）. The flowers in a park or nature camp（营地）will     4     /drɔː/ you close to Mother Earth.

Summer holidays are the right time to     5     /ˈvɪzɪt/ museums, libraries and more in the community. If you like     6     (shop), you can go to different stores.

You can have some classes, such     7     dancing, singing and doing sports. In this way, you can meet many     8     (friend) people.

If you decide to spend（度过）your summer holidays     9     home, you can watch TV shows and movies. If you want to enjoy     10     （you）, you can even hold sleepovers（举办留宿聚会）. Watching movies and TV shows together is fun.

This summer, my parents took Amy and me to different parts of China. It was a new, exciting experience for us to take Chinese Gao Tie. It was the     1     (safe), fastest way to travel around, and my parents took us to a lot of     2     (city), so I never had to say goodbye to the trains.

What I like about trains are     3     views you don’t get on planes. My favorite was Shanghai at night. The tall buildings and bright lights reminded me     4     New York.

When we were in Beijing, we visited Dad’s university, Tsinghua University. It was big and beautiful just like Beijing     5     (it). And the food was even more fantastic. Sure, food in America is really good especially for unpicky eaters like me, but     6     (actual) I like Chinese food better. I     7     (puzzle) why everything is so amazing. The answer immediately rushes into my mind—hard work pays. Things     8     (develop) rapidly in China now. China has changed for the better     9     everyone is working very hard     10     (create) a better future.

Some city people won’t live in a village because they think that village life is dull and uninteresting. They forget that they couldn’t live w    1     the help of the farmer. What’s more, village life is not dull. Farm work is very interesting and it is also very healthy. It’s full of fun to milk the cows or pick the plants, and farm work is a way of taking e    2    . We often find that village people live l    3     lives than city people. Of course, many farmers won’t leave their own homes and go to live in a hot, n    4     city. Some of them believe that they can’t bear it. Farmers p    5     village life to city life because they think that city life is very unhealthy. The truth is that it is possible to be happy and healthy on a farm and it is possible to be happy and healthy in a town or city, too.

Long ago, more people lived in villages than in cities. In the f    6    , city life will be healthier and village life will be more interesting.

London is one of my favorite cities in the world. Last year, I     1     (go) there on vacation. I started my trip with a visit to the Tower of London. There was a lot to see and I enjoyed     2     (visit) there. After I walked out, I found myself right next     3     the Tower Bridge. I learned about its history and how people built     4     before. I took many     5     (photo) of this wonderful bridge. I also visited the Glass Floor, a high-level walkway of the bridge. It was     6     (real) exciting. When I was standing there, I could     7     (look) straight down to the Thames. Afterwards, I     8     the subway to many other places of interest. The city was so big that I nearly got lost. Luckily, a kind man told     9     (I) the way to my hotel. It was     10     excellent trip and I wish to visit London again.

Do you know Gulangyu Island? Where is it? It’s in Xiamen, China. The island is clean     1     beautiful. It’s like a garden on water. My family often go there at weekends. We can find a lot of     2     (hotel) if we want to stay there. We can also do many things on the island, like     3     (visit) some old buildings with a long history or walking on the beach. My     4     (father) job is at a history museum. So he often goes to     5     (that) old buildings there. We can take a walk in the afternoon too. It’s nice     6     (see) green trees and the blue sea around. My uncle always     7     (play) volleyball in the beach. It’s so cool! There are some shops on the island as well. The workers in the shops are so nice. I once meet     8     shop worker named Lingling. She can sell things to western people     9     English. What about the food there? The seafood on the island is quite delicious and     10     eat it every time we go there.

Why not take a trip there? I’m sure you will fall in love with it!

【推荐3】The Xiangshan Lake Park is a beautiful park in Zhuhai. Many people like to go there     1     weekends. Children like to     2     kites in the park. And they often have     3     with their family or friends there. Old people like to sing     4     and dance to music there. They like to talk with each other in the park,     5    . And some young people like to read books there.     6     October, there are many beautiful flowers near the lake. The park looks nice at that time. Many people from other cities come to visit the park. It is a good place to     7     beautiful photos.

In Zhuhai, there are shared-bikes (共享单车) everywhere. You can ride a     8     to many places. It is great and healthy. You can hardly see rubbish (垃圾) on the street. The city is really     9    . So more and more people love to visit Zhuhai now.     10     to Zhuhai!