【推荐1】Do you know an old city     1     (call) “Pingyao” in Shanxi? It’s a town with a long history of more than two thousand years.     2     (thousand) of people come     3     (visit) the old town every year. They want to have a look at the Chinese traditional     4     (build) there.

The old city is not very large. And there are no tall buildings here. Most of the buildings have only two floors. And most of them     5     (make) of stones (石头). People all like to go     6     (walk) on the stone streets. There are many Chinese­style shops on either side (边) of the street.

Pingyao is a square (方的) city. The city has a wall around it. It’s about 6 kilometres long and 12 metres high.

Pingyao is not far from Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province (省). You can take buses or trains here. It’s less than two     7     (hour) bus ride from Taiyuan. It costs you only 20 yuan. If you take a train, it     8     (take) you only one and a half hours     9     (get) here. And it     10     (not cost) you too much.

A small city but with a long history-that’s how I feel about this city during the journey to it. You can say that Macau     1     (自身) has come out as the biggest winner from its casino-dominated city (博彩之城). So far, Macau has been the second richest area on the earth. Also a p    2     of 648,500 within 30.5 square kilometers makes it the most     3     (拥挤) city in the world. The city is e    4     famous for its legal gaming. That’s why the local government can pay its citizens p    5     of money every year. While walking around, you will soon find the     6     (标志) of the city-the Morpheus Hotel, which     7     (描述) great changes in modern buildings over years. Macau is one of the only cities in the world where you won’t     8     (错过) the chance of trying Macaunese Cuisine. In f    9    , it’s the home to mixed food cultures. However, some     10     (情况) is getting more serious, like the damage of ancient interests. Best wishes to it!