When Italian traveler Marco Polo came to Yangzhou in the 13th century, he recorded his amazing experiences in his bestselling book The Travels of Marco Polo. Hollywood filmmaker Chris Nebe f    1     Marco Polo to explore China’s mystery(神秘). He has completed twelve films of Mysterious China series, including Yangzhou: A City of Timeless Culture. This 30-minute film takes a close look at the beauty and c    2     of Yangzhou.

In ancient time, s    3     was used as money and had the value as gold. Close to the seasalt-rich Yellow Sea, Yangzhou has been one of the r    4     cities in China because of trade in salt and skill. So those gardens built by salt businessmen have made Yangzhou’s great history. Yangzhou Slender West Lake, like a beautiful necklace(项链), is around the city. It has been a must-see place for visitors from then on, showing the lasting spirits of Yangzhou—peace and harmony(和谐).

The government has tried its best to p    5     the 2500-year-old city. Things have changed a lot during the years. The area has become a great tourist attraction. At night, the streets turn into a wonderful land. Here are delicious snacks and nice gifts.

You can see the old a    6     of Chinese handicrafts in Yangzhou. One of the most famous handicrafts is paper-cutting. In China Paper-cutting Museum, tourists can enjoy masters’ show on paper-cutting.

Want to learn more? Why not watch the film in your spare time?

4 . We     1     (be) in Australia for three days. We’re having a good time here, Australia is the     2     (six) largest country in the world. There is so much to see that is impossible for me to tell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city. There are many big trees and beautiful flowers around the houses and they look really     3     (beautiful). There are also some special animals in Australia, such as     4     (kangaroo) and koalas. They are really lovely.

During the past three days we’ve visited many places of     5     (interest) around Sydney. I’d like     6     (spend) more time here, but we     7     (fly) to another city, Cairns, to see coral beds (珊瑚礁) tomorrow. It is said that words cannot describe(描述) the     8     (beautiful) of the colorful corals. Many famous cartoon films were made there. Now we are busy     9     (pack) our bags so that we will not lose time when we leave. We can enjoy     10     (we) .

5 . 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.

Sakchai lives in Bangkok (曼谷), the c    1     of Thailand (泰国).It’s a big c    2     with lots of new buildings as well as old temples. Sakchai works in a car repair shop. He doesn’t make a lot of money but he e    3     his life. Skachai lives with his parents and sister in a new f    4    . It’s f    5     from the city center. He s    6     his money on clothes and music. Bangkok is w    7     all the year around, so he doesn’t need thick clothes.

When he has a holiday, he goes with his friends to the seaside. Thailand has long golden b    8     with palm trees alone them. The sea is b    9     and the views are wonderful. V    10     from all over the world come here to spend holidays. It’s a good place for a holiday.

9 . Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes (废气). So in 2007, the city began a plan to improve the s    1    .

Under the Velib plan people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or a    2     bicycle station. The first half-hour on the bike is free, but if you don’t r    3     it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. But it’s only €1 a day or €29 a year! The bicycles are h    4     (25kg), and they are all grey and have baskets. There are about 20,000 of t    5     in the city, and around 1,450 bicycle stations.

Paris is not the f    6     city to have a project like this—not even in France, where Lyon started a “free” bicycle plan many years ago. And not everybody thinks it’s a great idea. One Parisian said, “These bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to t    7     across the city, they won’t use a bicycle—they’ll still use their cars.”

A city spokesman said, “The bicycle project won’t solve all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce(减少) air pollution levels in the atmosphere.

Everyone know about global warming and great climate changes—this is partly b    8     there’s so much pollution in the world. The bikes might help people to lead a much h    9     life. There aren’t any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But if we don’t anything now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to r    10    , so the problems in our environment will get worse.”