Tall buildings pop up overnight. Millions     1     people come to work and live. So far, a small fishing village     2    （turn）into one of China’s biggest cities. This is Shenzhen, a “city of miracles”.

On Aug.26, 1980, China’s     3    （one）special economic zone（SEZ）was set up in Shenzhen. “My father came from Sichuan to Shenzhen in his twenties,” said Li Jiayan. Li is a 16-year-old boy and he grew     4     in Shenzhen. “He got his first job as a salesman. Later my parents started     5    （they）own business.”

“In the early days, we     6    （live）in the small paint shop. Now we have our own factory and live in a     7    （much）comfortable house,” Li said proudly. “It’s all because of my parents’ hard work. They always tell me, “    8     you work hard, you won’t have a wonderful future.”

“I believe we will have a better life,” Li added     9    （confident）.

Today, many of China’s top     10    （company）are based in Shenzhen, including Huawei and Tencent.

Courage, innovation（创新）and hard work-these are what have made Shenzhen a miracle, and what will also drive China’s future.

Visiting Shenzhen

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

Spiendid 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     5     (cover) 350,00 square metres. It has nine places, such a Gold Mine Town, where you can escape (逃跑) a flood by train. If     6     (visit) want to enjoy Reling activities, they can try 4D cinema. People always spend their time     7     (happy) at the Happy Valley.        

Window of the World

At the Window of the World, there     8     (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     9     (Africa) people or boat along the Colorado River.

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

7 . Hong Kong is an international city. It is in s    1     China. Over 6 million people from different c    2     live there. There are a lot of i    3     places in Hong Kong. You may find Ocean Park, Disneyland and many other places.

It is a good place to buy things. So a lot of v    4     go to Hong Kong to do some s    5     here.

Kevin is a university student. Last summer vacation, he took a trip to Yunnan because Yunnan was one of the most beautiful     1     in China. Kevin went there with his best friend Ken.

First, they took the train in Guangzhou South Railway Station.     2     took them 9 hours to get to Kunming. Kevin liked the     3     in Kunming because it was cool and sunny. They visited many places of interest in Kunming. Three days later, they took a bus to Dali. Dali was a quiet and green city. They lived near Erhai Lake. In the daytime, they     4     bikes around the lake. At night, they watched stars in the sky. They had     5     relaxing time there. Then, they went to their last destination—Lijiang City. Lijiang was one of the oldest cities in China,     6     now it was very modern and crowded. They looked     7     the most popular online Yunnan rice noodles. They said they were the most     8     food in the world. They took a lot of photos and made some friends. Yunnan was a good place to     9     fun, so they would like to go there again.     10    , they took a plane back home.

10 . Spring in Guangzhou is from February to April. It’s quite warm with a few cooler days when it sometimes rains. The t    1     is around 15ºC-25ºC. You can see many beautiful flowers in spring.

Summer is long, and it lasts for about six months. It’s quite hot and humid (潮湿的), with the h    2     days in July. People like to go to the beach and swim in the sea.

Autumn is the best season to v    3     Guangzhou. Tourists can enjoy the cool weather. The leaves are always green in Guangzhou.

Winter is very s    4     and it just lasts for one or two months. It’s not too cold. It’s d    5     and cool without much rain. It’s a pity that you can’t make a snowman in Guangzhou in winter.