2 . Qibao Ancient Village

Qibao, located in the center of Minhang District, Shanghai, is a village with a history of one thousand years. In the village, wine and tea are served on old-fashioned square tables together with long benches, long-mouth copper pots and flat-end chopstick used. The most famous snacks in old Shanghai are square pastry, rice wine and steamed salted pork in wine.

Entrance Ticket: 45 yuan per all-in-one ticket (preferable price of 30 yuan is available now), covering almost all tourist attractions inside the village.

Telephone: 021-21087225

Jinshan Village of Farmer Painting

Villagers skillfully make good use of folk arts such as printing and dyeing, embroidery (刺绣), wood carving. They take the various folk customs and the busy scenes of labor of villagers in the lower Changjiang valley as the theme of paintings and create farmer paintings in a simple style.

Entrance Ticket: 30 yuan/person

Telephone: 021-57355555

Merry Countryside Tour in Zhonghua Village

The village provides tourists with accommodations, tours, chess, cards, fitness and entertainment through renting out separate farmhouse and sells tourist products and agricultural by-products related to the merry countryside tour.

Pudong Lingkong Agric Gardening

It is one of Shanghai countryside tour scenic spots, which features art of teapots, crop plantation and export. The Geological Science Popularization Hall stores up tens of thousands of rare stones collected all over the world.

Entrance Ticket: 50 yuan /person

Telephone: 021-33935557

2 A Land of Mountain and Ice

Sarek’s mountains used to be covered by vast sheets of ice. Around 9, 000 years ago, this ice melted, leaving behind about 100 g    1    . Soon after, reindeer began to arrive. Following the reindeer were the Sami people, who made this territory their home. G    2     here is quite difficult, so apart from the Sami very few people have ever seen Sarek. In 1909, Sarek was made a national park in order to keep the land in its n    3    state. Though the Sami are allowed to continue their traditional way of life in the park, no one else can live here, and all new development is b    4     within park boundaries. At the far side of the valley, an ancient Sami cottage is v    5    . Close by, there are a few reindeer feeding on grass.

3 Man at Peace with Nature

For hundreds of years, looking after reindeer was a way of life for the Sami. They used the reindeer’s meat for food, their bones for tools, and their skin for m    6     clothes and tents. Since reindeer were always on the move, the Sami would pick up their tents and a    7     them. Today, most Sami have houses in villages near Sarek and live a m    8     life just like their neighbours. But every spring, a small number of Sami still follow their reindeer into the valleys of Sarek, living in tents or old cottages and enjoying their t    9    . I am not a Sami, but in Sarek I’ve a    10     some of their habits. For example, this morning my breakfast is flat bread warmed over a fire, dried reindeer meat, and some sweet and sour berries that I found growing near my tent.

Peru     1     (lie) on the Pacific coast of South America with three main     2     (area): the land running along the coast, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon rainforest. In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the     3     (power) ancient Inca Empire, whose emperor lived in the site Machu Picchu. In the 16th century, Spain took control     4     Peru. In Amazon Rainforest, you take     5     boat to reach your accommodation. Three days will witness the unique plants and animals there.     6     (walk) on the path through the Andes Mountains leads to Machu Picchu. You’ll     7     (amaze) by this destination.     8     (especial) amazing is the Incas’ dry stone method of building. Stones are cut in exact sizes     9     (hold) walls together other than the perfect fit. In Cusco, you must admire architecture. In Lake Titicaca, both the island     10     the local homes are made of water plants from the lake.

In the remote far north of Sweden, in Sarek National Park above the Arctic Circle, I wake up to the sound of the wind     1    (buffet) the cloth of my tent. In summer the sun     2    (bright) shines and never sets. Standing at the edge of the mountain, watching the Rapa River flowing through the valley below, I feel so     3    (bless) to be alive and have this rare opportunity to explore this unique territory     4     is almost unknown to the outside world.

Sarek’s mountains are covered    5     sheets of ice and they are home to the Sami, the native residents of the park. For hundreds of years,     6    (look) after reindeer was a way of life for the Sami. Today, most Sami have left their ancient cottage in the mountain valleys and live     7     modern life in villages near Sarek instead.

To keep its     8    (nature)state, except for the Sami, no one     9    (allow) to live in Sarak, and all new development is banned within the park     10    （boundary）.

Peru is a country on the Pacific coast of South America,     1    includes three main areas: narrow, dry, flat land     2    (run) along the coast, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon rainforest. In the high plain area is Lake Titicaca, the highest lake in the world, on which boats can travel. Peru has abundant plants from desert grasses     3    vast areas of jungle.

Peru     4    (rule ) by Spain from the 16th century to 1821. So Spanish is     5    (official) spoken in Peru. The ancient Inca capital, Cusco, is a popular destination for the     6    (tour) as it is close to the famous Inca ruins of the city of Machu Picchu.

There are two especially interesting things for us     7    (admire) about the Inca civilization. The first is the roads and paths they built to connect     8    (they) important cities. Second, the Inca built wonderful cities,     9     there were no markets in these cities. One of the interesting     10    (question) of history is how the Inca lived without shopping.

Hangzhou is recognized as the “City of Well-Being” in China. Hangzhou made its name     1     (know) to the world in 2016 by hosting the G20 Summit.     2     (bless) with pleasant climate and few wars, Hangzhou has gradually formed its own urban character.     3     busy Shanghai, you will slow down and relax once you are here. It seems that Hangzhou people don’t have many things to rush to in their     4     (day) life. No wonder Hangzhou is expanding annually by 500, 000 to 600, 000 people.

The lifestyle, however,     5     (lay) down by two historical men of letters. One was Bai Juyi,     6     rebuilt the West Lake and made a new bank     7     (benefit) the locals. People love him. When it comes to him, it doesn’t sound like one is talking about a person who lived a thousand years ago. The other was Su Shi. His open-minded     8     (personal) and diligence for his people left many much-told tales.     9     (seeming), mentioning his name gives people joy even after a thousand years.

Surely, it is even     10     (brilliant) in 2023 when it hosts the 19^th Asian Games.