…Around 9,000 years ago, this ice melted, leaving behind about 100     1    . Soon after, reindeer began to arrive. Following the reindeer were the Sami people, who made this territory their home. … 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     2     within park     3    . At the far side of the valley, an ancient Sami cottage is     4    . …

    1     (坐落于最小的大洲，澳大利亚占地面积为 7,692,024 km²) with a population of about 24 million.     2     (澳大利亚是一个气候干旱的国家，只有沿海几个地区有充足的降雨). It consists of six states, of which the New South Wales is the oldest one. Australia is famous for its huge open spaces and bright sunshine. Down by the sea,     3     (海浪的咆哮和海鸟的鸣叫构成了海岸的乐曲). Having been separated from other continents for millions of years, Australia has many plants and animals that can’t be found anywhere else in the world.     4     (坐拥大量的旅游名胜，澳大利亚吸引五湖四海的游客来此欣赏美景).

The benefits of a degree are not obvious to people who live on this remote island. Families have a    1     lifestyle, hunting walruses, whales and other sea animals in the spring, and gathering berries in the summer. The largest employer is the school system;     2    , there are only a handful of jobs in fishing, oil and the airlines that connect the island to the mainland. There isn’t much demand for anything else and more than a quarter of adults are     3    .

Today two villages remain with a population of just 1,400. People there are used to the     4    landscape and climate—in the summer, fields of grassy frozen ground     5     from snow-capped mountain ranges to the stony shorelines, but in the winter the sun disappears, there is a lot of snow, and polar bears arrive on ice floes. Leaving the island is not an option, as a ticket on a bush plane costs $400, a week’s earnings for many islanders. The sense of     6    is strong. When a whale is killed, the houses and school empty as everyone races to the beach to take a share of the meat.

In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire. The Inca emperor lived in the     1     Machu Picchu. Spain took control of Peru in the 16th century and ruled until 1821. It is for this reason that Spanish is the main     2     of Peru.

Michael Jordan, known as “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. His skills were impressive, but the     3     that he showed made him unique.

Tangshan started to revive itself and     4    . With strong support from the government and the     5     of the city’s people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins.