These gingko (银杏树) trees are really old, older even than the city of Xuzhou in northwest Jiangsu Province. Xuzhou, the     1     (old) city in the Province, dating back 6,000 years as a civilization and over 2,600 years as a city, makes it a fitting home for forests of gingko.

The home, or specifically Pizhou, quite some way to the east of Xuzhou, is situated at the “tail” of     2     horse-shaped Luoma Lake. For those     3     want to make the trip, the reward is a gingko forest park     4     (cover) an area of more than 2, 000 square kilometres. If the gingko is a     5     (protect) species on an international level, this place is home to a large variety of gingko trees.

The so-called “Pizhou Gingko Time Tunnel” shall     6     (sure) be the destination for many travelers coming to Xuzhou and satisfy their     7     (curious) when late autumn approaches each year. Along this 3-kilometre-long village road, the gingko tree branches weave (编织) a golden sky while layers (层) of fallen     8     (leaf) make for a golden carpet.

In Tongshan New Area, gingko trees     9     (plant) all around Haihe Road, Songshan Road and Changjiang Road among many others. Their long history contrasts sharply     10     the cutting-edge technologies being developed nearby.

Qingcheng Mountain,     1     (locate) in Dujiangyan, Chengdu city of Sichuan province, is one of the cradles of Taoism(道教).

With over 20 temples and religious sites for Taoism, it has a strong flavor of Taoist culture and the     2     (building) demonstrate the Sichuan style of architecture. It is famous as the place    3    in 142 the philosopher Zhang Ling founded the doctrine(学说)of Chinese Taoism. Built    4    the mountain during the Jin and Tang dynasties     5     (be) many temples     6    (express)Taoism culture.

It also has    7    (nature)landscape with peaks rise and fall, dense forests and quiet trails(小径), which     8     (great)attracts many tourists all over    9    world.

The Qingcheng Mountain, together with Dujiangyan irrigation system,     10    (list) as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 2000.

Grand Canal, also called Da Yunhe, is a series of waterways in eastern and northern China that connect Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province with Beijing. Some 1, 800 km in     1     (long), it is the world’s longest man-made waterway. Strictly     2     (speak), not all of it is a canal, though. It was built to enable successive Chinese regimes(政权)     3     (transport)grain from the agriculturally rich Yangtze River and Huai River valleys to feed the capital cities     4     large standing armies in northern China.

The oldest part of the canal lies     5     the Yangtze and the city of Huaiyin in Jiangsu Province, which was     6     (origin)on the Yellow River when that river followed a course much     7     (far) to the south. This section, traditionally known as the Shanyang Canal, in recent centuries     8     (call) the Southern Grand Canal. This ancient waterway was first constructed as early as the 4th century BCE.

It was rebuilt in 607 CE. and has been used ever since.

China’s first great canal system,     9     created a northeast-southwest link from the Yellow River to the Huai River, was built beginning in 605 during the Sui Dynasty(581-618). Known as the New Bian Canal, it     10     (remain)the chief waterway throughout the Tang Dynasty(618-907)and the Northern Song Dynasty(960- 1127).

The Lion Rock mountain stands not only as one of the most famous scenic spots in Hong Kong,     1     has become a spiritual symbol representing the persistent efforts of ordinary Hong Kong people     2     (live) a better life.

The Lion Rock spirit has also     3     (deep) touched those outside Hong Kong, such as Cui Xiaodong,     4     ink artist and director of the Yan Huang Art Museum in Bejing. “The mountain stands like a giant, symbolizing the industrious and persistent spirit which, over the past decades,     5     (pull) people in Hong Kong together through hard times. It is a recollection of the youth and vigor (活力) of a generation of people in Hong Kong     6     struggled to make the city what it is today.” he says.

Cui created Lion Rock in Hong Kong, a colored ink painting. In his painting, Cui depicts (描绘) the cliffs of the Lion Rock, surrounded by blooming trees and     7     (overlook) the city’s skyscrapers. Made earlier this year, the painting is now     8     show at Greater Bay Area in the Eyes of Artists, a display marking the 25th anniversary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The     9     (exhibit) displayed there hail (向……致敬) the ecological diversity of the area and also presents to the audience     10     (success) reformative accomplishments since 1997.

During the October holiday, my parents and I made a trip to Mount Wuyi,    1    is lying at the junction (交叉点) of Fujian and Jiangxi Provinces. It is a popular tourist attraction. In December 1999, Mount Wuyi is listed as the World's natural and    2     (culture) heritage by the UNESCO.

With rich tourism resources, Mount Wuyi is a good place    3     (relax) ourselves. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty (1100—771 BCE) , it was well-known as a place of interest. It is    4     (amaze) that there are 2,527 kinds of plant species and about 5,000 species of wild animals. Some of them faced great survival challenges in the past but now measures    5     (take) to protect them by the local people.

Mount Wuyi Scenic Area is    6     (extreme) large. The distance between attractions is so long    7    we were not able to visit all the sites in the mountain. We only reached some main attractions such    8    Heavenly Tour Peak, Wuyi Palace, Dahongpao Tea Trees, Water Curtain Cave. These famous sights left us a deep    9     (impress) . Though tired, we enjoyed ourselves. We're looking forward to    10     (explore) other attractions in Mount Wuyi next time.

Dongting Lake, the second     1     (large) freshwater lake in China, has been known for being home to fishes and mammals since ancient times. They reached here along the flow of the river to live and produce young, giving local fishermen including He Daming countless     2     (nature) gifts.

In the 1980s, there     3     (be) more than 120 species of fish in the Lake. However, illegal sand mining coupled with many ships sailing in the area affected the lake ecosystem     4     illegal power grids (电网) began to appear around the area. As a result, fishery resources in the Lake continued to be reducing,     5     threatened the ecology of Dongting Lake. It was around this time that the number of finless porpoises (江豚) that used to be common in the lake dropped     6     (clear).

He Daming gathered some of his fellow fishermen     7     (discuss) the situation and even required them to stop fishing. In addition, they set up an ecological protection     8     (organize). A lot of well-educated young people also joined it.

From 2020 on, as fishing was not allowed in key areas of the Yangtze River basin, including Dongting Lake, many fishermen have gradually given up fishing and taken up jobs in many other     9     (industry).

Thanks to their efforts, Dongting Lake ecology has taken on     10     complete new look so far.