1 . We like to spend our Christmas holidays somewhere warm abroad, and that year we chose Uganda. Nature, wildlife, and sunny days were a(n) ________ while it was so cold and dark in Europe. Life was pleasant, and we had a rental car and a ________ schedule ahead around the country, expecting that we could ________ as many places as possible during the holiday.

However, just within a few days, we had a car accident at a park. I lost ________ of the car, and it rolled over, ________ windows, the frame and the engine.

________. we were alive! My right arm was severely ________, but we managed to reach a nearby American hospital in Masindi. However, we were asked to stay in town for a few more days owing to my ________.

In the duration, we were amazed to find that Masindi is such a(n) ________ town that we can’t resist to ________ our paces. Hence the ________ of our stay were the market and our daily visit to the hospital. We looked for delicate goods, ________ with medical staff, hotel staff and the people in the market, and learned more about their custom.

Before our ________ , we took a road trip south through the country to see something else. Then we focused on ________ its unique nature and people. What a journey for experience and ________!

4 . Setting off on a solo trip, I soon realized I was never really alone.

After traveling to the UK to visit my _________ who studied there, I decided to return to America. I didn’t sleep well the night before I _________. In fact, although I had really _________ every minute of my pleasant stay, I was once again _________ about traveling alone. Directions were not my strong suit. _________, I was faced with a new _________: I had to change planes in Frankfurt, Germany. “You made it here, Mom. _________ yourself. You’ll also go back home _________,” Whitney said when she saw me off at the train station.

The first ride was _________ enough, but after getting off the __________, I had no idea where to find the bus to Gatwick Airport. I was swept up in a sea of people. Filled with __________, I asked help from a man beside me. “I’m going that way,” he said. “__________ me.” He never slowed down but kept an eye on me while we went across the bus station. “There it is,” he said, pointing as we reached the bus.

I arrived at Gatwick with plenty of time to spare, and I __________ my plane without any difficulty. I was never so happy to get on a plane. I sat down in my seat with a sigh of __________. I’d been worried about traveling alone, but the __________ I’d received made me feel I was never really alone.

6 . It’s very necessary for you to make a plan in advance before travelling abroad. An important part of the plan is probably to find the right_________. It may take you days to visit travel websites or read magazines to_________information. It’s a long process, so many people visit_________travelers’ blogs and search track records online, because no one wants to waste the_________vacation time on the sites that may_________their expectations.

Now consider another_________—you are an experienced traveler and you want to share your most_________routes with your family, friends or anyone who is interested in_________your footsteps. But sharing is hard work because you need to write,_________photos and videos, and be busy remembering the __________orders. What if all the work can be done for you__________while you travel? The best__________is to try WishTrip. Through WishTrip, you can search other people’s routes and share yours. Please let WishTrip be your helpful__________through the way.

If you are a contributor, use WishTrip from the beginning of your tour to__________the route on the map. WishTrip will__________all multimedia files to the exact locations where they are taken. When you__________the tour, WishTrip’s smart video functions will accordingly__________a super cool video for you to________ in your memory.

You can use WishTrip in any country where you want to travel. Now the sharing economy is Rapidly__________popularity in the tourism industry. With the help of latest__________, such as AI, WishTrip has made great innovations(创新).

7 . In 2019, I went on a winter break trip with my family. One of our _________ was London. The first thing that I _________ when I landed in London was the weather. It was too _________ for my liking as it required me to wear a thick jacket.

After some _________ using a map of London, we decided to go to Buckingham Palace first.

Buckingham Palace was one of the _________ of a “hop-on, hop-off (随上随下)” bus that we took. The palace itself didn’t look very big or impressive from the entrance _________ it got much more impressive when you entered the gates.

While continuing on the “hop-on, hop-off” bus, we _________ the London Bridge, which I didn’t notice until the driver pointed it out to me. While it felt kind of special to be driving on such an iconic (符号的) bridge, the _________ was not as cool as one would imagine it to be.

Besides its history, this bridge was just another bridge that _________ two masses of land, something that pretty much all __________ do.

When we __________ Big Ben, we decided to hop off the bus and take some __________. Big Ben was a pretty __________ experience for me. In many pictures of London, Big Ben is a very visible (看得见的) building in the skyline, and it was very nice for me to see the clock tower __________. I am a big fan of skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and skyscraper-like buildings so this clock tower certainly caught my __________.

8 . Do you know that the Czech Republic is among the countries that possess the most castles in the world? Among those 2, 000 castles is Hluboka Castle. ________ it is not ranked in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, its unbelievable ________ attracts both domestic and foreign tourists. After living in Prague for more than six years, I was finally able to organize a trip to this ________ castle this summer.

It was a lovely summer day when my two university friends and I decided to travel to Hluboka Castle. The castle is ________ in a town of the________ name, Hluboka, which lies in the southern part of Prague. At 7: 30, we________ the bus station in the main train station of Prague, and after two and half hours, we arrived at our ________.

We walked about 10 minutes from the bus station to the city center. There we had to climb a smooth slope to reach the castle, during which I could already hear the horses’ hooves（蹄脚） and carriage wheels rolling across the ________.

We first saw an extensive English garden with a lawn and colorful flowers. It was first built in Gothic style by King Premysl Otakar II in the 13th century. Later ________ by the famous German-Czech noble house Schwarzenberg, the castle was rebuilt several times. The ________ style was changed first to baroque and later to the same romantic style as England's Windsor Castle.

There are several routes for________, but we only________ the route for representative rooms, which contained the bedroom, dining room, kids' theatre and library. It is ________ for Czech castles to have a guide to________ the history of the castle, which I ________ very much. The castle is________ in many ways. It is mostly decorated by huge tapestries（挂毯画）and jalousie windows. There are also armories （军械库）________ hunting weapons, armor and horse saddles.

I have seen many castles in many countries, but Hluboka Castle still surprised me. After discussing with my friends, I realized that unlike other countries, Czech castles are usually not possessed by kings but ________ families-such as Schwarzenberg, who during their peak period owned ________ castles on Czech land. I am amazed by the interesting history and amazing________ that Hluboka provided.

9 . I picked up my phone to take a picture of the beautiful scenery we were passing through while the tour guide spoke. I swiped my phone lock screen to get to my ________ and got a message that was one of my worst nightmares during a vacation: Cannot take a picture. There is not enough ________ storage in Settings. So I quickly went to my camera roll to see what pictures I could remove. No ________ . I needed to keep all 1, 560 of the photos I already had. Then I tried to ________ some apps,but I needed all of them.

In the minutes that I spent working through my storage issue, I ________ many beautiful views. I probably never get to see them again. And wasn’t I on this ________ to see them?

Suddenly I ________ that though I got to see some things when I gave myself a chance to ________ every once in a while between taking pictures, I was ________ myself of the experiencing time. While at first I was ________   at myself and heartbroken that I wouldn’t have pictures of my own, it was actually a ________ in disguise(伪装). Then I took mental pictures and________the trip.

Recently as I ________ my travel experiences with my friends I no longer use countless pictures that they would see on the Internet to tell my story. ________ , I use my unique experiences to create an ________ in their minds that no picture could ever ________ because this experience is ________ : The mental pictures I took, the beautiful and sometimes horrible smells, the ________ of different cuisines and the first time I ________ touched a snowflake. These were all things that I touched and felt ________ a screen getting in the way.