2 . The most unforgettable thing during my long summer holiday last year, of course was my trip ______ England. This was my first time to go abroad, so it really made me ______.

There were quite a lot of interesting places in England, ______ Oxford. When we walked around Oxford, we saw quite a lot of ancient buildings on ______ sides of the streets. One of the most famous tourist ______ in Oxford is Christ Church. It’s ______ one of the Oxford University’s 39 colleges. There is a huge hall in Christ Church, ______ was used as the dining hall at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter ______. I felt really excited when I heard this.

______ place that impressed me ______ during my trip was a place called Stratford upon Avon. It was a small town. Maybe you haven’t ______ it, but I’m sure you have heard about William Shakespeare(莎士比亚)—it’s the great man’s ______. In Stratford upon Avon, I could ______ Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Shakespeare Countryside Museum, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and a lot of places that are connected with ______.

I went to Shakespeare’s Birthplace. It was the house where Shakespeare was born and spent his early years. Its sitting room, hallway(走廊), bedrooms, and kitchen were furnished(布置) in 16th century style. I also went to see the Shakespeare Exhibition. It illustrated(以图解说明) Shakespeare’s life and career in both Stratford and London.

I really enjoyed this nice ______ to England, from which I learned a lot. I’m very happy that I could visit such an interesting country. I want to go there again in the future.

4 . Like many young people, Jessica wants to travel the globe. Unlike most of them, this 25-year-old is doing it _________. She and her husband have spent the last two years traveling the world, stopping everywhere from Paris to Singapore. It might sound like one long, expensive _________, but the couple has an unusual way to make their travel _________.

They’re part of a new form of the _________ economy (经济): an online group of house sitters.

Throughout their no-cost stays in _________ homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner’s _________.

It’s not all sightseeing. The two travellers carefully _________ their trips, scheduling their days around the pets that are sometimes difficult to _________. But house sitting also offers a level of _________ they can’t find in a hotel. “It’s like __________ at a friend’s house,” Jessica says.

The couple has a high __________ rate in getting accepted as house sitters and they always go beyond the homeowner’s __________. For Jessica, that means __________ plenty of pictures of happy pets, keeping the house __________ and leaving a nice small gift before heading to the next house. “You want to make the homeowner feel that they made the right, __________” she says.

5 . When I was 25 years old, I had a big dream in my mind. I wanted to travel around Africa with my _______. So I left my hometown with great confidence and _______ in Cape Town, not really sure what to do next. _______, before my trip actually started, I _______ a kind, old Nigerian man. He gave me the best travel _______ I had ever received: “BE LIKE A STUDENT ON YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD.”

It sounded _______, but it really changed my idea about traveling. He helped me _______ that travel is about learning and observing _______. It's far too easy to go into a (n) _______ country and believe your ways are better.

“But if you study, ask questions, and try to __________ the locals, you'll have far richer __________,” he promised me.

When I was on my tour way to Cancún, I was __________ a tourist. I only stayed there for a week to see the __________ and places of interest and then left. The culture didn't __________ me. I left the cities and towns without really __________ anyone or anything that existed in those places to which I had __________ a visit.

This time, I made a promise to myself that I would be a __________ traveler. After seven months of __________ backpacking in Africa from Cape Town to Cairo, I realized that having a student-like mindset (思维模式) helped __________ my trip and helped me learn a lot, which __________ me more than any other trips ever did to me.

6 . Lauren and Roy Tyson have one simple piece of advice for parents, “Don’t stop doing what makes you happy.”

These are words to live by for this couple, who turned their _______ for travel into a lifestyle most people only dream of. Their adventure _______ in 2015 when they made the _______ to sell all of their belongings and their home to _______ full-time travelers.

They have covered 26 countries and have welcomed two _______ since they first began their journey! In 2018, they welcomed their son Roman, but even parenthood didn’t _______ them down. Roman has become one of the most well-traveled kids ever, _______ 16 countries with his parents by the time he turned 3.

His parents write a _______ called Tyson Trails about their travels, and Roman often takes his own pictures to add his unique 3-year-old perspective on the blog.

Lauren and Roy believe that showing their children the world is _______, even at this young age.

“________ is the best form of education,” said Lauren. “It opens our kids’ eyes to different ________ and cultures they wouldn’t ________ sitting in a classroom.”

In 2021, the family welcomed another son called Lennon. His first ________ within the United Kingdom was booked by the time he was 5 days old.

Their belief is “Your ordinary family on a mission to experience the extraordinary!” This family is a(n) ________ example that we don’t all have to ________ the same boxes in order to provide a loving childhood for our kids.

7 . Find yourself at the doorway of any one of the countless temples or ancient buildings in China, and you may see an attractive but just piece of wall, only slightly larger than the entrance. It is Zhaobi, or spirit walls, which have a _________ history, with evidence _________ the earliest examples at more than 3000 years old.

Zhaobi can be _________ outside the entrance of a variety of buildings, and during the Western Zhou dynasty, they were _________ as a symbol of the social position. They were used for only the _________ members of society, such as the king. Seeing Zhaobi outside a building would let passers-by know that this was the house of someone of extreme _________, while also serving the _________ function of _________ as a form of privacy by blocking the _________ from any prying (窥探的) eyes. With the passing of time, Zhaobi came to play a role in fengshui, a practice which __________ achieving harmony and balance in all things. As well as __________ this spiritual protection, their location would allow energy to __________ better.

__________ further forward in time, Zhaobi became a form of expression and __________ with poetry, paintings and characters representing luck appearing on the __________. Recently many companies have __________ Zhaobi to practice the principles of fengshui, __________ that such a structure surely can bring __________ luck and wealth to their business.

It is __________ that these attractive structures give us a __________ of life at a particular time in history.

9 . A 24-year-old woman has achieved an unbelievable achievement that many of us dream of − visiting every country on Earth.

Lexie Alford was born into a family of travel agents, which gave her the opportunity to ________ places such as Cambodia, Dubai and Egypt during her childhood, according to Forbes magazine. She began saving up at age 12 to ____ her goal of visiting all countries. By her 18th birthday, she had travelled to 72 nations. In October, 2016 she realized she could see the ____ nations on her list in time to set an official record. Many people ____ her travel on social media platform Instagram, so she decided to chase the world record partly to ____ others. “Honestly, in the beginning, I _________ wanted to push the ____ of what I thought I could do with my life and see as much of the world as possible in the _____,” she told Forbes. “It wasn’t until things started getting really_____ that I realized I was inspiring people around me, especially the _____.”

“I also loved visiting Northern Pakistan, for the natural beauty of the mountains and kindness of the locals were astonishing.” Lexie Alford said. “The most pleasant surprise about travelling to all these misunderstood areas of the world was that the countries that I had the ____ expectation for ___________ being the most incredible.”

“My_____ for young people is to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to do. If you want to travel, you have to dream BIG − to travel around the world and never ______; it’s only a matter of ______ until you make it a reality.”

10 . It’s once again been declared the world’s most popular museum. _________, it may not be a _________ thing for the Louvre (卢浮宫) in Paris.

The museum broke its own _________ in 2018, welcoming 10.2 million _________ and claiming the top spot in the world’s most-visited museums.

But the Louvre’s uptick (小幅上升) in visitors _________ too much for many of its workers, causing _________ by reception and security staff over the number of tourists _________ through its doors.

“The Louvre is suffocating (令人窒息的),” the workers union said in a statement. “The public has increased by more than 20% since 2009, but the palace has not grown,” the union _________.

The museum was _________ on Monday and opened later than advertised on Wednesday, due to a __________ with the dissatisfied workers. Visitors have __________ outside the building throughout the week, and those without bookings have been __________.

Although tensions with its workers still __________, the museum’s bottom line is looking __________. The Louvre broke its 2012 __________ record last year, marking a dramatic __________ from a sharp downturn in visits in 2017 that was due to a sudden decrease in __________ in Paris.

The social media that are __________ about Beyoncé and Jay Z’s music __________ filmed at the museum may have contributed to that increase.

But while visitor numbers rose at the Louvre, overall attendance was relatively __________ among the top 20 museums in the world last year. Attendance grew among the top 20 by just 0.1% from 2017 to 2018.