The 600-year-old Forbidden City is the world’s largest palace. It _________ more than 17 million _________ every year. If we were to travel back to the past, this huge palace would be a _________ to us with a lot remaining to be discovered.

It was when all _________ in Beijing were low except for the Forbidden City, which was surrounded by high _________ and a wide moat (护城河). After _________ the golden roof (屋顶) from the outside, people could only _________ what it looked like inside.

Covering an area of 720, 000 square meters in the heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City was built from 1406 to 1420 by the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, the Forbidden City was where the highest _________ of the country lay. Emperors were born, lived and died there. Various _________ events happened there. It saw the ups and downs of the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as how feudal monarchy (封建帝制) ____________ came to an end in China.

The lives of the royal families were ____________ in many documents (文件). They ____________ a large amount of valuable material for today’s historical ____________, as well as inspiration for literature and entertainment.

In 1987, the Forbidden City was ____________ as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For state leaders who visit China, it is a must-see tourist ____________. When they pay a state visit to China, our top leaders may show them around there.

4 . If you're visiting Florence, Italy, you've got to see the world-famous Uffizi Gallery. But why? Because that's what   ________ does in Florence? Because you feel it ________ to post a selfie in front of the Italian painter Sandro Botticelli's The Birth of Venus (《维纳斯的诞生》)?

Those are obviously ________ reasons. We shouldn't go to places because they're world-famous; instead, we should go to fully ________ what makes them world-famous. But that requires a well-planned visit, not just following the ________, taking pictures and then checking it off on your wish list.

For example, you cannot visit the Statue of Liberty (自由女神像) at all without serious ________. “On busy days, we're taking 25 , 000 people on the small island, and only 500 a day get to the statue,” said Michael Amato, the lead park ranger (管理人) for the Statue of Liberty National Monument. “Right now we're sold out until two months later.” So you need to check when the ticket is available ________.

Still, a lot can ________ before you actually go on the trip. “Keep yourself up to date,” said Jade McKellar, director of the visitor experience centre at the Sydney Opera House. “________ us on social media and sign up for our newsletter.” Even without a booking, visitors can often buy tickets for events that run 363 days a year. But like visiting many sites, a true visit means spending a full day, something a(n) ________ traveller might be unwilling to do.

Another reason to set aside more time: visitors can check out the less famous but equally worthwhile—often beautifully complementary (互补的) sites ________. Susan Greaney, a senior historian at English Heritage, who is in charge of Stonehenge (巨石阵), ________ a trip to the two history museums with Stonehenge-relevant exhibitions. Each of them is less than a 30-minute drive but likely to be ________ on a one-day tour of London. Of course, you can simply ________ the world-famous attraction. If you're ________ museums by the time you get to Florence, forget the Uffizi and take advantage of other things Florence offers. Don't worry about what your friends will think.

5 . Sending an urgent message in a bottle would not typically be considered a sensible strategy. However, it magically _________ for three hikers from California.

In June 2019, for Father's Day weekend, the Whitsons decided to go backpacking along the central California's Arroyo Seco River. Things went _________ for the first two days. On June 16, Whitson, who was _________ with the area, led the trip to the Arroyo Seco narrows(峡谷).

However, when the hikers reached the waterfall in the narrows, Whitson realised that _________ his previous trip through the area, the water currents were too strong to pass. “My heart _________ when I realised that,” Whitson told CNN (Cable News Network). Whitson and his son tried to _________ other routes to get around it, but their efforts proved _________ .

With food running out and no cellphone reception to call for help, he decided to carve a“GET HELP” message on the side of his water bottle and threw it downstream in the _________ that someone would find it. Then they went back up the river to a small beach to camp out for the night.

Sometime after midnight, the three adventurers were _________ by a welcome sound—a California Highway Patrol helicopter flying overhead. Since it was too dark to conduct a(n) __________ ,the officials promised to send a team the following day.

Shortly after being __________ on the morning of June 17, 2019, Whitson __________ that two hikers had tripped on their water bottle and upon seeing the urgent __________ reported the issue to the officials. Whitson says, “They didn't leave their names or phone numbers. They just did what was right in their hearts, and most importantly they took it __________ .”Whitson and his family hope the two good hikers will reveal their __________ so that they can express their gratitude in person.

6 . When I was 25 years old, I had a big dream in my mind and lots of things in my backpack. I wanted to travel around Africa with my _______. So I left my hometown with great confidence and _______ in Cape Town on a one-way ticket, not really _______ what to do next. _______, before my trip actually started, I met a kind, old Nigerian man. He gave me the best travel _______ lever received: “Be like a student on your way around the world.”

It sounds _______, but it really changed my mind about travelling. He helped me _______ that travel is about learning and observing different _______. “It's far too easy to go into a(n) _______ country for you and believe your ways are better. But if you study, ask questions, and ________ to learn from the locals, you'll have far richer experiences,” he promised me. On other trips when I was on my tour way to Cancun, I didn't know the man so I was just a ________. 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. Those people and things ________ in those places to which I had paid a visit.

This trip satisfied me more than any other trip ever did to me.

7 . Last month we bought tickets in Wonderful Tour to Luang Prabang. So the _______ was waiting for us at 8: 40 in the morning in front of our guest-house. The minibus was not very _______, but we got to Luang Prabang rather quickly, with only one _______ for the restroom.

We _______ a room in A Tee Guesthouse but when we came, the owner wanted to give us the room on the first floor, The room on the first floor was dark and _______ bad. We asked for another room on the second floor, but he said that all other rooms _______ not $ 16 but $ 20.The owner spoke almost no English, _______ I didn't like him as well as the room he wanted to give us, so we _______ and left the guesthouse.

It was afternoon and we didn't know what to do. We didn't like to _______ for the hotels on the spot, but ________ we found a very nice B&.B guest-house, not far away from A Tee Guesthouse, for the same _______ but much better.

The room was very ________ with a best hot shower in Laos, free coffee and tea. It is ________ 15 minutes from the night market and city centre. We were the only ________ in this guesthouse for the first two nights, but then new guests checked in and it turned out that the room was not soundproof(隔音的), but it is ________ a very good place to stay! First we planned to stay there for one night, but then we made up our minds to stay there for all nights.

9 . The 600-year-old Forbidden City is the world's largest palace. It _______ more than 17 million _______ in 2018. If we were to travel back to the past, this huge palace would be a _______ to us with a lot remaining to be discovered.

It was when all _______ in Beijing were low except for the Forbidden City, which was surrounded by high _______ and a wide moat (护城河). After _______ the golden roof from the outside, people could only imagine what it looked like inside.

_______ an area of about 720,000 square meters in the heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City was built from 1406 to 1420 by the third _______ of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, the Forbidden City was where the highest power of the country laid. Emperors were born, lived, fought and _______ there. Various historical events happened there. It saw the ups and downs of the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as how feudal monarchy (封建帝制) ________ came to an end in China.

The lives of the royal families were ________ through many documents. They ________ a large amount of valuable material for today's historical ________, as well as inspiration for literature and entertainment.

In 1987, the Forbidden City was ________ as the World Cultural Heritage. For the heads of state who come to visit China, it is a must-see tourist ________. When they pay a state visit to China, our top leader may show them around there.

10 . Starting as a journey to find the true meaning of happiness, The Smile Project began in the late fall of 2011 as Liz drove home from school.

“I had my windows down and my radio up. I couldn't tell you the name of a single song, but I_________I was happy,” Liz recalled.

“_________, when I got home I posted a Facebook status stating, ‘Day 1: Happiness is... those perfect car_________where the radio just plays all the right songs.’”

As day 1 turned into Day 2,3,4 and now 3,307_________days of finding joy, The Smile Project has grown into a widespread campaign with one simple_________：share joy.

Liz started writing down what made her happy each day. This_________of writing daily joy has_________many people across the globe to pause, reflect, and_________one joy that may have brushed through their days.

She_________that it was difficult initially to stay true to the__________of finding gratitude every day__________strength to believe that there is no day without__________.

When she__________Day 3,000, she wrote: “It's easy to feel that what we do is so small, but none of us will truly be able to grasp the deep__________that our lives will have on one another. It doesn’t have to be about money, just about making the__________to make someone's day.”