2 . About 20 minutes away from River Campus, one might ______ sounds of magical flights at the mysterious Mushroom House of Powder Mills Park. The private houses, seen as the landmark of Town of Perinton, show off extraordinary architectural ______ with tree-like doors and wooden sculptured, treasure-filled mosaics, and naturalistic components in both in-side and ______ .

This odd artistic ______ has gained the Mushroom House its own official website and widespread media coverage. Since the house's ______ , it has actively been covered by many media. Much like Disney's Pixie Hollow, the Mushroom House appears to be a collection of “found” parts. The ______ starts from the underground garage to the tunnel, a reminder of the University's tunnel system, appearing the outer of the Mushroom House.

The ______ tops and inner branches of the Mushroom House are in good condition, ______ to aha old mushrooms found in a backyard. But the different types of glass, with their unique shapes and materials, used to build walls of the Great Room and the master bathroom lend the inside a colorful personality. Though ______ the curved (曲线) of the ceilings in all four mushrooms create acoustics (音响效果) that its website ______ that of Carnegie Hall in New York City. ______ builders Peter Strong and William Ash ton, the four 80- ton Mush-room House were built from models on the ground. The outside Mushroom House was then ______ with works of art, including fashionable lighting and handmade bricks, hobbit-like doors, tree and ______ sculptured, sand-molded walls and ceilings, custom wood furniture, and iron failings.

These works of art were all designed and ______ by local artists. Though this seems like a dream, it ______ a sweet past.

4 . 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 arrived in Cape Town, not really _______ what to do next._______, before my trip actually started, I met a kind, old Nigerian man. He gave me the best travel tips I had ever received. “Be like a(n) _______ on your way around the world.”

It sounded _______, but it really changed my idea about travelling. He helped me _______ that travel is about learning and observing local _______. It’s far too easy to go into a new 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.

On other vacations, ________ I was on my tour way to Cancun, I was ________ a tourist. I only stayed there for a week to see the sights and place of interest and then left. The culture didn’t ________ me. I left the cities and towns without really knowing a anyone or anything that existed (存在) in those places to which I had paid a visit.

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

5 . My husband and I just spent a week in Paris. Our aim was to see if we could live, in some way, like real Parisians. So the first thing we did was _______ a fantastically expensive sixth-floor apartment the _______ of a cupboard. It was so tiny that we had to leave our suitcases in the hallway.

The place wasn’t _______ authentic, though. Unlike a _______ Parisian apartment, the plumbing (水管) worked. There was a nice kitchen and a _________ bed. Our _________ even had a tiny lift with a female voice that said perfect French.

Parisians are different from you and me. They never look lazy or untidy. As someone once _________, they eat great food and never gain _________. The food is so delicious that you don’t need much of it to be happy. French strawberries do not taste like cardboard. Instead, they _________ in your mouth like little flavor bombs. That’s not the only reason why the French eat less than us. On our first morning in Paris, I went to the food market to __________ some groceries. I bought a handful of perfectly ripe strawberries and a little sweet melon. My husband and I agreed they were the best fruit we had ever eaten. But they cost $18!

In France, __________ of life is much more important than efficiency. You can tell this by cafés life. French cafés are always __________. Many customers are locals. When do these people __________? The French take their 35-hour workweek seriously — so seriously that some labor unions recently __________ a deal with a group of companies __________   the number of hours that independent contractors(承包商) can be on call.

6 . 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.

7 . 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.

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.”