1 . Brad Ryan had been feeling burnt out from veterinary (兽医的) school when he visited his 85-year-old grandma back in 2015. He hoped that spending some _________ family time in his hometown would help to lift his spirits.

As he was telling his grandma some _________ of his travels, he was _________ to hear her confess (承认) that she had never seen the sea or mountains. Ryan then asked his grandmother if she would like to _________ the Smoky Mountains with him. Needless to say, she was more than _________ to go with him. Then Ryan made a plan and they set out on their _________.

They have since visited 29 different national parks across America-from the breathtaking slopes (斜坡) of the Great Sandy Dunes in Colorado to the attractive shores of Acadia National Park in Maine.

Over the _________ of the last three and a half years, Ryan says that he and his grandma have _________ driven 25,000 miles through 38 states, and it has _________ his quality of living.

“Seeing it through my grandmother’s eyes, who every morning wakes up and is __________ to be alive, has taught me how to __________,” Ryan said. “With her, I’ve had to __________ and see my life in a different way, which has made it much __________.”

“I __________ my grandma, and our journeys really gave me a lot of peace before she eventually passed on. I can __________ these places and feel her spirit and feel connected to her, because she set her eyes on the __________ things,” he added.

Ryan, who has been __________ all of their adventures online, hopes that their social media presence will __________ other youngsters to spend more time with their elders.

“I want people who are still __________ to know, it is cool to hang out with your grandparents,” Ryan said. “There’s so much __________ and knowledge we can get from our elders.”

2 . Located in Ontario, Canada, the Niagara Falls is the seventh wonder of the world and the fastest flowing waterfall in the world. When I went to tour it, I found there were some truly amazing ways to _________ the waterfall.

One way was to take a _________ to the center of the Niagara Falls. Everyone on board was given a raincoat that looked more like a garbage bag. We would need it later on when we got close to the waterfall. There were huge waves and thick mist (迷雾), although we were still far away from Niagara Falls. Inside the mist, another boat approached us. As that boat _________, we waved hello to the blue-coated _________. After a while, we were as _________ as possible to the waterfall, which was like a wall in front of the boat. The _________ here was white with huge waves that _________ to knock over the boat. A few minutes was enough to make this a very exciting trip.

Another _________ was to go behind the waterfall. This adventure started with everybody walking into a wet and _________ tunnel (隧道) one by one. It was __________ by several lanterns, making us see the tunnel clearly. As the tunnel came to an end, I could see that we had __________ onto a platform at the foot of the waterfall. Here, I had a good __________ of how thick the waterfall was. It was at least one meter __________.

__________ I experienced Niagara Falls, I was shocked by how __________ it was. And I look forward to taking the zip line next time to view Niagara Falls from the sky. It will definitely be a wonderful time, too.

3 . Located in Ontario, Canada, the Niagara Falls is the seventh wonder of the world and the fastest flowing waterfall in the world. When I went to tour it, I found there were some truly amazing ways to _______ the waterfall.

One way was to take a _______ to the center of the Niagara Falls. Everyone on board was given a raincoat that looked more like a garbage bag. We would need it later on when we got close to the waterfall. There were huge waves and thick mist (迷雾), although we were still far away from Niagara Falls. Inside the mist, another boat approached us. As that boat _______, we waved hello to the blue-coated _______. After a while, we were as _______ as possible to the waterfall, which was like a wall in front of the boat. The _______ here was white with huge waves that threatened (有……危险) to _______ over the boat. A few minutes was enough to make this a very exciting trip.

Another _______ was to go behind the waterfall. This adventure started with everybody walking into a wet and _______ tunnel (隧道) one by one. It was ________ by several lanterns, making us see the tunnel clearly. As the tunnel came to an end, I could see that we had ________ onto a platform at the foot of the waterfall. Here, I had a good ________ of how thick the waterfall was. It was at least one meter ________.

________ I experienced Niagara Falls, I was shocked by how ________ it was. And I look forward to taking the zip line (滑索) next time to view Niagara Falls from the sky. It will definitely be a wonderful time, too.

4 . Mark and Rosa have been wanting to go on holiday for many years. They _________ quite hard for several years. Finally, they saved up enough money for their dream _________ at a place called San Antonio in the Caribbean — _________ the dream was more like a nightmare (噩梦)! The holiday cost over five thousand dollars each, but they _________ to go for two weeks in the spring _________ they heard that the weather was perfect there at that time.

The _________ began when the flight was delayed (延误) because of bad weather and they couldn’t _________ until night. They finally got on the _________ twelve hours later! _________, they couldn’t fly to San Antonio because there was a storm and they had to fly to the capital city __________, where they stayed in a(n) __________ hotel by the airport.

The hotel was next to the __________, but it wasn’t near a beach: the sea was so dirty you couldn’t swim in it and the hotel swimming pool was full of leaves! To make things __________, the food was terrible, too: for breakfast there were __________ different types of bread and the salad was full of mayonnaise (蛋黄酱)! The worst part was when the __________ arrived: they felt really terrible because of the wind and rain. Because of the weather they had to stay another night in the small hotel with nothing to do. They finally arrived in San Antonio three days later and someone told them the weather there had been wonderful all the time!

5 . A lot of travellers who are going to new cities are often told to begin their trips with a bus tour. This thinking is that they can then go to the places that _______ them. But that is wrong. What you see from the inside of a moving bus is _______ and removed from the real sights, sounds, and smells outside. So the best way to experience any place is on foot and with absolutely no travel plan. _______ go wherever your feet and your interests _______ you.

You will not only get to the _______ sites that are on the bus tour — the museums, the monuments, the city hall — but you will have seen much more. You will have _______ the present life of the city.

But there is a problem: What if I get lost? No one ever gets _______ lost in a major city. At first you can find your way back to a well-known place. If it frightens you to be “lost”, just find a taxi and go back to where you started. However, the _______ things can happen if you get lost. You can _______ at a sidewalk cafe to have a rest. You can ask the local people near you. And ________ they don’t speak your language, your trip becomes more memorable because of the ________. Here are a few more ways to get the most out of your travel.

First, know before you go. ________ a few hours before your trip learning about the history and culture of your destination.

Second, move around like a local. Use the subways and buses of the city you are ________. You will not only save money, but also learn how people really live.

Third, check the bulletin boards. Sometimes you can find advertisements for free concert, and ________ fun activities on bulletin boards around universities.

So the next time you see a travel poster wishing you to have a bus tour, just save your money. Instead, wander ________. I promise you a time you will remember with great pleasure.

6 . My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he wanted from _______, but something told him to _______ and begin a new adventure.

He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road _______ him.

It’s easy to feel _______ when you’re on the road. We made lots of new friends on our trip — most of them are mechanics, since we often _______ hours in repair shops. But that was a way much _______ than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine to cool off when it was 40℃ outside.

Getting along well sometimes seemed _______. There were always a lot of _______, especially among us back seat passengers about who had to sit in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about tolerance (包容). When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three thanks to bad roads and _______ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her slowly turn toward my father. “No,” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a seven­hour car trip turned into a 16­hour one, which was mostly spent in vain (徒劳).

On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were ________ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the ________. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and ________ one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.

This is why road trips were like ________   universities to us. We ________ our PhDs (博士学位)   in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.

If we were ________ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the suitcases in the car myself.

8 . 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.