4 . It is the first day of the summer. George and his friend Carlos are ________ for a camping trip. It is going to be the best camping trip, which will last three days. While Carlos makes ________ for their friends, George is going to make a list of activities to do while they are there. Last year, their camping trip was not entirely a ________. They got a flat tire on the way to their campsite. They also found a ________ bear seizing some of their food. They don’t want to ________ that chaos again.

This year, they want to make a ________ plan. George is going to take a ________ tire and gas, just in case they run out. Carlos is going to try and find a better ________ of storing food without attracting ________ to their campsite. They don’t want anything to ruin this year’s ________. On this trip, George and Carlos have invited ten of their friends. Everyone is ________. George has prepared his list of ________ to do with his friends.

Mountain climbing, hiking, fishing, and to play a few games of flag football are all on their ________ . For night activities, they plan to tell stories, sing songs along with George’s guitar, and play some board games. With the list Carlos ________,they are going to have vegetables, chicken, fruit and some ________ for sudden illnesses. It is going to be the best trip they have ever made.

5 . The idea for street art in Kaohsiung’s districts   _______ one very   _______ local art student named Bamboo . He _______ asked permission to paint a mural(壁画)on   _______ old apartment building in Mi Mi Village. At first, not all of the   _______ agreed. But their village chief, Chou Shiu-Mi _______ them that Bamboo’s project would improve their community’s appearance. They gave _______, yet some still had reservations. _______ Bamboo finished one painting   _______ started more, their concern quickly turned to pride in the project and their village. More than 40 murals now decorate the buildings of Mi Mi Village.

Today, the community fully ________ the street art project. Many from the village are working to organize a volunteer guide program, to ensure ________ visitors feel safe and welcome.

________ one street art fan, no one place seems to   ________the trend more than Kaohsiung. This has prompted some to nickname the city,   “Taiwan’s Street Art Capital.” Areas like Lingya District explode with color from the numerous art pieces ________have been painted by visiting and local artists. The area is thought to be Taiwan’s largest village of murals. Two of the more famous murals are “Feathers”,________Belgian artist Adele Renault and “Rise Above” by Mexican-American artist Ricardo Gonzalez.

6 . 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.

10 . In December 2013, photojournalist Wood set out to become the first person to walk the length of the Nile River.

Wood’s journey began in Rwanda, took nine months and ________ 3,750 miles. It was necessary to make the trip on foot, he says, because “________ is the only way you can really get under the skin of a country.”

Wood acknowledges that his ________ was often dependent on the hospitality (好客) of local villagers. The people of the Sudan, he says, were probably the most ________ of all. Even sharing water, he says, ________ an incredible act of kindness.

“The biggest challenge was the sun ________ down. Most of the day I had to be ________ to the sun,” he recalls, “My guide had a catapult (弹弓). He would shoot pigeons. Other times we’d eat with villagers. The local ________ could vary, from grasshoppers to rats.”

The journey wasn’t without danger. Civil War in South Sudan ________ shortly after his arrival. He made it halfway through the country, to Bor—the front line of the war. It was there that he was arrested and ________ before an army commander, who told him he was not ________, and threatened to kill him if he crossed the border. He was evacuated (疏散)   to the capital, and flew to North Sudan.

“I ________ out 400 miles of the journey,” he regretted.

Had he made the trip ________, he would ________ have achieved a Guinness World Record. But he says it doesn’t matter.

“It was never about breaking records, it was about taking the biggest ________ in my life, and it was certainly that.”