This year’s winter has proven     1     important season for Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang province, as interest     2     the icy destination greatly increased after social media posts showed many citizens from the warmer south flooding into the snowy city. It     3     (welcome) nearly 3.05 million visitors, taking in $832.39 million of tourism revenue (收入), during the three-day New Year holiday.

International Ice and Snow Sculpture (雕塑) Festival is considered to be the     4     (large) ice festival in the world. The festival includes several thousand ice sculptures. Some of these     5     (work) are the recreations of castles, historic landmarks and famous people, lit up at night in bright colors.

The city started     6     (it) icy event in 1963 with the Ice Lantern Garden Party, a     7     (celebrate) of the tradition of creating lanterns out of blocks of ice.

This year, its careful and considerate details make sure that tourists feel warmly welcomed, cared for and     8     (respect). So, their positive experiences are     9     (wide) shared on the internet,     10     contributes to Harbin’s “internet celebrity” city status.

Peru is a country on the Pacific coast of South America. It was the center of the    1     (power) ancient Inca Empire in the 1400s and 1500s. In the 16th century, Spain    2     (take) control of Peru and ruled until 1821.

If you want to travel around Peru, there are four places worth a visit. First, you can go from Cusco to the Amazon rainforest by plane. From there, you can take a boat to your     3     (accommodate) and then spend three days     4     (explore) the rainforest with a local guide. Then, if you want     5     (admire) the Incas’ unique architecture, Machu Picchu is the perfect place     6     you to visit. There you’ll be amazed     7     the ancient city,     8     (especial) its dry stone method of building. The next place, Cusco,     9     (be) once the capital of the Inca Empire. Arriving at Lake Titicaca, you will take a boat and stay with a local Uros family on     10     island for three days.

Local     1     (official) in Beijing promised to further protect the city’s cultural heritage, in particular the narrow streets known as hutongs.

Hutongs are     2     (common) found in the cities of North China, but they are in danger. Beijing is currently believed to have fewer than 1,000 hutongs, most of     3     are near the Forbidden City. Only 60 years ago, the number of the hutongs     4     (be) 3,250.

“Every year more than 100, 000 people visit the Forbidden City during the National Day holidays. The visits put pressure on     5     protection of cultural relics,” said Huang Yan, director of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning,     6     (add) that hutongs should be protected from human damage.

The government concentrated     7     how the protection plans were carried out and how the management of cultural heritage worked. Wang Shaofeng, head of the Xicheng District Government, said the area has 182 cultural relics, and many of them were built as far back as the Yuan Dynasty. The district of Xicheng has 1.28 million residents in     8     (it) 57 square kilometers of land. “The most efficient way is to decrease the local population to reduce the possibility of causing harm to the heritage,” Wang said. “Each community has been required     9     (report) the status of its cultural heritage.” No one knows for sure how many hutongs     10     (leave) in the coming 100 years.