The Giant Panda National Park,     1     officially came into being in 2021, is a hugely ambitious project.     2     (cover) an area of 27, 000 square kilometers of countryside in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces, the park is a massive drive     3     (protect) China’s pandas.

In Wannian Village, however, the news     4     (greet) with some anxiety. Thousands of people were already living in the area when the park was announced. And many of them were making a living through     5     (activity) that were illegal under the new policy.

For decades, mining and hydropower (水电) were the main industries in Wannian. The projects were     6     (profit) and created a lot of jobs. But the mines were ruinous to the local environment.

There only appeared to be one way out: turning the village     7     a tourist hotspot. Wannian has several natural advantages: it’s only 200 kilometers from Chengdu. The village also sits right on the southern tip of the park, making it     8     great jumping-off point for visitors. Plus, the nearby panda training center is famous all over China.

Local officials     9     (immediate) set about rebranding (重塑形象) Wannian as a “panda village”. The place was given a complete makeover. Cute panda sculptures were placed along the winding path leading from the highway. The newly     10     (build) hotels have attracted visitors nationwide.

Fairy-tale ice sculptures attract hundreds of thousands of tourists into China’s Harbin.China’s annual Ice and Snow Festival, with     1     (it) fairy-tale ice sculptures, opened on Friday, drawing large crowds of tourists who walked carefully over the     2     (slip) ice and snow. This year the ice park covers 810, 000 square meters with 250, 000 cubic meters of sculptured ice     3     (harvest) from the nearby frozen Songhua River, and lit up at night with colourful lights.

The sculptures, some of     4     were a-few-storey-high, featured Chinese style buildings and bridges, fairy-tale castles, towers and one modeled after Beijing’s Temple of Heaven. All of them left a deep     5     (impress) on the visitors.

The festival’s marketing vice director Sun Zemin told Reuters the average number of people visiting the park daily has increased     6     (significant) to around 30,000 this year. Over the past few days, the festival park     7     (receive) more than 163, 200 people,     8    (generate) 46. 18 million yuan ($6 45 million) in income, nearly six times higher     9     a year ago. That helped draw some 3.05 million tourists to the city during the same period, and Heilongjiang’s Culture and Tourism Department called the tourist boom     10     “ice and snow miracle” in Harbin this winter.

Sydney is often considered to be one of the most expensive cities in the world. But it is possible for international students living on a budget     1    (find) lots of things to do.     2     students who enjoy physical activities and nature, there are many places to walk, hike, and explore.

The Blue Mountains, located in the central areas of the Sydney Basin, offers     3     number of hiking trails for people of all athletic abilities to take all-day hikes, or camping adventures. Students     4    (draw) more to beaches can do the Bondi Beach to Coogee Beach walk. This walk takes you a little under four miles along the coastline, providing you with a view of     5    (vary) beautiful beaches and parks. You can also walk through the Royal Botanical Gardens. It is located along the Sydney Harbour, and features public art and sculptures scattered(分散) throughout the gardens. Students will also want to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge,     6     is the largest steel-arch bridge in the world. The bridge     7    (build) on March 19, 1932, and walking it is a popular     8    (choose) for both locals and tourists. Walking the bridge     9    (give) you a unique view of the bridge     10    (it), the city and the harbor.

I liked travelling. When I wandered around the world, I     1     (actual) met many kind people. Yann was one of them in Switzerland. That day, he took me downstairs to a laundry room(洗衣房) in     2     the family were hanging their clothes. It was very strange for me, since in Spain and in Asia, we hung most of     3     (we) clothes to dry in the sun outside.

He told me he     4     (move) here twenty years before and the government gave him this yard so he and his wife could have a place to live     5     . He told me that, because his son had grown up and moved away, he had a spare room to offer to     6     (guest) free of charge. I was deeply touched by his story and I think he was a     7     (friend) man.

That night, we had     8     great chat about his volunteer work he had done in Madagascar. Yann said the best way     9     (travel) in small towns in Switzerland was being picked up by passers-by     10     (drive) a car. He then wrote “Montreux" on a piece of cardboard and insisted I should take it with me. I was grateful for his help.

Traveling to foreign countries     1     (consider) exciting and educational. Not only can you pick up new languages and have a taste     2     local cuisine, but you can get to admire some of the world’s most beautiful art and architecture.

Since the coronavirus pandemic     3     (go) viral, traveling has become quite difficult. Very early in the first lockdown, museums, theatres, and zoos started hosting virtual tours,     4     (bring) the exhibits and performances into peopled living rooms through their high-speed internet connections.

According to Forbes, Google     5     (search) for the term virtual tour reached 1,300 in February 2020. In March that year when the first lockdown began, the number increased to     6     (approximate) 10,000. And it kept rising as people continued to stay at home.

Currently, the pandemic     7     prevents people from going abroad is still prevailing throughout the world. So     8     your heart wants to enjoy the live concert in Sydney, wander through the     9     (crowd) alleys in Beijing, or check out the magnificent fountains in Rome, you can take     10     virtual city tour to explore to your heart’s content.

The Xi’an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China’s long history. It     1     (build) originally to protect the city     2     the Tang dynasty and has now been completely restored (修复). It is possible       3     (walk) or bike the entire 14 kilometers.

We accessed the wall through the South Gate. The wall is 12 meters high and from here you can see streams of people moving inside and outside the City Wall.

After     4     (spend) some time looking at all the defensive equipment at the wall, we decided it was time for some action and what     5     (good) than to ride on a piece of history!

We     6     (hire) our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old and shaky     7     did the job. It took us about 3 hours to go all     8     way around the Xi’an City Wall. Supposedly you can do it in two hours, but we stopped at the different gates and     9     (watchtower) to take pictures or just to watch the local people going about their     10     (day) routines.

Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me of the popular Beatles’ song “The Long and Winding Road”.     1     is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes. The rolling sea of clouds you see once you are at the top will remind you how tiny we     2     (human) are.

The hot spring at the foot of the mountain is something you must try after the climb. It will     3    (undoubted) help you get refreshed! The amazing thing about the spring is that the colder the temperature gets, the     4     (hot) the spring! Strange, isn’t it? But that’s how nature is — always leaving us     5     (astonish).

What comes next is the endless series of steps. You can’t help wondering how hard it     6     (be) for the people then to put all those rocks into place. Though it is the only unnatural thing on your way up the mountain, still it highlights the whole adventure     7    offers a place where you can sit down to rest your     8     (ache) legs.

As the song goes, this long and winding road “will never disappear”, and it will always stick in the visitor’s memory. It sure does in     9     (I). While you’re in China, Mount Huangshan is     10     must to visit!