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“Traveling to China seems like traveling to another world. Its many famous scenic attractions impressed me     1     (great),”an American said. The following is     2     he wrote on his website.

My friends and I had a family visit in Xi’an,     3     old city with a long history in China. The hosts were retired or stayed at home without a job, and they were friendly to     4     (visit) from different countries coming their homes.

We     5     (taste) the true home-cooked dishes in the home of the family that we visited. For in-homing dinner, the host would prepare a list of menus in advance (提前). Our tour guide asked     6     (we) for advice about the food, so the host would try to cook what we wanted     7     (eat) at his home. We just enjoyed the locally cooked dishes. It was quite a different and exciting experience.

Many foreigners enjoy     8     (learn) how to make Chinese dumplings. We were also     9     (offer) a general cooking class in the local family. The host taught us to make dumplings step by step with lots of patience. And we didn’t need to pay any money     10     this. Travel China Guide offers this kind of service free of charge.

The family visit in Xi’an was a good chance for us to get to know Chinese people’s daily life.

I visited the Musée d’Orsay, which is a world-famous art museum     1    (house) in an old railway building in Paris.

    2     (wander) through the Impressionist gallery, I appreciated masterpieces.Two of the greatest Impressionist painters that     3     (make) the deepest impression on me were Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Monet was    4     (great) inspired by nature. It’s said that about 250 paintings by Monet including the famous piece Blue Water Lilies feature     5     same water lily pond, but all are in different colours and styles.Renoir preferred to paint     6    (scene)of everyday life. I    7    (strike) by the small areas of light across his 1876 masterpiece Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette. It was the    8     (similar)of the paintings     9    impressed me deeply. 

The Impressionists’ vision has inspired and influenced a lot of     10     (paint).

Through travelling you can enjoy beautiful views and    1    (broad) your horizons. In summer, you'd better get on a cruise ship(游轮) in the city of Chongqing which will take you to the Three Gorges,    2     those ordinary ships are usually too crowded. Near Yunyang County, at the steep edge of the hills    3    (stand) the famous Zhang Fei Temple    4    (surround) by trees. Because smoking    5    (forbid) in the cabins, you have to go to the deck to smoke,     6     you can enjoy the beautiful scenery. You can see some fishermen    7    the distance. First, you will go through the Qutang Gorge, which narrows to 350 feet. Then you will sail through the Wu Gorge and the Xiling Gorge. However,     8     impresses you most may be the Daning River in Wuxi County. There is immense    9    (mountain) land on both banks of the Yangtze River with only small areas of flat    10    (plain).

Nowadays more and more people like to travel,     1     (especial) when vacations come. A great number of people rush out of their homes or companies to     2    (travel) spots. They either drive or take a bus, a train, a ship     3    so on. Some even ride bikes. 

Among various travel alternatives, there     4    (be) a special way of travelling—poorism. People have a tour in     5    poorest areas of the world. Some people may take a one-day poorest tour, and some even pay to stay in very poor neighbourhoods     6    (experience) the lowest living standards in the world. Poorism tours take place around the world, and not just in the third world     7    (country). You can, for instance, tour New York neighbourhoods in the Bronx. Such tours can take people into the heart of poor areas. These tours may awaken people to pay     8    (much) attention to long-standing poverty, or the effects of war. 

Some think that tours in the poor areas can raise social care. And the money from the tours can     9    (donate) to help the people    10    live there.

Do you like travelling?     1    (stay) healthy while     2    (travel) can help to ensure your trip is a happy and enjoyable one. When travelling abroad, you can make full use of the following tips which can make your trip much easier.

It’s necessary for you     3    (get) a signed passport and visa. Also, before you go, fill in the emergency information page of your passport! Make two copies of your passport identification page. This will help you a lot if your passport is     4    (steal). Leaving one copy at home with friends or relatives     5    (be) a good idea.

Read the public announcements or travel warnings for the countries you plan     6    (visit). Get yourself     7    (inform) of local laws and customs of the countries to which you are travelling.   

Don’t accept the packages     8    (give) to you by strangers. It’s no use     9    (take) too much money or unnecessary credit cards.     10    (make) enough preparations in advance can help you succeed in travelling.

What will our cities be like in 2050? How much will artificial intelligence advance? Some scientists     1     (make) different predictions recently.

Joel E.Cohen from the The Rockfeller University says    2     is likely that by 2050 the majority of the people in the world will live in urban areas, and will have a    3     (significant) higher average age than people today. Cities will be     4     only realistic solution to housing a population that will expand     5     9.7 billion by 2050.

And the technology is expected    6     (advance) rapidly. According to Bill Michell, the late director of MIT Media Lab’s Smart Cities research group, cities of the future won’t look like “some sort of science-fiction fantasy’’ or “Star Trek’’, but virtual (实质上) reality will change    7     we live. Self-driving cars will make the roads more secure, driving more efficient, and provide     8     (fast) transport.

Charles Ebinger at the Brookings Institution thinks that by 2050 we will also have a so-called “smart grid” where all of our    9     (appliance) are linked directly to energy distribution (分布) systems,     10     (allow) for real-time pricing based on supply and demand. Such a technology would greatly benefit most people and reduced the consumption (消耗) of fossil fuel energy.

Even though the sun is     1    (bright)shining, telling whether it is morning or night is impossible. I’m above the Arctic Circle,    2    in summer the sun never sets. I’m in the remote far north of Sweden in Sarek National Park, a place with no roads or towns.

Around 9,000 years ago,reindeer began to arrive. Following the reindeer     3    (be) the Sami people, who made this territory their home. Getting here is quite     4    (difficulty). In 1909,Sarek was made a national park in order to keep the land in     5    (it) natural state. Though the Sami     6    (allow) to continue their traditional way of life in the park,no one else can live here.

For hundreds     7     years,looking after reindeer was a way of life for the Sami. They used the reindeer’s meat for food,their bones for tools,and their skin for making clothes and tents. Since reindeer were always on     8     move,the Sami would pick up their tents and accompany them.

After breakfast, I pack my bag and set out again. Since I must carry all of my food and     9     (supply)with me, my bag weighs about 30 kilograms.     10    (stay) in such a beautiful and wild place makes me feel blessed to be alive. Here I am enjoying this great adventure.