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!

A grand bridge over the Yangtze River serving cars and trains began operations on Wednesday in Nantong, Jiangsu province, and is expected to     1     (great) promote the integration (整合) and the economy of one of China’s most developed regions-the Yangtze River Delta.

It took six years and four months    2     (build) the bridge between Nantong and Zhangjiagang. Many new technologies     3    (use) then, including cables (电缆) with the highest tensile (拉力的) strength in the world and     4     advanced anti-collision system.

“The anti-collision system can warn the river traffic authority within 3 kilometers if a ship appears likely to strike the bridge.” an engineer said. Each of the bridge’s 432 cables can hold up to 1, 000 metric tons, roughly the     5     (weigh) of more than 600 cars.

As the second dual-use bridge in Jiangsu,     6     (follow) the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, the newly opened structure will help to ease traffic jam,     7     currently occurs on two neighboring Yangtze River bridges in Nantong and Wuxi cities. Travel time between Nantong and Wuxi by highway will be cut in half to 40 minutes.

The upper half of the bridge, a highway of six lanes,     8     (have) a speed limit of 100 kilometers per hour. The     9     (low) half of the bridge has four lanes for trains. With what is designed to be 200 km/h, the new railway lane will cut travel time between Nantong and Shanghai from 3. 5 hours     10     just over an hour.

Lushan National Park, in the south of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is a well-known tourist attraction both in China and abroad. It has appealed     1     countless visitors on account of its natural views and cultural relics.

The national park covers an area of 500 square kilometers and has more than 90 mountain peaks (山峰). The tallest one of these is Hanyang Peak which has a     2     (high) of 1,473.4 meters. The park-owes its reputation to its     3     (wonder), elegant and impressive highlights such as waterfalls and rocks. There are 12 main scenic areas, together with 37 attractions. The major     4     (spot) include Wulao Feng, Sandie Spring, etc.

Wulao Feng,       5     is located in the southeast of Lushan, is 1,436 meters above sea level. Its five parallel mountain peaks once formed a single one, and standing on the top, you will     6     (reward) with an amazing view of the distant mountains, trees, lakes, and a seemingly endless sky.

Sandie Spring     7     (lie)below Wulao Feng and drops through three rough tiers (层) with a fall of 155 meters. The upper part is like snow     8     (fall) down to the pond; the middle reach wanders and twists, dancing in the air;the lower level looks like a dragon running in the pond. This is thought     9     (be) the best of the Lushan waterfalls. It is said that you are not     10     true visitor here if you miss Sandie Spring.

Beijing’s siheyuan,     1     has a long history of more than 8000 years, is a     2     (tradition) building in China. “Si” means east, west, south and north, the four directions and “he” refers to that houses are distributed like a “口”.

Siheyuan is constructed in an enclosed style. There are walls in four directions and the gate is closed in most cases except for going out. A regular siheyuan in an east-west hutong     3     (general) faces south in Beijing, and its unique orientation (朝向) is determined on     4     basis of Feng Shui Studies of China. Different rules and regulations to make a siheyuan can     5     (set) up according to the size of it. There     6     (be) three major sizes: large size, medium size and small size. A medium siheyuan is a more common one, which consists    7     the gate, the outer yard, the inner courtyard and the backyard. It is made of tiles (瓦) and wood, and the relatively light structure is resistant to earthquakes. The overall tone is gray,     8     (give) people a simple and comfortable feeling.

The     9     (preserve) siheyuans of Beijing are mainly found in the hutongs around Shichahai. Other     10     (place) in China like Shaanxi Province and Shanxi Province also have siheyuans. All these are essential architectural relics of China and need further protection.

The Xi’an City Wall,    1    is a symbol of the history and culture of Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, has become an important city brand after continuous improvements.

The Xi’an City Wall    2    (build) in the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) on the foundation of the imperial city walls of the Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907) dynasties. It is the    3    (old), most well preserved, and largest ancient city wall in the world.

The city wall is more than 600 years old and suffers from cracks and flaky (薄片的) soil on a daily basis. In addition to    4    (extreme) large amounts of manual work, technology also provides    5    protective barrier for the city wall. “We have installed 8,700 metal detectors on the city wall    6    ( monitor) various dynamic data such as the pH level    7    the soil, moat (护城河) water level and daily soil moisture (水分) changes,” said Wu, who is a worker of the Xi’an City Wall Management Committee.

In addition to the Hanguang Gate Relic Site Museum, the watchtowers on the city wall have also been transformed into public cułtural and art    8    (site) such as the Jinhuidui Art Museum, Armor Museum, and City Brick Museum. So far, the city wall    9    (launch) a series of cultural and creative products, mystery boxes, and digital collections,    10    (attract) many visitors.

I have been living in Xiamen for more than six years, but every time I visit Kulangsu, it feels special. When I first visited the island, it felt like     1     (step) back in time, right into a time when people were closer to one another.     2     (casual) walking through the isle streets, bumping into an old friend, sharing a few     3     (word) with another visitor who crosses your path... Seemingly trivial (微不足道的) things but such precious experiences in our hurried modern paces of life.

Thanks to     4     (it) special mix of cultural and historical elements, Kulangsu makes you feel enriched, and makes you want     5     (know) more about its history. Moreover, thanks to the fact     6     it is a pedestrian-only island, visitors can enjoy long walks travelling the historical settlement.

Thanks to the     7     (unique), the island receives some 10 million tourists every year. Subsequently (随后), its preservation becomes     8     big challenge to the local government. In order to better manage visitor traffic on and off the island, there is an international ferry terminal that specifically     9     (cater) to sightseers. People living on the island and holders of a Xiamen Social Insurance Card can use the smaller, faster ferry located next     10     yet another top tourist spot in Xiamen, Zhongshan Pedestrian Road.

Kulangsu... Every time you go there, you’ll find a new spot. And a new story.

It was a hot summer day. My mum     1     (hold) a small note and waving at every taxi that passed along the Suzhou road. We had come here by train     2     Shanghai to visit the classical gardens. But now we had already been standing by this road for over     3     hour. We needed to go to the station to catch     4     (we) train to Shanghai and had asked a local shopkeeper to write down the name of the station for the driver to understand. But every driver who stopped to examine the note drove off without     5     (say) a word. There we were, helpless and     6     (lose) in China.

Luckily, a young lady walked over and found out that the paper only said “xièxiè” —Chinese for “Thank you”. No wonder no one would take us. We     7     (sudden) realized that my father had repeatedly asked the shopkeeper to “write this down, please. Thank you! Thank you!” Apparently, he had assumed us funny foreigners     8     wanted to know the word for “thanks” in Chinese. That explained the     9     (puzzle) expression on the taxi drivers’     10     (face) as they just read “thank you” on the note. Thanks to the help of the passer-by, we were eventually able to catch the train.