Liu Daiyu and her cousin Liu Qian paid a visit to Canada. They spent a couple of days in Vancouver seeing the sights. In order to catch the train to Lake Louise, the two girls     1     (arise) early and took the breakfast. Upon their     2     (arrive), seeing the breathtaking scenery, they were fascinated by the beauty immediately.

The Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is one of the most famous buildings in the world,     1    (consider) to be one of the most recognisable     2     (image) of the modern world, although the building has been open for only about 40 years. The Sydney Opera House is     3     representative of Australia as the pyramids of Egypt.

6, 225 square metres of glass and 645 kilometres of electric cable were used to build the Opera House,     4     (include) 900 rooms. It is 183 metres long and 118 metres wide. The building’s roof sections weigh about 15 tons and there are about 1 million tiles on the roof,     5     provides guided tours for 200,000 people a year.

But do you know the Opera House with a roof was designed by a famous Danish architect, Utzon? In the late1950s, the     6     (Australia) government established an appeal fund to finance the     7     (construct) of the Sydney Opera House, and conducted a competition for its design. Utzon devoted a few years to     8     (rework) the design and it was 1961 before he had solved the problem of     9     to build the distinguishing feature — the sails of the roof.

The venture experienced cost blowouts. In 1966, the situation reached a crisis point and Utzon resigned from the project. The building was finally completed by others in 1973. The Sydney Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ on 20th October, 1973.

The Sydney Opera House,     10     (locate) on Bennelong Point, reaches out into the harbour. The skyline of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, viewed from a ferry or from the air, is dramatic and unforgettable.

Fujian Tulou is a unique large-scale rammed earth (夯土) residential building in a mountainous area, as well as a masterpiece of     1     (create) architecture. Tulou shows a reasonable layout (布局), for it takes advantage of the small flat land in the mountains     2     (skillful), which follows the concept of traditional Chinese architectural design.

Tulou has diverse styles of shape. The square building, round building and wufeng building are the three most common     3     (pattern). Among them, the round building’s ventilation (通风), lighting, anti-typhoon and earthquake, as well as the defense function     4     (be) the best. The most unique style is the large circular building     5     is five or six floors high. There are buildings in the building, and the outside building is high and the inside one is low.

Tulou     6     (build) of local materials, mainly earth, stone and wood. Among them, the     7     (construct) of the earth wall uses the long-standing earth ramming technique to the fullest. The rammed earth wall is thick at the bottom and thin at     8     top, and the thickest part can reach 1.5 meters. The earth wall is solid and firm. This kind of high and solid building     9     (make) of the most common material and turning the ordinary     10     something magic, reflects the creativity of local residents.

Next week I’m travelling to Australia to visit a friend there. I have also read about some iconic     1    (site), I can’t wait     2    (see) all of them. On Oct. 1^st, I’m there in Sydney. Since I arrived, my friend     3    (bring) me to my first open-air barbecue and has also shared many different but yummy meals     4     me, so my first impressions of Australia have been all about food. On Oct. 3^rd, my friend and I have arrived in Katherine. We’re here to learn about the life and customs of the Aborigines.     5    (survive) in this vast land on the ocean, the Aborigines had to be in close contact with nature. This shows in their music,     6     celebrates the natural world and the spiritual world around them. Most of their     7    (music) instruments are really just sticks found on the ground, among which there is     8     amazing instrument called the didgeridoo. On Oct. 6^th, it’s almost time for me to say goodbye to Australia. After being here for a while, my biggest     9    (impress) is the complicated mix of peoples and cultures.     10    (person) speaking, what I like most about Australia is the people themselves. After experiencing Australia, I have to say that I agree with the tourism slogan: There’s nothing like Australia.

Several years ago, my wife and I     1    (take) a life-changing trip to Rwanda in search of endangered mountain gorillas(山地大猩猩).

The “land of a thousand hills” spread out before us as we drove. We were     2    (complete) attracted by the breathtaking scenery. Also, with such     3     inviting scene just down the mountain from our hotel, we couldn’t wait     4    (explore) it. When it came time to search     5     the gorillas the next morning, we did just that. During our trip, we climbed two of the eight     6    (mountain) in the Virunga Mountain Range: Mt. Sabinyo and Mt. Karisimbi.

The first morning, we set out at sunrise to meet our guide     7     helped us arrange our trip. The subject of our search was the Hirwa Group of Mt. Sabinyo, which consisted of a set of young twins and several others. A great Silverback(银背大猩猩) Muninya first     8    (find) by us got up to mess with us a bit before     9    (settle) back down to play with his kids. The second day, we climbed 2,836 meters up Mt. Karisimbi looking for the Susa Group, a family of nearly 40 strong Gorillas of all ages provided even more moments of family fun time to observe.

We wish we were still immersing(使沉浸在) ourselves in the wonderful and     10    (attract) Rwandan culture. We will go back again someday.