My motherland, China,     1     capital is Beijing, is a great country with a long history and rich culture. It     2    (locate) in the east of Asia, with an area of 9,600,000 square kilometers and     3     population of 1.4 billion. Our country     4    (consist) of 56 nationalities, among which the Han Ethnic Group is the largest,     5    (make) up 94% of the people. There are many beautiful mountains and rivers as well as rich natural     6    (resource) in China. As we all know, the Yangtze River is the third     7    (long) river in the world,     8     the Great Wall is one of the seven wonders in the world. Kung Fu is the crystallization of Chinese     9    (wise) and the embodiment of Chinese traditional culture. The Chinese people are hard-working and brave. Great changes     10    (take) place in China in the past 20 years.

The Colombian black spider monkey is among dozens of animals whose live cells and tissue right now     1    (preserve) as part of a new project. Nature's Safe, a charitable     2    (organize) in the UK, is creating the first living biobank in Europe     3    (save) animals that could one day be at risk of dying out. A biobank is a store for biological materials. Nature's Safe takes samples of animals' cells and body tissue and     4    (store) them in the hope that they can revive a species if it disappears.

Tullis Matson, who started Nature's Safe, said, Time is ticking by — there are a million endangered species and some of them have reached a point     5     conservation experts believe they might soon become     6    (extinction)”. So far, the Nature's Safe biobank has stored cells of species     7    (include) black rhino, the pied tamarin, a small monkey native to Brazilian forests,     8    the mouse deer.

It costs around £100 to keep one sample from one animal. The bank aims to store around 50 samples for each species,     9    (take) from separate animals. Matson says that this means "as little as £5,000 could save     10     entire species”.

Earthquake can not be prevented or even predicted.     1     our chances of survival are much better if we make full     2     (prepare) in advance and we know     3     to do in case an earthquake strikes. Before an earthquake we should be aware of the exits     4     the safe places. When     5     is an earthquake, we should find our shelters by some hard walls or under some strong stable     6     (furniture), such as beds and desks. At the same time, do remember to protect our heads and never be panic    7     (jump) out of the window or take the lift. After the earthquake, we should be patient and hopeful. Usually, some     8     (small) earthquakes may follow and it may be a long time    9     help comes. During this time, keeping our     10     (strong) by calling for help with a whistle and being brave is the right thing to do.

Every year, at the end of October, tens of thousands of people flock to a Buddhist temple in China to see a huge gingko biloba tree (银杏树) drop its foliage (枝叶) and turn     1     temple from green to gold. The Gu Guanyin Buddhist temple,     2     (locate) in the Zhongnan Mountains of China’s Shaanxi Province is home     3     a 1,400-year-old gingko biloba tree. It was planted for the Tang dynasty (618-907) emperor Li Shimin,     4     is one of the     5     (great) rulers in Chinese history. It towers superbly over the temple,     6     for a few days every autumn, it rains down a gold carpet of     7     (leaf) that stands out against the muted tones of the season. Because of its     8     (amaze) appearance, it has been called the world’s most beautiful gingko biloba tree, and     9     (become) a tourist attraction in its own right.

Due to the increasing     10     (popular) of its ancient gingko biloba tree, the Gu Guanyin Buddhist temple has reportedly increased daily visitor capacity to around 7,200, between 8 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon.

Tongariro National Park is the oldest national park in New Zealand. In 1993, it     1    (become) the first World Heritage Site to be considered as a cultural landscape (风景). This means it has     2    (nature) environments that should     3    (protect) both because they are special, and     4     they are culturally important to the native people.

The park, sitting near the center of the North Island of New Zealand, covers about 800 square kilometers. It protects different     5    (type) of landscape.     6     are snow-covered ski fields, hot springs, lakes, etc.

At the center of the park     7    (be) three huge active volcanoes(火山)—Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro. All three are very much alive, with Tongariro erupting (爆发) as recently as August 2012, but this doesn't prevent people from     8    (visit) them—a monitoring system (监测系统) provides early warning of eruptions. These mountains have important cultural meanings for the native Maori people,     9    have lived in this area for about a thousand years.

Tongariro National Park is home to the famous Tongariro Alpine Crossing,     10    (wide) considered as one of the world's best one-day hikes.

The 15 wild Asian elephants left their habitat in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in Southwest China's Yunnan province and     1    (move) to the north. 41 days later, the herd traveled to Hongta district, Yuxi city neighboring with the south of Kunming. The     2    (locate) was only 20 km away from Kunming's Jingning district and less than 100 km away from the capital s downtown area. The herd,     3    (original) consisting of 17 elephants in total at their departure time,     4    (report) to leave Xishuangbanna last year.     5     May 24th, a young elephant found alcoholic food at a villager's home and got drunk. Luckily, the baby elephant,     6     overslept, rejoined the unit the next day. The 15 elephants continued their journey. The Asian elephant,     7    (include) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species as endangered, enjoys Class-A protection in China, the same level as that of the giant panda. Yunnan     8    (be) the only habitat of wild Asian elephants in China. Before the 1970s, the species was threatened due to many reasons, such as an increase in the human population, reduced forestry areas     9     illegal(非法的) hunting. The number of elephants dropped significantly. However, due to determined protection efforts in recent     10    (decade), the Asian elephant population in China has risen from 170 in the 1970s to 300.

We all create too much trash but no one was showing much interest in taking out the trash every day. In my family, we usually argue over things like     1     turn it is to take out the trash. However, this kind of     2     （bore）housework might be filled with fun. According to a piece of online news, a dad in Puertollano, Spain, takes the trash out     3     his daughter in different costumes every day. Videos of the two have got many likes online     4     （recent）. In the video, in order to entertain his daughter Mara, 3 years old, Jaime Coronel     5     （catch）the opportunity to take the trash from his home to the street—dressing up as a     6     （differ） character. "When it came time to celebrate Halloween last year, I thought ‘why not go out in costume to put the garbage out?’", the father said. Since then, they have appeared in costume of     7     （figure）, such as Frozen, Dragon Ball, Spider-Man, Beauty and the Beast, Batman and Wonder Woman, among others. Coronel's wife said, "Every evening after dinner, our daughter would volunteer     8     （take）out the trash and she became especially excited when she dressed up     9     （she）as Wonder Woman. The tours also became     10     interesting walk around the block, not just to take the trash."

It is reported that at present a city in Japan has a problem with graffiti(涂鸦). However, it is not the usual type of graffiti with paint from spray cans     1    (use) to write on walls. It is graffiti in sand.

Officials in the city of Tottori are asking tourists to give up     2     (write) messages and drawing pictures in the sand of its giant sand dunes (沙丘). The officials say the graffiti causes damage to the dunes,     3     destroys the pleasure others get in looking at the sand.

More than 3,300 cases of "sand graffiti"     4     (occur) at the tourist spot in the past decade. In January, two overseas tourists were ordered     5     (erase) a 25-meter-long message that read "Happy Birthday Natalie".

The Tottori Sand Dunes are famous throughout Japan     6     their natural beauty. They are the largest and longest sand dunes in the country and form part of     7     scenic coastal park on the sea of Japan coast. The biggest dune is 50 meters high.

The local government wants to improve tourists' understanding of the     8     (important) of the dunes. It will set up much     9     (many) signs in English, Chinese and Korean asking people to respect the dunes. A spokesman said, "We are concerned about whether the rules are     10     (complete) understood, and we want to continue to protect views of the beautiful sand dunes."