A casual walk along the Beijing Central Axis,     1     (connect) the Drum Tower, the bustling Nanluoguxiang Lane, the Jingshan Park and the majestic Forbidden City—this was Zhao Xianghan’s maiden city-walking journey in the spring of 2022.

Since then, the 21-year-old student from the Beijing Foreign Studies University     2     (remain) a city-walk enthusiast, believing it to be the best way to rediscover a city.

“I visited Beijing before the start of my college life here, and it was a typical package tour during     3     going to scenic spots and taking photos was a big thing. The crowded tourist attractions gave me the     4     (impress) that Beijing was a noisy place,” said Zhao.

“Yet now a city-walk allows me     5     (see) a whole different side of Beijing, which is full of serenity,” Zhao added.

With the increasing variety of travel options,     6     (tradition) group tours can no longer satisfy people who are looking for a more personalized and different travel experience     7     hoping to find every part of the city in a more immersive way, according to a blog posted on social media platform WeChat that has gained more than 100, 000 views.

    8     (compare) with tightly scheduled itineraries(行程) and picture-taking tours, city-walking focuses     9     free, casual and spontaneous experiences.

“City-walk is all about doing whatever you want in your own exploration of a city, and it is     10     (actual) a kind of slow-paced and low-carbon lifestyle that I relate to so much,” said Zhao.

Why do people use different words to describe the UK?

    1     (clarify) this question, we can study British history. First there was England. Then Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were linked     2     it. At last the United Kingdom     3     (found) in the early 20th century,     4     new flag is called the Union Jack. To their credit, the four countries do work together in some areas,       5     they still have very different institutions. England is the     6     (large) of the four countries. For convenience, it’s divided       7     (rough) into three zones. They are the South of England, the Midlands and the North, with most of the population in the south and most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. As the centre of national government and its administration, London has the greatest       8     (history) treasure of all and there are many museums, art     9     (collect), theatres, parks and buildings. There have been four sets of invaders of England. The Romans left their towns and roads. The Anglo-Saxons left their language and government. The Vikings       10     (influence) the vocabulary and place-names. The Normans left castles and introduced new words for food.

How would you feel if moving to a new town meant     1    (lose) track of your friends?

What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that     2     (take) ages to be delivered? Thanks to advances in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed     3    (significant).

The digital age     4    (enable) us to find people who share our interests. Whatever our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with people     5     also enjoy doing them, even if they live on     6     other side of the world.

On social media sites, people tend     7    (post) only positive updates that make them appear happy and     8    (friend). But smiling photos can hide real problems. Remember the saying: on the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. A young person could be old; a woman could be a man; we could even be sharing our information     9     criminals.

Although technology has changed the way we acquire friends, the     10    (mean) of friendship and our longing for friends remains the same.

Around twenty years ago, I was going through hard times. I couldn’t find a    1    (satisfy) job. To my shame, I had to drive a school bus    2    (make) ends meet. One afternoon, while    3    (drive) through a suburban neighborhood, I was so sad that I kept asking    4    (I), “Why has my life become so hard?

What’s wrong with the world?” Then I pulled over the bus to drop off a little girl. As she passed, she    5    (hand) me a pretty earring, saying she found it on the floor and I should keep it in case the owner came to look for it. In the evening, the owner did come to look for her earring.

When I gave it to her, she got excited and said    6    (excited), “Thanks, you are a real gentleman.” I told her that she should thank the little girl    7    had found it. She said, “Yes, and you are a good driver, too. What a lovely world    8    is!” Then she left with satisfaction. I    9    (touch) by her words. I had thought something was wrong with the world just because of my poor condition. In fact, nothing was wrong with the world. I should change my attitude    10    life.

I have just     1     (receive) a letter from my brother, Tim. He     2     (be) in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is     3     engineer. He is working for a big firm and he     4     (have) already visited a great number of     5     (difference) places in Australia. He has just     6     (buy) an Australian car and has     7     (go) to Alice Springs, a small town in     8     centre of Australia. He will soon     9     (visit) Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very     10     (excit).

Kites, invented over 2,000 years ago in China, are believed to be the    1    (early) flying objects created by humans. After centuries of development, kites have become one of the country’s representative traditional    2    (culture), and kite-making technique was included in the list of China’s national intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in 2006.

    3    (current), the most unique kite-making techniques can be found in three regions: Weifang in Shandong Province, Nantong in Jiangsu Province and Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region. These regions have each developed their own characteristics     4    (base) on traditional kite-making craftsmanship (手艺) .

The city of Weifang is known as     5    important center of kite culture and is widely regarded as the birthplace of these popular flying toys. Weifang kites,    6    themes are extremely rich,    7    (include) birds, fish, insects, cultural relics, historical figures, and legends, are popular with people at home and abroad.

Today in Weifang, there are actually no limitations on the shapes or sizes of kites, and there are so many choices to be used    8    (express) people’s wishes and ambitions. This variety can be observed at the annual Weifang International Kite Festival, which     9    (hold) usually in April. More than 10,000 participants from over 30 countries and regions a-round the world compete     10    it every year.