A white winter in Beijing is nothing new. The city is    1    （frequent）enveloped in snow over the colder months. However, the snowfall last weekend led    2    a unique combination of the seasons and a contrast of colours.

Famous places, especially with unique    3    （nature）beauty, were blanketed with a layer of snow and visitors. Camera in hand and braving the cold, I headed off to two of my favourite scenic    4    （spot）.

My first stop was Jingshan Park. The artificial park    5    （build）in the Ming Dynasty offered remarkable views of the Forbidden City. The coating of snow, contrasting with the colours of the autumn leaves and ancient structures only added to    6    （it）elegance and mystery. It is a view I    7    （see）countless times over the past decade and remains one of my favourite in the city.

Next up was Xiangshan Park,    8    dates back to the Jin Dynasty. There was a significant increase in    9    number of visitors. People traveled from all over China    10    （witness）the tree-covered hillsides transforming from their rich summery greens into yellows and reds like a blanket of fire. This created a picture I wouldn't soon forget.

Have you ever been to an amusement park? My parents and I     1     (go) to visit the biggest amusement park in our city next weekend. Actually, this     2     (be) the third time that I have visited it. Last night, I     3     (spend) two hours making some preparations. Now, I     4     (tell) something I know about amusement parks to you.

An amusement park     5     (be) an outdoor area with games, rides and shows. It also     6     (offer) restaurants and bars where customers can eat and drink. So far, most of the amusement parks     7     (replace) by theme parks. These places     8     (focus) on a certain topic of history or natural life. The first theme park, Disneyland,     9     (open) in California in 1955. It is likely that my parents     10     (take) me to the Shanghai Disneyland next summer holiday. I look forward to visiting it soon.

Do you know what “noodling” is? It has nothing to do with the noodles that you like to eat. In the    1     (south) United States, noodling is a kind of fishing where you just use your hands. Most of the fish     2     (catch) by noodlers are catfish, which like to hide under overhanging banks. They think their     3     (enemy) can’t see them, so they’re safe. But they’re not! Noodlers feel around under the stream bank, size resting catfish,     4     pull them out of the water.

I learned about noodling when I lived     5     the State of Ohio. Later I moved to Colorado,    6    trout (鳟鱼) swim in mountain streams. I wondered     7     noodling would work on trout, but my friends told me they were too smart and too fast.

Well, I thought it would be worth     8    (try). In the fall, big, beautiful brown trout move into the shallow parts of the Cache la Poudre River. I found a place and, luckily, there were two big trout. When I tried to get close to them, they     9     (hide) themselves under the overhanging bank. I went over and “snacked” my hands under the bank. I felt one! And it didn’t   move.         10       (care), I slid both hands the fish, and then quickly lifted it out of the water onto the bank. Success! I could really noodle trout.