As is known to all, there are many beautiful places in Europe worth     1     (visit). Among them Greece is at the top. If you go on a vacation to Greece, it     2     (give) you everything you ever want on a holiday. The     3     (attraction) hot springs, beautiful villages, rich history, delicious seafood and beautiful beaches are all here. Winter is the time     4     (enjoy) some great skiing, with so many mountains around here that offer this sport.

Spain is     5     second largest tourist destination in the world. It’s one of the first     6     (country) in the world to develop summer beach vacations. It is also famous     7     the beautiful world heritage sites (遗迹), 42 to be exact. For great nightlife, you’d love to be in Barcelona or Madrid.

Venice of Italy is another great destination. It has an amazing history and is known for     8     (it) beautiful architecture. Venice     9     (fill) with many art galleries (美术馆). The Grand Canal is a long canal (运河)     10     runs right through the city. The city, made up of 117 small islands, is amazingly linked by 400 bridges over 150 canals.

“A barbecue restaurant owner I know told me to come back on Monday, so as to leave the weekends to out-of-town visitors,” said Huang Yang, a native of Zibo city in Shandong province     1     works outside his hometown. He recently returned home for a visit and wanted to have some barbecue,     2     he failed to find seats in four different restaurants.

Thanks to social media recommendations, Zibo has     3    (wide) spread on Chinese social media platforms. Videos on sites such as Xiaohongshu show thousands of people traveling to the city to try its local barbecue, which they say     4    (wrap) in a pancake and has a “distinct taste”.

Taking advantage of the barbecue craze, Zibo has gone all out to promote local tourism resources, while     5    (work) to ensure the safety of visitors and the quality of tourism products. To provide visitors     6     a happy experience, market regulators have carried out inspections on barbecue restaurants to ensure food safety.     7     number of patrol (巡逻) personnel has been increased to ensure visitors’ safety. The local government has released a map of barbecue joints and added 21 new bus routes     8    (make) urban transportation easier. The latest promotion has given visitors free     9    (admit) to scenic spots as long as their destination is Zibo. According to data from on-demand service platform Meituan, Zibo has seen an 800 percent increase in accommodation bookings for the upcoming holiday     10    (compare) to 2019, ranking first in Shandong province in terms of growth rate.

Filled with many sights and     1     (attract), China is the best destination in the world. Here are the reasons     2     China should be at the top of your visit list. China, with a history of over 5,000 years,     3     (be) one of the Four Ancient Civilized Countries. You can enjoy Chinese food, tea culture, Chinese medicine as well as poetry and calligraphy (书法) there. China’s ancient treasures are     4     (famous) than those in any other country in size and number, from ancient palaces to the Great Wall. Besides, lovely giant pandas are unique     5     China. You can even go to meet wild pandas in their     6     (nature) habitats with our panda experts. What’s more, with the     7    (develop) of Chinese public transportation, it is easier to travel anywhere.     8     (take) a smart phone in China, you can take     9     high-speed train from Beijing to shanghai at 250-350 km/h, buy a coffee with your e-wallet, and ride a shared bike     10     (explore) the city.

Videos of 77-year-old Xu Xiuzhen, who speaks different languages while working at a scenic spot selling water and postcards, have brought her instant fame.

    1    (locate) at the base of Moon Hill, Xu's village is a popular tourist destination famous for a moon-shaped hole. She has been working as a tour guide in Yangshuo,     2    county and resort town in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region since 1998,     3     the area became famous with foreign backpackers and organized tours. To support her family, Xu, who     4     (drop) out of junior school, began to learn different languages in order to attract more foreign customers.

Xu said she would change words in any language     5     Chinese characters based on their pronunciation and then memorize them. Repeating the words in her head before going to bed and immediately after     6    (wake) up has given her fluency in basic conversations with foreigners.

Over the past two decades, Xu     7    (teach) herself eleven foreign languages, including English, Spanish and Korean. In addition to making her incredibly popular, her linguistic skills have made     8    easier for her to communicate with foreign tourists. Xu has also become one of the     9     (busy)tour guides in Yangshuo. Her reputation draws a large crowd of tourists every day, especially foreign visitors, who come to meet the multilingual guide out of     10     (admire).

The Summer Palace is China’s largest garden ever built. Covering    1     area of 2, 9 square kilometer, three quarters of which are covered of water, the palace     2     (make) up of over 3000 ancient structures. All the Summer Palace spreads across the low hills and lakes among which the Kunming Lake is among the most important     3     (part). Travelers visiting the site today have the opportunity     4     (wander) in the wonderful buildings and courtyards beside the lake     5     along the waterways.

When visiting the Summer Palace, visitors should plan between one hour and a half to half a day. Indeed, there are so many things to see in the palace     6     you will feel time spending quickly, realizing how life was spent     7     (smooth) for emperors during their summer retreat (静修). The Summer Palace is the place where travelers experience different activities.

Riding a little boat for seeing the lake areas, watching a     8     (tradition) Chinese dance performance at the Palace’s Theatre or doing some     9     (shop) in the many traditional shops by the river. The Summer Palace is among the     10     (lovely) scenic spots in Beijing city.

Located in the north-cast of Italy, Venice is     1    (know) as “The Floating City”. Venice is not a single island. It is made up of over 100 small islands,     2    are connected by waterways and bridges. Even today, boats remain the most common way to travel around. Look anywhere in Venice,     3    you will see     4    (tradition) boats called “gondola”.

    5    (fortunate), water is also putting Venice in great danger. The Floating City is, in fact, sinking. But these floods could now be a thing of the past, thanks     6    a new flood prevention project. Dozens of gates have been built to hold back the sea. Each of these gates     7    (be) 20 meters wide, with the longest about 30 meters long, which will be raised to separate the city from the sea.

But only time will tell if this project is the right solution. The important thing is that action is being taken     8    (protect) the city’s future     9    (generation). And if it works, it means     10    longer, drier future for Venice.

Located in the north-east of Italy, Venice is     1     (know) as “The Floating City”. Water has always been a big part of life in Venice, and even today, they remain the most common way to travel around. Unfortunately, water is also putting Venice     2     great danger. Saltwater is slowly damaging the bases of Venice’s buildings. More problems are caused by floods,    3     usually hit the city each winter.     4     these floods could now be a thing of the past thanks to a new flood prevention project.

Venice     5     (lie) in the middle of a lagoon (泻湖), with three     6     (nature) gaps open to the sea. Rain and strong winds cause seawater to travel through the gaps to Venice. Dozens of gates     7     (build) to hold back the sea in the past few years. Each of these gates is 20 metres wide, with the longest about 30 metres long. In the event of a big rise in the water level, the gates will be raised     8     (separate) the city from the sea.

But only time will tell if this project is the right     9     (solve). The important thing is that action is being taken to protect this unique city for future generations. And if it works, it means a longer and     10     (dry) future for Venice.