Have you ever heard of the largest and most beautiful salt lake in China? If the answer is no, you can take 【小题1】 trip to Qinghai Lake and this is your answer.

Qinghai Lake is 【小题2】 (sure) the largest lake in China which stretches 105 km at length and 63 km at width and 【小题3】 (occupy) a surface area of over 4, 500 square kilometers. At 3, 200 meter above the sea level and owning an average 【小题4】 (deep) of 21 meter, its waters are profoundly cold and 【小题5】 (salt).

The lake 【小题6】 (become)a tourist destination popular for biking and bird watching in recent years. Major attractions around it are Bird Island 【小题7】 many species of birds come to nest or rest during their transcontinental migrations. The government has set up special department 【小题8】 (study) and protect these birds.

These lakes, 【小题9】 (combine) with characteristic islands, vast grasslands, snowy mountains and spectacular dessert in and around Qinghai Lake make up an attractive Qinghai Lake Scenic Area. 【小题10】 so much to admire, Qinghai Lake was evaluated as the Most Beautiful Lake in China by China’s National Geographic.

【小题1】 cities were people, Chengdu would be a “happy drifter (流浪汉) without ambition”. That’s according to popular Chinese online writer Murong Xuecun.

It’s the leisurely and slow-paced lifestyle 【小题2】 put the capital city of Sichuan on the list of the 21 must-go tourist destinations of 2017 【小题3】 US travel magazine National Geographic.

One of 【小题4】 (great) pleasures in Chengdu is its food. Famous for the use of the tongue-numbing (让舌头发麻的) Sichuanese pepper corn and hot chillies, Chengdu dishes are an obsession (痴迷) for locals. “Nothing is more important to Chengdu people than food,” Du Li, a professor at the Sichuan Higher Institute of Cuisine, told the Guardian. “They love 【小题5】   (search) out small restaurants in out-of-the-way places 【小题6】 may just specialize in a couple of dishes.”

In fact, according to Wang Xudong, editor-in-chief of Sichuan Cuisine magazine, Chengdu has the highest density (密度) of restaurants of any city in the world – there are around 40,000. No wonder it became the first Asian city that 【小题7】(name) as a city of Gastronomy (美食) by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 2010.

【小题8】 important part of local daily life is the city’s teahouses. 【小题9】(find) all over Chengdu, the teahouses are much more than just a place to drink tea. They are a place to do business, meet with friends, show off pet birds, listen to Chuanju or Sichuan opera, and most importantly, play mahjong. As a local saying goes, “If you can’t find someone, he or she is 【小题10】playing mahjong, or on the way to play mahjong.”

“Feet stretched out in a rattan chair with a glass of tea at the mahjong table, their lives are a fleeting dusk.” The Telegraph noted.

Three ancient Chinese irrigation (灌溉) sites 【小题1】(honor) as World Heritage Irrigation Structures, which has brought the total number of irrigation projects in China 【小题2】 the list to 23.

Tianbao Weir (堰), one of the newly awarded 【小题3】(project), is situated in Fujian Province. With a history of over 1,200 years, the weir is the 【小题4】(old) existing water project 【小题5】(specific) aimed at stopping saltwater and storing freshwater.

Longshou Canal and Ancient Luohe River Irrigation District in Shaanxi Province is said to be the first underground canal in China’s history. The canal is a major branch of the Yellow River, 【小题6】(provide) irrigation for local farms in the face of 【小题7】(dry) and water shortage.

The Weirs of Baishaxi Stream Project in east China’s Zhejiang Province is made up of 36 weirs, 21 of 【小题8】 still offer irrigation water. The project 【小题9】(cover) 45 kilometers of the Baishaxi Stream and has a total water level drop of 168 meters.

The ancient irrigation projects are treasures of the development of Chinese water culture 【小题10】of great value for the development of irrigation agriculture in China.