For travelers who used to think that Chinese farmers live in poor conditions, the rural tours can be quite an eye opener. 【小题1】 (travel) to Jiangsu’s rural villages, many of which look like beautiful postcard scenes, might be entirely different from 【小题2】 you have imagined. A rural tour to the province might allow travelers to have a glance at their daily lives as well as the development of China’s rural areas in recent years.

Longshang village, a 【小题3】 (locate) with 140 people from 51 households, lies at the foot of Youzi Mountain in Nanjing’s Gaochun district. It used to have ruined houses, muddy roads and 【小题4】 (annoy) insects everywhere. In 2017, experts 【小题5】 (invite) to design the village’s landscape and help preserve its ancient buildings. Now it has become 【小题6】 “Internet celebrity (名人)”and attracted many visitors 【小题7】 (draw) by its tea houses, cafes and book stores.

Also in Nanjing, Bulao village in Pukou district, known as Never Aging village, has attracted tourists interested in finding the secret of staying young. 【小题8】 clean water and refreshing air, the village impresses many 【小题9】 its stone streets, ancient-style farm houses and leisure tourism sites 【小题10】 people can go hiking, play baseball and go fishing.

A new international theme park—the Universal Beijing Resort—is catching much attention this month. Even before it opened, hundreds of thousands of people 【小题1】were interested in the park had experienced trial operations (试运营) for the park. Tickets for its opening day sold out in just one minute after they 【小题2】 (release) on September 14.

【小题3】 (build) in the capital’s eastern area, the park is the 【小题4】(five) Universal Studios theme park in the world and the third in Asia. People think 【小题5】(high) of it. Beijing resident Han Lifei said she felt like she was brought into a magic world when 【小题6】(visit) the 160-hectare park — nearly four times【小题7】(large) than the area of Vatican City. And 【小题8】surprised the “Harry Potter” fan was to see the fictional(虚构的)world from the film come to life. “I queued up (排队) for a long time, 【小题9】I was a bit tired,” a visitor said, “But the moment I left 【小题10】park, I was thinking of returning again.”

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