It was a warm spring day in 2021. Chen Beier, a TV host from Hong Kong, was on her way to Atule’er in Sichuan. She set out to make a documentary No Poverty Land. The 【小题1】 /smɔːl/ village sits a top an 800-meter-high cliff（悬崖）. People could only get up to it by 【小题2】 (climb) a 2,556-step steel ladder（钢制的梯子) . The 【小题3】 /ˈdeɪndʒər/ was obvious.

The trip turned out to be hard. When she was halfway up the ladder to Atule’er, 【小题4】 example, Chen felt so tired that she could hardly go any further. She was also afraid of heights. But she gritted her 【小题5】 (tooth) and continued her climb. This steel ladder, in fact, was only six years old. Before it was built, the villagers had to face even 【小题6】 (big) danger and use a rattan（藤条制成的）ladder. The government has also built houses for the villagers at 【小题7】 foot of the mountain. Through No Poverty Land, people can 【小题8】 (easy) see how life in rural（农村的）China has been improved.

China has changed a lot, 【小题9】 some people just find this hard to believe. Now, Chen has 【小题10】 /ʃəʊn/ us what can be done about that: Don’t just tell people about the good causes; show them when you can.

Sally is 13 years old. She is in Class 6, Grade 7. It 【小题1】 about five kilometers from her home to her school. She usually goes to school 【小题2】 bus. First, she needs 【小题3】 walk along Xingfu Road until she gets to the People’s Bank. Then she turns left 【小题4】 she gets to Xinhua Bookstore. She takes the No. 108 bus. Then she changes to 【小题5】 No. 216 bus at White Stop. And she can find her school on her right.

In the small villages of Kenya (肯尼亚), Africa, most kids want to read books. But 【小题1】 roads go to their homes, only miles and miles of sand. Cars and trucks are not 【小题2】 (use), so library books arrive on the packs of camels. Camels can handle (应付) the sand and the books. Two camels, a camel driver, and a librarian 【小题3】 (walk) to the villages together. One camel carries about 180 【小题4】 (kilo) of books, and the other carries a tent. At each village, the librarian sets up the tent and shows the books to the kids inside. Two weeks later, the camels come back with new books.

Some people in the mountains of 【小题5】 (north) Thailand get books in a different way. Their “libraries” are carried 【小题6】 elephants. These animals can handle the difficult journey. 【小题7】 they are large, they can carry many books in metal cases. The metal protects the books from the heavy rains that fall in the area.

Indonesia has 【小题8】 (it) own difficulties. The country has over 17,000 islands. Most people travel by boat and they also carry their books by boat. A library boat holds about 500 books in boxes. Boxes of books are left in villages and are traded for new books a few weeks 【小题9】 (late).

For people who live far and can’t get to a library, this kind of library can bring more than books. It 【小题10】 (bring) a whole world of information.