Travelling around the Sydney district is a wonderful experience.

    The sightseeing options are{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(end), but most travelers begin on the harbor at the Sydney Opera House. Known as one of the wonders of the world, it is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}photographer's dream.

    There is a huge {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(choose) of accommodations available in the city and its surrounding area. Darling Harbor is famous for its restaurants and four-star hotels. Under the famous Sydney Harbor Bridge is the Rocks shopping district, which {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(call) “the heaven of shoppers”. You can spend at least a half day{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (wander) through the alleys and side streets to take{#blank#}6{#/blank#}everything the shops offer. On the other side of harbor {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(lie) another must-visit spot, the Taronge Park Zoo. With an exciting collection of native animals, including lions and giraffes,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}is rare to find a zoo with a view of Darling Harbor and the city skyline.

    The Royal Botanic Garden is within walking distance of the Opera House, and is an absolutely perfect place for a picnic lunch. After lunch, take a walk to Sydney Tower,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}you can get 360-degree{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(forget) views of the city.

    As an old English saying goes, “honesty is the best policy”. It is more than an old cliché（陈词滥调）, but {#blank#}1{#/blank#} good way to live your life.

    First, honesty is the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(easy) choice that we can make. When people get caught in lies, it always costs them something. Many relationships are destroyed by lies.

    Second, honesty gives us much{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (free). Many people believe that being honest limits them in life, but that is not true. Sooner or later those dishonest people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (pay) a price for their acts; on the contrary, when we are honest, we are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (true) free.

    If there were two people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (stand) before you, a person with a record of being honest and a person{#blank#}7{#/blank#}is known to be dishonest, who would you be more likely {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (believe)? I'm sure most people would side with the honest person.{#blank#}9{#/blank#}we live in the truth or we live in lies. Truth sets us free and lies leave us in nothing but more troubles. Honesty is a choice that we make each day. The choice is{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (you). What will you choose?

    The Great Wall was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a dragon, it winds up and down across deserts, grasslands and mountains,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}( run) approximately 21,196 kilometers from east to west.

    The{#blank#}2{#/blank#}( construct) of the Great Wall was not that easy, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}drew heavily on the local resources for building materials. The walls were{#blank#}4{#/blank#}( original) built in the Spring & Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Emperor Qin Shi Huang succeeded in his effort to have them joined together. Since then, the Great Wall{#blank#}5{#/blank#}( serve) as a monument of the Chinese nation throughout history.

    With {#blank#}6{#/blank#}history of about 2,700 years, some parts of the Great Wall are now {#blank#}7{#/blank#}ruins or have disappeared. However, the Great Wall of China is still one of the most appealing{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(attraction) all around the world owing to its historical significance. The best-known part of the Great Wall of China, Badaling, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(locate) 43 miles northwest of Beijing, attracts thousands of national and foreign tourists every day.

    Today, the Great Wall{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(recognize) as one of the most important impressive architectural achievements in history.

    Ten-year-old Traci Weinstein from New York has a lot of shoes! Her interest in shoes started when she learned that every day, all around the world, many children cannot attend school and many people are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (able) to work because they don't have shoes. Traci {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (inspire) by her grandfather to help the poor in Guatemala {#blank#}3{#/blank#} might not have shoes. So she began to collect shoes!

    To help the people, Traci worked with the non-profit {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (organize), Sole4Souls. Sole4Souls' goal is to collect shoes to help “get rid of poverty(贫困)”. They have provided millions of shoes {#blank#}5{#/blank#} people in need in over 100 countries!

    Traci set {#blank#}6{#/blank#} huge goal. She wanted to collect 25,000 shoes to benefit poor people in her birth country of Guatemala. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (amazing), in just a few months, Traci not only hit her goal {#blank#}8{#/blank#} collected over 30,000 pairs of shoes! She is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (excite)to be making a difference in the world. Traci and her family hope {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (visit) Guatemala and give out shoes to those in person.

    Shadow play has a long history and is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} unique kind of art form. It is performed {#blank#}2{#/blank#} sending shadows of puppets (木偶) on a piece of white cloth. The puppets made of leather (皮革) {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (paint) in very bright colours, so that the shadows they make are very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (colour).

    The players stand behind the cloth and move the puppets against strong light when {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (show) a shadow play, and the shadows of the puppets fall on the cloth. At the same time, the players talk or sing, telling a story with {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (music) playing the drums and other instruments, such as erhu, sanxian, sheng, etc. People on the other side of the cloth can see the shadows of the puppets do all kinds of movements. It's just like the movie today.

    Shadow play started in the Han dynasty. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} is said that Emperor Wu of Han was sad and didn't want to do anything because one of his favourite wives died. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (cheer) him up, his officer made a puppet like the emperor's dead wife with leather. He moved it and made it {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (act) behind a piece of cloth. The emperor enjoyed it very much. After that, shadow play became {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (popular) known in China.