Yangzhou is ________ Jiangsu Province of China. It has a ________ of nearly 2,500 years. It is said that the emperor (皇帝) of the Sui Dynasty visited Yangzhou three times and the emperors Kangxi and Qianglong of the Qing Dynasty visited Yangzhou six times each. All the visits made many places of interest in Yangzhou ________ nationwide (在全国范围内). Now, Yangzhou welcomes a lot of ________ from home and abroad.
Qiong Hua, a rare flower, is famous and only exists (存在,生存) in Yangzhou, ________ it is chosen as the city flower of Yangzhou. The ________ usually come out around late April or in the first ten days of ________. The ginkgo (银杏树), the city tree of Yangzhou, is famous as an ancient tree all over the world. Within the city, there are several dozen ginkgo trees that have lived for ________ years.
The Slender West Lake (瘦西湖) lies in the north of Yangzhou. It covers a(an) ________ of about 123.6 hectares (公顷). It is named so because it shares the ________ shape (形状) of the West Lake in Hangzhou, but it ________ slimmer. It runs a distance of ________ five kilometres and looks like a Chinese painting.
Yangzhou food ________ one of the reasons why lots of visitors love the city so much. Here all dishes, whether cheap or expensive, ________ very elaborate (精致的) and ________.
Welcome to Yangzhou!
1.2.A.size | B.history | C.area | D.age |
3.A.lucky | B.famous | C.safe | D.friendly |
4.A.waiters | B.visitors | C.artists | D.managers |
5.6.A.city | B.flowers | C.people | D.tree |
7.A.March | B.April | C.May | D.June |
8.A.thousand | B.thousand of | C.thousands | D.thousands of |
9.A.history | B.colour | C.area | D.age |
10.A.same | B.different | C.strange | D.interesting |
11.A.sounds | B.feels | C.looks | D.smells |
12.13.14.15.A.delicious | B.bad | C.boring | D.unhealthy |