1、AIt was raining lightly when I__61___(arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hours__62___, I‟d been at home in Hong Kong, with __63__ (it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain. I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a d
2、ream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River_64________are pictured by artists in so many Chinese 65_______(painting). Instead, I‟d headed straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away__
3、66________ car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city. Yangshuo__67_____(be) really beautiful. A study of travelers_68________(conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast be
4、coming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it _69_______(regular) arranges quick getaways here for people_70____________(live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong. 1. arrived 2. before/earlier 3. its 4.
5、 that/which 5. paintings 6. by 7. is 8. conducted 9. regularly 10. living BThe adobe dwellings(土坯房)61 ______(build)by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are admired by even 62 ___ most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple
6、beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their 63______ (able) to “air condition” a house without 64 ( use) electric equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat 65 ____( slow) during cool ni
7、ghts, thus warming the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough 66 _______ (cool) the house during the hot day; 67 ______ the same time,they warm up again for the night. This cycle 68 ___________ (go) day aft
8、er day: The walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and are thus always a timely offset(抵消) for the outside temperatures. As 69 _____ (nature) a
