（浙江省）八年级上学期2024年开学启航·英语题型精训营：阅...

Shenyang is the capital city of Liaoning Province and it can also be called "Shengjing". Shenyang is the largest city in Northeast China and it is an important industrial base（工业基地）and a famous historical city. That is to say, Shenyang is a both. modern and traditional city.

There are many places of interest. in the city of Shenyang. Besides the Palace Museum in Beijing, Shenyang Imperial Palace（故宫） is the second largest existent palace building in China. Its construction（建造）was started in 1624 and it was completed in 1636. It was the palace for two emperors （帝王）：Qing Taizu-Nurhachi and Qing Taizong-huangtaiji. Shenyang Imperial Palace has three parts：Eastern Line, Middle Line and Western Line. Now there are more than 100 old buildings and covers an area of over 60 ， 000 square meters. The famous building Phoenix Tower（凤凰楼） was the tallest building in Shenyang at that time.

If you like delicious snacks, you will love the city of Shenyang. You must try Laobian Dumplings and Li liangui Bacon Pies. Visitors from all over China come to the city every year and have a wonderful time here.

As the capital of China, Beijing is known as a modem city with many busy and noisy streets. But if you walk down into a hutong, you may get a different sight.

People say they live in hutongs, but in fact, they live in the buildings on either side of the hutongs. According to a recent survey, there are over 6,000 hutongs in Beijing. If you connect them end to end, the line would not be any shorter than the Great Wall.

Among all these hutongs, there are some interesting and special ones. While most of them are straight(直的) some are curved. Jiuwan hutong is the one with the most curves. I's only about 390m long. Is name means nine bends (拐弯),but this hutong has thirteen bends. Besides, the narrowest hutong in Beijing is called Qianshi Hutong. It is only 40cm at its narrowest point. Two people can only pass each other by walking from the side.

Beijing people love hutongs because        _In the hutongs, people can bathe in the sun, sing Beijing Opera and play chess with their neighbors. They can talk and listen to stories told by the old people. Even pets can find their friends there.

Hutongs are not only a symbol of Beijing's culture, but also an important part of China's national culture. In order to protect them, many hutongs are on the list of historical places of interest. The government decides to fix those broken hutongs step by step.

In England, people often talk about the weather because the weather in England is changeable. They may experience（经历） four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later, black clouds come and then it rains heavily. The weather gets a little cold. It is the winter of the day. In the afternoon, the sun will begin to shine. It's really hot then. And it will be the summer at this time of a day.

In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.

When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a rain coat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them. If you don't take an umbrella or a rain﹣coat, you will regret（后悔） later in the day.

Can you live in your "home” when you are traveling（旅行）? You may say it's "impossible（不可能的）”. But the Home Exchange (交换)Vacation Club can help you make it.

Home Exchange Vacation started in Europe fifty years ago. At that time, some teachers wanted to go to Europe on vacation, but they didn't have enough money. Then they thought of an idea. They had some friends in Europe. When they traveled in the cities where their friends lived, they could live in their friends' house and cooked food there. And when their friends visited the cities they lived in, they could do the same, so both of them could save lots of money, enjoy delicious food and make more friends. And with the money, they could visit more interesting places.

Later, some teachers made the HEVC — Home Exchange Vacation Club. Many people joined the club in more than fifty countries around the world. It is also popular in China now. When you are visiting some places, just call your friends. And they may give you a warm "home”.

Monday, July 15th

I arrived in Penang in Malaysia this morning with my family. It was sunny and hot, so we decided to go to the beach near our hotel. My sister and I tried paragliding. I felt like I was a bird. It was so exciting! For lunch, we had something very special Malaysian yellow noodles. They were delicious! In the afternoon, we rode bicycles to Georgetown. There are a lot of new buildings now, but many of the old buildings are still there. In Weld Quay, a really old place in Georgetown, we saw the houses of the Chinese traders from 100 years ago. I wonder what life was like here in the past. I really enjoyed walking around the town.

Tuesday, July 16^th

What a difference a day makes! My father and I decided to go to Penang Hill today. We wanted to walk up to the top, but then it started raining a little so we decided to take the train. We waited over an hour for the train because there were too many people. When we got to the top it was raining really hard. We didn't have an umbrella so we were wet and cold. It was terrible! And because of the bad weather, we couldn't see anything below. My father didn't bring enough money, so we only had one bowl of rice and some fish. The food tasted great because I was so hungry!