The Great Wall was grand，a little rainy at first，but grand all the same. The mist covered the far end of the wall，    1     (give) it an almost mysterious feeling. The fog rolled in and out of the high mountains，revealing new parts of the wall as     2     (quick) as it covered them.I kept on walking，seeing watchtower after watchtower    3     my way. To my     4     (relieve) many people had decided today was not the best day     5     (climb) the wall，and I was there with very few people. I walked for    6    seemed like miles. Then I saw just how long the wall I was standing on stretched for.

It was     7     (end)！I walked and walked，but after every hill I climbed，there was another long stretch of wall. I eventually came to    8    long staircase. Later I found out that once it     9     (call) “Chairman Mao's Challenge”. I accepted，and after climbing the hundred plus stairs to the peak，I had to admit that the Great Wall truly lives up to its reputation. So if I    10     (have) another chance to travel to China，I would never hesitate to visit the Great Wall again.

    1    (base) on the story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Von Trapp, the film ---- the Sound of Music, is about a young Austrian woman     2    (study) to become a nun(修女) in Salzburg in 1938. She is sent to the villa（别墅） of an officer,     3    has lost his wife, to bring     4    his seven children alone.     5    bringing love and music into the family through     6    (kind) and patience, she marries the officer.

The film was     7    great success and soon got popular throughout the world. The Los Angeles Times described the movies as “three hours of visual and vocal brilliance”. It     8    (list) as the greatest movie of all time.

    9    is thanks to this Hollywood movie that Salzburg City has become    10    (true) world-famous. Visitors from all over the world come to Salzburg every year.

【推荐3】Chinese knot is an ancient folk art form in China, simple     1     attractive as well. Its history can date back to the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC), and it was fully developed in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and became     2     (wide) popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. A knot     3     is made of colorful silk thread can bring good luck to its owner. It is often used to express good wishes,     4    (include) happiness, prosperity, love and the absence of evil.

Chinese knot     5     (indicate) that every knot is made of a single rope and named by its specific form and meaning. For example, “Happiness & Health”, “Luck and Auspiciousness (吉祥)” and “Wish you a fair wind”. By combining different knots     6     other well-designed things skillfully, a unique auspicious Chinese knot with many wishes     7     (form). And it is also worth noting that the logo for Beijing’s bid     8     (host) the 2008 Olympics was based on a traditional knot craft design.

Today, people are fond of Chinese knot for its     9     (character) form, colorfulness and deep meaning. Most commonly, the knot is used either as a hanging     10    (decorate), such as in the home or car, or on the body like ring, earrings, hand chain or necklace.