During China’s dynastic period, emperors planned the city of Beijing     1     arranged the residential areas according to social classes. The term “hutong”,     2     (original) meaning “water well" in Mongolian, appeared first during the Yuan Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, the center was the Forbidden City,     3     (surround) in concentric (同心的) circles by the Inner City and Outer City. Citizens of higher social classes     4     (permit) to live closer to the center of the circles. The large siheyuan of these high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen often     5     (feature) beautifully carved and painted roof beams and pillars (柱子). The hutongs they formed were     6     (order), lined by spacious homes and walled gardens. Farther from the center lived the commoners and laborers. Their siheyuan were far smaller in scale and       7     (simple) in design and decoration, and the hutongs were narrower.

Hutongs represent an important cultural element of the city of Beijing. Thanks to Beijing’s long history     8     the capital of China, almost every hutong has its stories, and some are even associated with historic     9     (event). In contrast to the court life and upper-class culture represented by the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and the Temple of Heaven, the hutongs reflect     10     culture of grassroots Beijingers.

Some popular places to visit are built by people while other famous places are the     1     (create) of nature. In the northeast of the US, there was a famous rock on a high mountain that looked just like     2     old man.     3     (locate) in the town of Franconia, New Hampshire, he had thick hair, a big nose and a beard. People called him“The Old Man of the Mountain”, which was also known     4     the Great Stone Face and it measured forty     5     (foot) tall. Scientists thought that the stone face    6     (possible) dated back to 17,000 years ago.

In May 2003, there was very bad weather near the Old Man of the Mountain. The sky was so     7     (cloud) that people couldn’t see the stone face for many days. As soon as the storm was over, people looked for the Old Man. They discovered that he

    8     (fall) apart. A number of scientists climbed up,     9     (hope) to repair the stone face. But they were disappointed at     10     they saw -- the damage from the weather was just too bad.