完形填空。

　　The Great Wall of China is 　　1　　 to people all over the world．It 　　2　　“The Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall”in Chinese．Do you know the famous Chinese saying“He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a 　　3　　 man”?

　　The Great Wall is 　　4　　 wall in the world．It is more than 6,000 kilometers long and between four and five meters wide．In most places it is wide enough for five horses or ten men to walk side by side(并排)along the top．It was very 　　5　　 to build such a great wall 　　6　　 our modern machine．All the work had to be done by hand．Many people 　　7　　 to work on the wall far away from their homes．Thousands of men 　　8　　 and were buried(埋葬)　　9　　 the wall．The Great Wall was made not only 　　10　　 stone and earth, but also of the flesh and blood(血肉)of millions of men．

完形填空。

　　Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces－you can find them all in one place．　　1　　? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No! Before postcards, people 　　2　　 sealed(密封的)letters．

　　The 　　3　　 for the first decorated(装饰的)postcard came to John P．Charlton in 1861．He thought a simple card 　　4　　 a border would be a great way to send a note．Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures on them 　　5　　．By law, people had to write their note on the front－on the picture! The back was 　　6　　 for the address．Several years later, England allowed a divided-back(背面隔开的)postcard．Then people could write their 　　7　　 on the back left side．And they put the address 　　8　　．During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, people around the world were more and more 　　9　　 picture postcards．In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million postcards．

　　Today, postcards are the 　　10　　 most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins．You can always see or get a lot of newly-designed postcards, especially on New Year's Day．