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Unit 1
Passage A
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The Great Wall of China has a history of over two thousand years. It runs from the east to the west in North China. It is about 6,300 kilometers 1 . It is often 2 “Ten- -thousand-Li Great Wall”. It is one of the “Seven Wonders” of the ancient world.
The Great Wall is wide enough for ten men to walk 3 . Horses can also run along it, too. The Great Wall 4 stones and bricks(砖). There are huge stones on 5 side and on the highest part. But now some sections of it are worn out.
There are tall watch-towers alone the Great Wall. Once upon 6 time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies(敌人)in the watch-towers day and night. They made 7 on the towers to 8 each other when the enemies came.
Nowadays we don’t use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest to all the people in 9 . Every year 10 people come to visit it form all over the world.