一、完形填空
Hukou Waterfall is the largest yellow waterfall in the world.
From its headwater in Qinghai Province, the Yellow River 1 all the way to the east and finally to the sea. It carries Chinese history and civilization of more than 5,000 years, so the Yellow River is 2 as China’s “mother river”.
As it flows to Hukou Village, the river narrows from 500 metres wide to only about 30 metres. The calm water suddenly falls down into a deep pool. As a result, a wonderful waterfall 3. It seems that the water pours down from a big teapot, so the waterfall has the name Hukou—meaning the 4 of a teapot in Chinese.
The falling water brings huge smoke and clouds, with colour 5 from yellow to grey, grey to blue. People 6 this heart-shaking sight “smoke from the river”. There’s also a stone under the waterfall, moving up and down with the falling water. It’s not seen all the time as the water is changing, so it’s 7 guishi, meaning the “mysterious(神秘的) stone”.
Over history, lots of poets travelled here, and left numerous works about the great waterfall. 8 them, Li Bai’s Invitation to Wine(《将进酒》) may be the best-known. It says, “Don’t you see the Yellow River comes from the sky, 9 the sea and never come back?”
There are many wonders at Hukou Waterfall, such as smoke from the river and rainbows in the sunshine. April and October are the best time to 10 it because the water is full!
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