The Great Wall
长城
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As one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Wall of China is about 21196 kilometres long, six to seven metres high and four to five metres wide.
In most places, five horses or ten men can walk side by side. And a lot of people from different places come here to visit it every year.
But do you know it was very difficult to build such a great wall in the old days? At that time, lots of people lost their lives when they built it. So we often say the Great Wall was made of not only stone, but also lives.
The Great Wall is a place of interest to people from all over the world. But less than 30% of the wall is in good condition today. It is time for us to protect it.

词汇积累
wonder /'wʌndə(r)/ n. 奇迹;奇观
condition /kən'dɪʃn/ n. 状况
build /bɪld/ v. 建造
side by side 肩并肩;并排
Read and choose. 根据文章内容,选择最佳答案。
() 1. How high is the Great Wall?
A. About 21196 kilometres high.
B. Six to seven metres high.
C. Four to five metres high.
() 2. Many people come to the Great Wall to every year.
A. visit it
B. buy cars
C. look for stones
() 3. Building the Great Wall was very in the old days.
A. easy
B. hard
C. different
() 4. The underlined word "lives" means "" in Chinese.
A. 生命
B. 居住
C. 生存
() 5. Which is not true according to the passage?
A. The Great Wall is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
B. The Great Wall is wide enough for ten men to walk side by side somewhere.
C. The Great Wall was not made of stone but made of lives.

1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C 解析由“So we often say the Great Wall was made of not only stone, but also lives.”可知,长城不但是由石头建造而成的,而且是由生命建造而成的。