It is the (42)___ wall ever built.It’s from Shanhaiguan on the east coast to Gansu Province in the (43)___ of China.It is about 8meters high.The top is 8meters (44)___ and it gets even wider towards the bottom where it is 15meters.It is made (45)___ stone and brick.The top is hard enough for men on horseback to ride on.The wall was built by hand and it took (46)___ of years to finish.
No one knows (47)___ when the building of the Great Wall was started.It is believed that the wall was built to (48)___ parts of the country during the Zhou Dynasty.Emperor Qin Shihuang joined the separate walls built by the Qin,Yan and Zhao Kingdoms.The wall was not only for protection in the north,it was also a (49)___ of China’s ancient civilization (文明).
Today,many of the visitors go to see the wall.(50)___they stand on top of a tower and look down on this wall,they can’t help (禁不住) saying“Wow,that’s fantastic!”