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The Greatest Wonder of the Natural World When I 1 , it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of the car, went 2 a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light, but beside the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was 3 to see. After about a kilometre, a stranger appeared in front of me. Am I going the right way? I asked. He knew 4 . Yes, he replied, youll get there 5 five minutes. Finally, I came to some rocks, and stopped. I looked carefully over them, but it was still too dark to see anything. Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun 6 behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground 7 away and down to a river, far below me. I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world. I looked 8 to the Colorado River about 2 kilometres below me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the world at the 9 of the canyon, they still 10 reach the top. Then I looked across to 11 side of the canyon. How far is it? Its 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked 12 my left and 12 my right, and on 13 sides the canyon disappeared into the distance ... over 400 kilometres long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. Its huge! That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question. Its not How deep is it? or How wide is it? or How long is it? 14 Is the Grand Canyon 15 wonder anywhere in the natural world? I know the answer. But what do you think? A.reached B.got to C.arrived at D.arrived A.across B.through C.over D.in A.anything B.everything C.nothing D.things A.where was I going B.where I was going to C.where I was going D.where was I going to A.for B.after C.in D.at A.raised B.raise C.rise D.rose A.fall B.feel C.fell D.falled A.down B.up C.across D.over A.edge B.bottom C.side D.front A.shouldnt B.doesnt C.couldnt D.wont A.the other B.another C.other D.others A.on;on B.in;in C.at;at D.to;to