The Xi'an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China's long history. It ___1___ (build) originally to protect the city ___2___ the Tang dynasty and has now been completely restored (修复). It is possible ___3___ (walk) or bike the entire 14 kilometers.
We accessed the wall through the South Gate. The wall is 12 meters high and from here you can see streams of people moving inside and outside the City Wall.
After ___4___ (spend) some time looking at all the defensive equipment at the wall, we decided it was time for some action and what ___5___ (good) than to ride on a piece of history!
We ___6___ (hire) our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old and shaky ___7___ did the job. It took us about 3 hours to go all ___8___ way around the Xi'an City Wall. Supposedly you can do it in two hours, but we stopped at the different gates and ___9___ (watchtower) to fake pictures or just to watch the local people going about their ____10____ (day) routines.
【答案】
1. was built
2. in/during
3. to walk
4. spending
5. better
6. hired
7. but
8. the
9. watchtowers
10. daily
