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=.html When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of(4) the car. I went through(5) a gate. I walked along(6) a path. In the east, the sky was being light(7), but beside the path, it was still very dark, there was nothing to see. After about a kilometer, a stranger appeared in front of me. I asked him if I was going the right way. He replied(8) “Yes.” He said I would get there after five minutes. I came to sme rocks and stopped. I looked carefully over(9) them, but it was too dark to (10) see anything. Suddenly, the clouds cleared(11). The rain stopped. The sun rose(12) behind me and behind the rocks. I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the world. I saw that the ground(13) fell away and down to a river, far below me. The Colorado River I looked down to(14) the Colorado River(15) about 2 kilometres below me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the world at the bottom of (16) the canyon, they still will not reach the top. Then I looked across to (17) the other side of the canyon. It was 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked to(18) my left and to my right, and on both sides(19) the canyon disappeared into the distance(20)over 400 kilometres long. The Grand Canyon is 2,724 square kilometres, so it is not just big, it is huge(21). That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question: “Is the Grand Canyon the Greatest wonder in the natural world? How deep is it? How wide is it? How long is it? 1. Where may the passage e from? a) A guidebook. b) A textbook. c) A dictionary d) A diary. 2 Why was there nothing to see? a) Because there was nothing. b) Because it was too dark. c) Because it was raining. d) Because it was in the morning. Activity 3. Choose the best answer. 3. Where was the writer facing on the edge of the Grand Canyon? a) To the south. b) To the north. c) To the east. d) To the west. 4. What is the writer39。s purpose in writing this passage? a) To give facts about the Grand Canyon.