初三上英语期末复习填空训练（外研版）：Module 1

When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got _____ of the car, went ______ a gate and walked ______ a path. In the east, the sky was ______ light, but ______ the path, it was still very ______. I knew it was ______, but there was ______ to see.

After about a kilometer, a stranger ______ in front of me. “Am I going the ______ way?” I asked. He knew ______ I was going. “yes,” he replied, “you’ll get there ___ five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rock, and ______. I looked carefully ______ them, but it was still too dark to see ______.

Suddenly, the clouds ______ and the rain stopped. The sun ______behind me and ______ the rocks. I saw that the ground fell ______ and down ___ a river, far below me. I was on the _____ of the Grand Canyon, one of the ______ of the natural world.

I looked down to the Colorado River about 2,000 metres ______me. If you put the three tallest ______ in the world at the ______ of the canyon, they still won’t ______ the top. Then I looked ______ to the other side of the canyon. How far is it? It’s 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon ______ into the distance...over 400 kilometres long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’s huge!

That morning on the ______ of the canyon, I asked _____ a question. It’s not “how deep is it?” or “how wide is it? ”or “how long is it? ” but “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder ______ in the natural world? ” I know the answer. But what do you think?