The Great Wall of China is so large that the men who landed on the moon could see it clearly.It is the longest wall in the world.
It begins at Shanhaiguan on the Yellow Sea and ends at Chaiyukan in the Gobi Desert.It is almost three thousand kilometers long.It is not only a wall, it has many thousands of towers.
Most of the wall is made of stones.In some places, however, it is made only of dirt.
The Chinese people started building walls as early as 600 BC to keep out their enemies.However, it was the first emperor of China, Qin Shihuang-ti, who started the Great Wall in about 214 BC.We get the word“China”from his name.
Chinese workers built some of the Great Wall while Qin Shihuang-ti was emperor, but most of it was built much later, between 202 BC and 220 AD, and between 581 AD and 618 AD.After this time, no more work was done on the wall for hundreds of years, and much of it became broken.Then in the 15th century, the first of the Ming emperors started building another wall near the first one.This was to keep out the Mongols.It is this wall that thousands of tourists visit every day.
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The story gives us some information about how the Chinese workers built the Great wall.
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The Great Wall is more than three thousands long and has some towers.
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The Chinese built the Great Wall because they wanted to keep out the enemies.
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The Chinese people started the Great Wall in about 600 BC.
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The first Ming emperor started building another wall near the first one which many tourists visit today.
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One morning in April, Jim Reed checked his e-mail.It was from a woman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.He had talked to her on e-mail many times in the last ten days.All the other messages were fun and interesting to read.This message was different.
The message said, “Goodbye loved kowihn yu I amj leaving.”
Mr.Reed was frightened by the message.He tried to understand the words that were not spelled right.He quickly wrote a message to his new friend.
“What do you mean by the message you just sent to me?”
He waited but did not get an answer.He wrote back, “Please talk to me.”
Finally, she wrote, “I am fallllljg asleep what ti say gildgye ti ny friends.” Mr.Reed thought hard about this message.“Is she going to kill herself?” he thought.
“What is your phone number?” he typed.The woman sent a phone number.Mr.Reed called.At first the phone was busy.Then it just rang and rang.He called the police in Pittsburgh, and told them his story.Then he faxed them what his friend wrote.
The police and paramedics(医护人员)quickly went to the woman’s house.When she didn’t’ answer the doorbell, they broke in.They found her on the floor near the computer.She told them, “I took 60 pills.” The paramedics rushed her to the hospital.
“Mr.Reed did a great job of saving this woman,” the police captain said.“If he hadn’t succeeded at the e-message, she would be dead now.” The woman is fine now, and she thanks Mr.Reed for saving her life.
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Mr.Reed talked with the woman ________.
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by telephone
B.
on the Internet
C.
at his home
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in the office
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The e-message he found was strange because ________.
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it was fun to read
B.
it was not interesting like usual ones
C.
the woman wrote nothing
D.
the woman wrote it ten days ago
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As soon as Mr.Reed read the e-message, he ________.
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wrote back to ask her about the meaning of the message