Fill each of the numbered gaps in the following passage with the most appropriate word from the wordbank. Use only one word in each space. Write the appropriate letter in the gap. The task begins with an example (0). Note that there are more words than gaps.
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
The Great Wall of China was once a great wall indeed. A (0) __C__ survey shows that all the bits joined (1) would have stretched halfway (2) the equator. State archaeologists have (3) the Great Wall to be 21,196 km long – more than (4) the previous estimate. The figure includes immense stretches that have vanished or are visible only to the (5) eye.
The latest survey confirmed long-standing fears the China`s most famous structure remains at constant (6) from man and the elements. Huge portions of the wall have collapsed and the saving and (7) of the Great Wall`s relics should not be delayed.
The global renown of the Great Wall of China has long depended on the (8) that there was only one wall. In reality more than a dozen dynasties built (9) walls across the country`s northern borders before China was unified.
Some were made of mud or sticks and were washed away, and others were vandalised or (10) and are visible only as heaps of stones.
| A | proclaimed | G | soup |
| B | double | H | round |
| C | new | I | preserving |
| D | together | J | dissimilar |
| E | trained | K | stolen |
| F | misconception | L | risk |
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