The Great Wall of China has a history of more than two thousand years. It 1 from the east to the west in North China. It is often called “The Ten-thousand- Li Great Wall” by the Chinese people. The Great Wall was about seven meters high. In many places it was wide enough for ten men to walk side 2 side along the top. Horses could run 3 the top, too. The Great Wall was made of stones and bricks. There were big stones on both sides and on the top. Along the Great Wall there are tall and strong watch towers. Long ago, the soldiers kept watching for the 4 in the watchtowers day and night. There were always soldiers 5 in winter and summer, keeping guard against the enemy. To build such a great wall over the mountain and down the valleys was not easy. When you look at the Great Wall, you can’t help wondering how the Chinese working people 6 able to build it without 7 modem machines. They did all the work with hands. They lifted the earth in baskets and pulled the stones in groups with ropes. They worked in such wild places that it was difficult to give them enough clothes to wear. 8 of people died of hard work and hunger. Many people were driven to work on the wall far away 9 their homes and they never came back. Now in some places the wall has fallen down. We are trying to get it repaired. As an old building, the Great Wall of China is known to the whole world. Every year thousands and thousands of people come to visit it from 10 over the world. It is a monument to the strong will and hard work of the Chinese people.