18.第二节 语法填空 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式.
I made my first visit to China in 2008and last year,I (61)was (be) lucky enough to take part in an event called"Shanxi in the eyes of foreigners".
Shanxi is Chinese for"west of the mountains",meaning the Taihang Mountains.For popular tourist attractions,Shanxi has Hengshan Mountain,one of China's five sacred Taoist mountains and the Wutai Mountains,a sacred Chinese Buddhist site,(62)which is on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
The good transportation and easy access (63)to Shanxi province,especially from Beijing,make it a comfortable trip.It is convenient for people to go on to neighboring Shaanxi province,home of the (64)famous(fame) Terracotta Warriors or to Huashan Mountain.Thanks to the high-speed trains,(65)visitors(visitor) can see such well-known places as Pingyao and the Mianshan Mountains within a day's ride from Taiyuan.(66)Located(locate) south of Taiyuan,Pingyao,an Old Town with its own several-kilometer-long wall,has managed(67)to preserve(preserve) its Ming and Qing appearance.
In traveling across China and visiting its cities,towns,and tourist attractions,one can't help(68)seeing(see) that it's a country heading toward the future.However,if you want to see both the historical past and the (69)rapidly (rapid) approaching future in one shot,at the same time,you should visit Shanxi with (70)what it has to offer.