The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of the most spectacular sights in the USA. The colours of its stone walls can take your breath 30 ______. The canyon is mostly red, but different layers of rock are gray, green, pink, golden and violet.
The colours are beautiful. However, it’s the size of the Grand Canyon that really makes people 31 ______. It’s huge! The widest spot of the canyon is 29 kilometers 32 ______!
If visitors look down into the canyon, they see the Colorado River. It 33 ______ through northwestern Arizona along the canyon floor for 446 kilometers! A raft ride down the length of this river through the Grand Canyon can 34 ______ two weeks. The Grand Canyon was actually made by the Colorado River. The river has run through this area for about 6 million years, carving the rock into a canyon. Some of the rocks in the Grand Canyon are 4 billion years old.
The Grand Canyon is also deep — in places it is more than a kilometer and a half deep. Willow trees grow at the bottom of the canyon where there is plenty of water. Cacti are common in drier areas. Wildlife 35 ______ coyotes, foxes, deer, badgers, pumas, bobcats, rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunks.
The Grand Canyon was made a National Park in 1919. That first year about 44,000 people came to see it. Today, about 5 million people a year come to 36 ______ the Grand Canyon. It’s truly one of the world’s natural wonders.
Вставьте пропущенное слово.
1. Yawn.
2. Gasp.
3. Sigh.
4. Sob.
Yawn — зевать, sigh — вздыхать, sob — рыдать. Единственный вариант, подходящий по контексту: gasp — открывать рот (от удивления), ахать (...the size of the Grand Canyon that really makes people gasp = ...размер Большого Каньона, который действительно заставляет людей ахать).
Правильный ответ указан под номером 2.