冬天的百草园比较的无味；雪一下，可就两样了。拍雪人（将自己的全形印在雪上）和塑雪罗汉需要人们鉴赏，这是荒园，人迹罕至，所以不相宜，只好来捕鸟。薄薄的雪，是不行的；总须积雪盖了地面一两天，鸟雀们久已无处觅食的时候才好。扫开一块雪，露出地面，用一支短棒支起一面大的竹筛来，下面____些秕谷，棒上系一条长绳，人远远地______着，看鸟雀下来啄食，走到竹筛底下的时候，将绳子一拉，便_____住了。但所得的是麻雀居多，也有白颊的“张飞鸟”，性子很躁，养不过夜的。

    As a saying goes, he who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man. The Great Wall in China ____(impress) everyone who sees for the first time ____ the general tourists to scholars. The vastness of the structure helps children grasp the great ____(achieve) in human history and can help inspire them ____ (learn) more about human success over one thousand years.____ (construct) over a period of 2,000 years, the stone solider ____(actual) consists of many great walls, some of____date back to the fifth century B.C. The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang,____ (order) these earlier long wall sections linked and extended with watchtowers to protect the new empire from northern tribes. Succeeding emperors and dynasties continued the construction.____ (spread) westward into the Gobi desert to guard____Silk Road. All together, the walls may have stretched more than 30,000 miles.