Restorers are working on the Great Wall of China’s Jiankou section, 【小题1】 (build) during the Ming Dynasty, and the job is intense-these workers are risking their lives.

The Jiankou section sits on top of the mountain to 【小题2】 vehicles have no access. Just getting to the twelve-mile section 【小题3】 (take) forty minutes, and things don’t get 【小题4】 (easy) when the workers arrive at the destination. Where the floors aren’t flat, they need to drag supplies to reach the right spot. The trip to the site is so challenging 【小题5】 repairers can only carry basic tools and reach the wall’s sides from the top. One worker will tie a rope around his waist, while 【小题6】 holds on from above. With such a far drop down, surviving a fall would be 【小题7】 matter of luck.

【小题8】 (keep) to historical accuracy, restorers either use old, fallen bricks or make new ones using the same materials as the originals. Repairs 【小题9】 (be) on since 2005, but under such conditions, it hasn’t been a quick and easy task. Despite the drawn-out process, Dong Yaohui, vice president of the China Great Wall Association, is proud that the work is about the 【小题10】 (preserve) of the wall-not just making money.

In 1972, UNESCO started a program to protect the world’s cultural and 【小题1】 (nature) heritage. Since then, a large number of cultural sites 【小题2】(add) to the World Heritage List. The Taj Mahal in India and the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China【小题3】 (be) two of the best known examples.

The Taj Mahal, one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, is a masterpiece(杰作) of architecture. 【小题4】 took more than 20,000 workers and 1,000 elephants to complete the project, and the stones came from as far away as China.

【小题5】makes the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties unique is that they bring together architecture and philosophy.  【小题6】 (build) between 1368 and 1915, the tombs represent(代表) Chinese cultural and historical 【小题7】  (value) that have been handed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.

Human life lasts only a short time 【小题8】art and culture last forever. The program attempts 【小题9】 (protect) and preserve the best of human history. Masterpieces such as the Taj Mahal and the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties remind us  【小题10】 the things we can achieve at our finest, and inspire us to live up to our great past in the future.

Fan Jinshi, an archaeologist from Beijing University, first visited the Mogao caves as an undergraduate student in 1962. Despite the caves’ tough 【小题1】(condition), Fan was determined to study national cultural heritage(遗产)and stayed to pursue her dream.

Over time, Fan’s commitment to preserving national cultural heritage grew【小题2】(strong). She joined the Communist Party of China in 1974 and became even more determined to protect the Mogao caves when they were officially open to tourists in 1979. 【小题3】 (face) with the challenge of balancing conservation and tourism, Fan knew that a solution had to be found. She【小题4】(convince) that the caves’ social importance far outweighed their economic potential and that scientific protection was the key to their 【小题5】 (survive).

In the late 1980s, Fan came up with 【小题6】 innovative plan to digitize the Mogao caves, permanently preserving the murals(壁画), painted cultures, and historical data. In 2016, Digital Dunhuang was launched online, allowing people worldwide 【小题7】 (enjoy) comprehensive images of the caves.

In her eighties, Fan Jinshi is as busy as before, working【小题8】(tireless) to conserve and manage the caves. She hopes that young people will carry【小题9】the “Mogao Spirit” and build a better Dunhuang Academy,【小题10】she spent her lifetime. “Let this be my epitaph,” Fan says, “I’ve done all I could for Dunhuang.”