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Unit 6 At one with nature
Passage 1
Longji Rice Terraces
Imagine mountains _______(wrap) in silver water, _______(shine) in the spring sun. Summer sees the mountains turn bright green with growing rice. During autumn, these same mountains are flash gold, and in winter they are covered in sheets of white frost. These are the colours of the Longji Rice Terraces.
These terraces _______(build) by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to _______ Guangxi is home. _______(Start) in the Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its _______(complete) in the early Qing Dynasty. Reaching as far as the eye can see, these terraces cover tall mountains, often from the bottom _______ the very top.
So why did these people go to so much trouble to turn entire mountains _______ terraces? Firstly, there are few large, flat areas of land in the region. _______(build) the terraces therefore meant that they could increase the areas _______ which they could grow rice. Secondly, _____