I. Read the following passage and put a word in each of the numbered blanks:
This statue of Jesus, one of the new seven (1)………………….. of the world, stands some 38 meters tall, atop the Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro. (2)………………..by Brazilian Heitor da Silva Costa and created by French sculptor Paul Landowski, it is one of the world’s (3)………………………. monuments. The statue took five years to (4)…………………. and was inaugurated on October 12, 1931. It has become a (5)………………. of the city and of the warmth of the Brazilian people, who receive visitors with open arms.
1____________ 2_____________ 3___________ 4____________ 5_____________
1. wonders
2. designed
3. best-known
4.construct
5. symbol
wonders
designed
best-known
construct
symbol