The buildings in that poor town look far{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（丑）than the ones here.

    We've just{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（回来）from a short holiday at Ayers Rock. Ayers Rock is right in the centre of Australia. It's nearly two{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（千）kilometres from Sydney, so we flew most of the way.

    From Sydney we flew over a line of mountains in the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}（东南）. It was rather cloudy at first.

    But after we left the mountains behind us, there was{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（几乎没有）a cloud in the sky. Most of the land below looked like sand, though Dad told me it is greener than you think. There are a lot of{#blank#}5{#/blank#}（绵羊）down there, "he said, but hardly any people!"

    Ayers Rock is a large, low mountain. The day after we{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（到达）, we got up early in the morning before the sun{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（升起）. We started climbing up before it was light. It gets too hot for climbing later. Lower down, at the foot of Ayers Rock, most of the ground is covered with forest and grass, and there are{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（甚至）a few small rivers. But when you climb higher, you will find nothing grows there at all. We didn't reach the top because it was too hot. All around it is sand. In the evening, when the sun goes down, the sand is{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（几乎）red. The sky is red too, so it is very, very beautiful.{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（虽然）we only stayed there for a few days, we had a great time.