Siena is an old city in the north of Italy. It began with a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(群) of people living on its hills over 2,900 years ago. Around the year 1100, Siena {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(成为) an important business center in Italy. In 1472, people built the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(第一) bank of the world in this city.

    Today Siena is famous for {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(保持) its "old face". For example, its city walls, which helped keep the city {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(安全的) in the past, are hundreds of years old now and look almost the same as before, Also, you can see many old {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(建筑物) at the Piazza del Campo, the most important meeting place of the city. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(很少) things have really changed in this center of public life for hundreds of years. Now people still go to the open space for sharing news, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(购物), or playing sports. There is one more thing that helps keep Siena's old face: cars cannot enter the city {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(大多数) of the time.

    Siena is old, but it's {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(绝妙的). People are welcome to visit this beautiful city and walk into the past.

— Yeah! But Mrs. Jackson looks very old.