ThegreatcityofVeniceisfamoustodayasapopulartouristdestinationandisrecognizedasoneoftheworld'smostbeautifulcities．（61）___mostpeopleassociateVenicewithwaterandtouristslovetotakeromanticgondola（平底船）t

　　The great city of Venice is famous today as a popular tourist destination and is recognized as one of the world's most beautiful cities．（61）___ most people associate Venice with water and tourists love to take romantic gondola （平底船） trips（62）___the network of canals，the city has a lot more than this to fascinate visitors．

　　Venice is famous for （63）___ （it） great art，architecture and culture as well as for glass blowing and lace．The city has always been very rich．Over the years，many great churches，palaces，and monuments （64）___（build） and the wealthy merchants collected treasures of art and literature so the city is full of museums and art collections．The Old Library today contains about 13，000manuscripts and more than 800，000books，（65）___many of them are very （66）___（value）．（67）___ most famous place in Venice is the St．Mark's Square（68）___tourists go to admire the buildings including St．Mark's Cathedral and the Duke's Palace，and sit in the numerous cafes（69）___（surround） the square．

　　Many famous men came from Venice，where there was enough money（70）___（allow） them to succeed．The famous painters Canaletto and Carpaccio，the great composer Vivaldi and the explorer Marco Polo，all came from this wonderful city．