Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that fits the context.
Last month we finally got a chance to have a trip to E’mei Mountain, __48___ we had longed to do for ages. It was there ___49___ I was amazed by the most beautiful scenery I had ever seen!
The weather didn’t seem to welcome us when we got to West China’s Chengdu city --- it was quite wet and cold. On the coach heading to the mountain, I couldn’t help feeling disappointed. “What a bad day!” I said to myself when looking out of the window, “We may not be able to see a lot in the mountain. And ___50___ a pity it will be if we miss the sunrise next morning!”
The guide denied the possibility of a sunny day. “Actually, seldom ___51___ we have bright sunshine here, especially in winter.” he said.
Very early the next morning, amazingly, we got completely satisfied in a totally unexpected way. On the way up the mountain, we found everything was becoming white --- it was snowing! We screamed. Arriving at the top of the mountain, we found ___52___ in a white world that only existed in fairy tales. ___53___ could help describe what we saw. We were jumping, screaming, taking photos, trying to fill our eyes __54_____ everything we could see, because we knew that this was the ___55____ time to see such beauty of the nature, and probably, the only time in our lives.