Cloze exercise

I am a new learner of English and I have done this cloze exercise . I need help your help to see whether the answers given are correct.

I have done the following exercise and my answers are in the brackets. Can you help me to see whether my answers are correct and if possible, what are the correct words . Thanks.


Popular legend tells that the name--a native American word--means " daughter of the star". It may be or may not be true. But ....( from ) the facts, the valley is a heavenly place and it is a happy one. Farms prosper. Small cities, spacious and sparkling........( under) the sun,
impress a visitor ......( from) the crowded cities. Several millions tourists escape the urban areas every year to enjoy the valley's beauty and breathe the pure air. Many build weekend homes ......(here ). The first settlers cleared only as .........( much) land as a family could farm.But they built large barns to store the plentiful harvest . Even today, the farms along Highway 11 remain small, and the..... ( barns) large. They are typical .....( of ) the Midvalley,......( which ) produce half of .........( the ) state of Colorado 's apple crop, much of dairy produce and vegetables , and ......( almost ) all her poultry. As you drive down the valley you cannot help ........( but ) impressed by the rich diversity of agriculture on ......(both) side of the road. Perhaps, typical of the area's quiet prosperity .......( of ) Middleway, a little jewel of a village eight miles west of Charles Town. With narrow shady lanes and
......( hardly) an advertising billboard in sight, it looked as ......( one ) imagines a village looked in the 1800s.

......(but or however ) it's just rural tranquility. on autuum weekends, the colors of the valley attract bumper-to-bumper traffic along roads that ......( might be) deserted at any .......(other) of the year. .......( despite ) this annual invasion, the locals are as welcoming of strangers ..........(as) ever.