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According to the “Big Bang” theory, after settling into a solid globe, the earth exploded so     1    (violence) that it was not clear     2    the shape would last.   Meanwhile, the explosion produced many gases, which were in time     3    (make) the earth's atmosphere. The continued presence of water appeared as the earth cooled   down, making possible the     4    (develop) of life on the earth. Many millions of   years later, with tiny plants     5    (multiply) on the surface of the water, green       plants began to grow on land,     6    (follow) by insects, amphibians, reptiles and     dinosaurs. After the age of the dinosaurs ended, all mankind, in     7    (it) turn,          became the   most   important   animals     8    the   planet. Unfortunately, however, human beings put too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. As       9    result,   the increasing heat from the sun was prevented from escaping into space. So whether life will continue on the earth     10    (remain) unknown.

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The US space agency NASA says new data from observations of the asteroid (小行星) Bennu still suggests that the object could one day hit Earth. But, the scientists    1    (study) the asteroid predict in a new study that there is very little chance that Bennu    2    (hit) Earth in the coming century.

Bennu and other asteroids are considered near Earth objects. Scientists identify such objects    3    those having the possibility of coming within 50 million kilometers of Earth's orbit. Bennu    4    (discover) in 1999. It is believed    5    (form) more than 4.5 billion years ago. It moves into near-Earth space because of gravitational interactions with other    6    (planet). Bennu makes its closest pass to Earth every six years.

The latest data on Bennu was collected by NASA's Osiris- Rex spacecraft,    7    spent more than two years observing the asteroid. Last October, Osiris-Rex also    8    (success) collected samples (样本) from Bennu. The spacecraft is now on a trip back to Earth, with NASA expecting its    9    (arrive) in September 2023. The main goal of the Osiris-Rex mission was to collect the samples. Scientists say they hope    10    material can help them better understand how the planet formed and how life began on Earth.

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Twenty thousand leagues under the sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. The novel tells the classic story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as is seen from the point of view of Professor Pierre Aronnax, who is commissioned（委托）to find the sea monster responsible for sinking ships.

Ships of several nations spot a(n)     1     (mystery) sea monster, which is considered to be a giant narwhal (独角鲸). The US government gathers an expedition (探险队) in New York to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist (海洋生物学家),     2     happens to be in New York at the time, receives a last-minute     3     (invite) to join the expedition, which he accepts. Canadian whaler Ned Land and Aronnax’s     4     (faith) servant Conseil are also brought aboard.

The ship finds the monster after a long search and then attacks the beast,     5     damages the ship’s rudder (舵). The three people then jump into the water and grasp the “hide of the creature”, which they find, to their surprise, to be a submarine (潜艇) very far ahead of its time. They are quickly captured (俘获) and brought inside the submarine, where they meet its     6     (create) and commander, Captain Nemo.

The rest of the story follows the adventures of the people aboard the submarine, the Nautilus,     7     (build) in secrecy and now roams (漫游) the seas free from any land-based government. Nemo explains that his submarine is     8     (electric) powered. They visit many places under the ocean; some are real-life places, others are fictional. The travelers also use diving suits to hunt sharks and other marine life with air-guns and have an underwater funeral (葬礼) for a crew member who dies     9     an accident occurs under unknown conditions inside the Nautilus.

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Science fiction     1    (regard) by many people as a mirror through which our future can be     2    (free) imagined and explored. The Three-Body Problem     3    (write) by Chinese writer Liu Cixin is one of those astonishing     4    (predict) about the future. The work was first published in a Chinese sci-fi magazine in 2006 and printed as a three-volume book in 2008. When the first volume was translated into English by Chinese-American author Ken Liu, it attracted attention around the world,     5    (become) the first Asian winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel. The book     6    (represent) many themes such as space exploration, alien contact, AI, and the future of humans.

The Three-Body Problem begins with the stories of two unrelated people, Ye Wenjie and Wang Miao. Ye is recruited to join     7     secret project in a remote area of China,     8     has been set up to contact alien life forms. In the other story, set 20 years later, Wang Miao gets caught up in a popular online game called “Three Body”, in which people live on an unknown planet     9     three suns. But Wang discovers it is more than a game — it uncovers a great danger threatening human existence. How are these two people’s stories connected? And how will their behaviour change Earth’s future and the civilisations of other planets? Answers to all these questions are waiting to     10    (discover) when you go on reading.