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Long ago, the world had no wheels. To go to places, people walked. Sometimes, they had to take     1     long way to reach where they wanted to go. To move things, people had to carry by     2     (they). Sometimes the things were very heavy.

Later, people thought about animals, which could     3     (train) to carry heavy things. They     4     (create) sleds (雪橇) that could help animals to move heavier things. Then, people managed     5     (use) big logs (原木) under sleds,     6     made sleds move more easily. Later, someone cut slices (片) from a log and     7     (connect) them with a stick. The wheel and axle (轮轴) had finally been invented. People did better and better     8     making wheels.

Gradually people begin to put wheels into many     9     (place). Looking around, you’ll see wheels on wheelchairs, bicycles, buses, trains, etc. More wheels are hidden inside clocks, cars, computers, and other machines. Wheels are even used to produce electricity that         10     (light) your home.

【推荐2】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

The Year of the Ox is coming. In China, you will find various ox figures     1    (make) of gold, wood, plastic, paper, shell and stone on sale in stores and on streets     2    (celebrate) the return.

    3    why was the ox chosen to be one of the 12 Chinese zodiac signs?

Centuries ago, most people earned their living     4    farming. The ox was used to help plow, cultivate and carry heavy goods.

The ox has long had a significant place in Chinese culture. Ancient Chinese poets and writers frequently described the ox in literature. In the Classic of Poetry,     5    (old)   the existing collection of Chinese poetry, the animal was mentioned in nine out of the 305 pieces.

The ox is considered a symbol of diligence and earnestness in Chinese culture. To this day, the phrase “the spirit of ox” still refers to conquering anything that may present     6    as an obstacle. The spirit is highly praised and many people follow it as their work ethic. When someone achieves a great accomplishment through hard work, people often use “niu”,     7    (mean) “awesome”, to describe him or her.

Seldom     8    oxen bully the weak or fear the strong. They work hard and make sacrifices.

This is reflected in a couplet from a poem by Lu Xun(1881—1936): “Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers; Head bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children”,     9    fully expresses the poet’s loyalty to the people.

So naturally, often those who were born in the Year of the Ox     10    (expect) to be hardworking, reliable and loyal. “They never seek to be the center of attention and do not look for praise,” the website China Highlights noted.

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What comes to your mind when you think of music in Austria? You might think of Mozart or the film The Sound of Music, but Austrian music started off quite     1     (different).

One of the earliest types of Austrian music may not seem like music at all. Yodelling, a form of singing that alternates (交替) in pitch (音高) between low and high,     2     (be) thought to have begun as a way for animal owners in the mountains     3     (call) their animals. Even today, yodelling     4     (use) in pop, rock and country music.

In the 18th century the Austrian royal family drew many famous musicians to Vienna, making     5     a centre for musical innovation and performances. Some classical composers even used     6     (tradition) Austrian folk songs or tunes in their works.

Opera has also been popular in Austria. Not only rich Austrians     7     regular citizens flooded into Vienna to attend performances. Even today, there are operas     8     (perform) every year at the St. Margarethen Opera Festival, in a very unusual location: a quarry (采石场). They all take place in the open air under the stars,     9     (take) advantage of the quarry’s unique acoustics (音响效果).

Austria has a long and rich musical history, from folk songs and dances     10     classical symphonies and operas. The sounds of Austrian music are everywhere.

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The Shenzhou XIII mission crew entered the Tiangong space station     1     October 16 morning,     2     marks the beginning of their six-month journey inside the station in the country’s longest spaceflight. Wang Yaping becomes the country’s first female taikonaut    3     (work) in China’s space station.

Wang Yaping     4     (select) to the crew of the Shenzhou-10 space mission in April 2013,     5     (deliver) China’s first televised science lecture in orbit to    6    audience of more than 60 million school    7     (child) and teachers while onboard the Tiangong-1 space lab module. Wang will also give another space lecture, a major expectation for many netizens.

Before her    8     (depart), Wang Yaping and her five-year-old daughter assigned tasks to each other. “I hope she can look after herself, grandma and grandpa    9     (good) and study hard. She wants me to pick stars for her and her classmates, and asks me to pick a lot so    10     she can share with her classmates.” said Wang.

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Yang Liwei, China's first taikonaut, landed     1       (safe) in Inne Mongolia on October 16，2003.Yang was in space for twenty-one and a half hours and     2     (make) 14orbits of the earth. When he was orbiting the earth，he took photographs     3     it.

    4     Yang Liwei landed，Premier Wen Jiabao telephoned the Control Centre to offer his congratulations. The flight was a complete     5     (succeed).When Yang took     6     from Jiuquan at am on October 15, 2003, China became the third nation     7    (send) a man into space. While     8    (travel) in space, Yang spoke to two astronauts aboard the International Space Station. They were excited that there was somebody else in space with them.

Many countries around the world sent     9    (message) of congratulations. United Nation Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the flight     10     step forward for the whole world”.