On Jan 26, 2020, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, together with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others was killed in a helicopter c    1     near Los Angeles. He was at the age of 41.

He entered the NBA directly when out of high school in 1996 and led the Los Angeles Lakers to win five NBA championships. He       2    (正式地) retired after the season in 2016. Bryant accomplished a lot of matches in his 20-year career with the Lakers. Undoubtedly, he made a d    3    in NBA history.

“Kobe Bryant was a giant (巨人), who inspired, amazed, and thrilled people everywhere with his incomparable skills on the court, and made an i    4    on us with his     5    (智慧) and optimism as a father, husband, creative genius, and an ambassador for the game he loved,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tweeted (在推特上发微博).

“He will live forever in the hearts of Los Angeles,     6    he? This is a moment     7    leaves us     8     (struggle) to find words that express the shock and sorrow we are all feeling right now,” Garcetti said.

NBA     9    (运动员), officials and fans mourned (哀悼) the loss of Bryant. People     10    (视为) him as a legend.

    1    time I have been changed quite a lot from a     2    machine in 1642 to an analytical machine in 1800s. At first I could only     3    difficult sums but gradually I could be made to work as a “universal machine ” to solve any difficult    4     problems.

Both the Winter and the Summer Olympic Games are held on a regular    1    . The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Every country wants to host the Olympic Games because they thought it not only a     2     but also an honor to be chosen.

The Amber Room, made of several tons of amber and  decorated    1    gold and jewels, has a(n)     2     history. At first, it    3    for the palace of Frederick I. Then in 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great, and later, the Czar made it serve as a small    4    hall.

Part 1. I can well remember there was a time     1     a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me     2    . That’s changed since I came here. For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake     3     purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself. It was the first time in a year and a half that I     4     the night face to face.

Part 2. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from     5     spoken today. It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150 English became     6     like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French.

Part 3. I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be very     7    . I know the proper way is always her way. My sister doesn’t care about details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a     8     look. When I told her the air would be hard     9    , she said it would be     10     interesting experience.