1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Heatherwick Studio recently built a greenhouse at the edge of the National Trust’s Woolbeding Gardens. This beautiful structure, named Glasshouse, is at the centre of a new garden that shows how the Silk Road influences English gardens even in modern times.

The latest     1     (engineer) techniques are applied to create this protective     2     (function) structure that is also beautiful. The design features ten steel “sepals (萼片)” made of glass and aluminium (铝). These sepals open on warm days     3     (give) the inside plants sunshine and fresh air. In cold weather, the structure stays     4     (close) to protect the plants.

Further, the Silk Route Garden around the greenhouse     5     (walk) visitors through a journey influenced by the ancient Silk Road, by which silk as well as many plant species came to Britain for     6     first time. These plants included modern Western     7     (favourite) such as rosemary, lavender and fennel. The garden also contains a winding path that guides visitors through the twelve regions of the Silk Road. The path offers over 300 plant species for visitors to see, too.

The Glasshouse stands     8     a great achievement in contemporary design, to house the plants of the southwestern part of China at the end of a path retracing (追溯) the steps along the Silk Route     9     brought the plants from their native habitat in Asia to come to define much of the     10     (rich) of gardening in England.

2 . The Jiahu settlement is located in the central plain of ancient China, __________ area known today as the Henan Province. The people created the country’s oldest recognized civilization. (用适当的词填空)

3 . Most students are required to take part in the labor class once per week. Since September, labor class has been listed as __________ official course in the school lives of primary and middle school students. (用适当的词填空)

4 . Earlier this year, 11-year-old Kashmea Wahi of London, England scored 162 on __________ intelligence quotient (IQ) test. (用适当的词填空)

5 . Hua Weiguang, __________ retired teacher from Tongliao, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is a photography enthusiast. (用适当的词填空)

6 . In __________ Song Dynasty, an instrument was also invented to indicate direction, called the compass fish, which floated on water. (用适当的词填空)

7 . Saxaul trees are __________ excellent tree species for sand fixation. It’s commonly seen, though easily ignored. (用适当的词填空)

8 . The art used to be welcomed by people of all ages in rural areas. However, in __________ 1980s, with the popularity of films and TV shows, it started to lose its shine and many performers moved on to other jobs. (用适当的词填空)

9 . As __________ result, they put on an average of 0.77 kg on the processed diet,   while they lost 1.08 kg on the healthy diet. (用适当的词填空)

10 . Of all the subjects, I like history best because it gives us _______ useful knowledge of things in the past. (用适当的词填空)