1 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。

The United Kingdom has a long and interesting history to explore, which can help you understand much more about the country and its traditions. Almost everywhere you go in the UK, you will be surrounded by     1     of four different groups of people who took     2     at different times throughout history. The first group, the Romans, came in the first century. Some of their great     3     included building towns and roads. …The Vikings came in the eighth century, left behind lots of new vocabulary, and also the names of many     4     across the UK.

2 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。

Finally, in the 20th century, the     1     part of Ireland broke away from the UK, which     2     in the full name we have today: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Most people just use the     3     name: “the United Kingdom” or “the UK”. People from the UK are called “British”, which means the UK is also often     4     to as Britain or Great Britain.

3 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。

By the Shang Dynasty (around 1600-1046 BCE), these    1     had become a well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different    2    , as it was a time when people were     3    geographically, leading to many     4    of dialects and characters. This, however, changed under Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE).

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Many people are confused about the     1    (mean) of the names: the United Kingdom, Great Britain, Britain and England.     2     (solve) this puzzle, knowing a little bit about British history will help.

In the 16th century, the nearby country of Wales     3    (join) to the Kingdom of England, followed by the country Scotland in 18th century. In the 19th century, the Kingdom of Ireland was added to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.     4     (final), in the 20th century, the southern part of Ireland broke away    5    the UK, resulting in the full name we have today: “the United Kingdom” or “the UK”. People from the UK are called “British”,     6     means the UK is also often referred to as Britain or Great Britain.

Even though the four countries which     7     (belong) to the United Kingdom work together in some areas, such as using the same flag, sharing the same currency and military     8     (defend), they also have some differences. Anyhow, the United Kingdom has     9     long and interesting history to explore, which can help you understand much more about the country and     10     (it) traditions.

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Middle English is the name     1    (give) to the English used from around the 12th to the 15th centuries. Many things played a part in the     2    (develop) of this new type of English. The most important     3    (贡献) was from the Normans, a     4     (French speak) people who    5     (打败) England and took control of the country in 1066.     6    , the Norman Conquest did not affect English as much as the Angles and the Saxons’ victory about 600 years earlier, which led to Old English     7     (replace) Celtic. Even though the Normans spoke French for the e    8     250 years they ruled England, French did not replace English     9     the first language. On the other hand, the English language did borrow many words from French. This resulted in even more words with similar meanings, such as answer (from Old English) and reply (from Old French). It is interesting to learn     10     the words for animals and meat developed.

7 . July 20, 1969 was an important day. Two     1     (美国) astronauts planted the first human footstep on the moon.     2     (他们的) names were Armstrong and Aldrin. They went into a spaceship whose name was Apollo. As Armstrong reached his left foot     3     (touch) the moon’s surface, he said, “That’s one small step for a man, but one big leap for mankind.”

    4     two hours and twenty-one minutes, the man carefully at first and then     5     (勇敢), walked on the moon,     6     (take) photos and picking stones. After eight    7     (day) stay in space, Apollo returned to the earth successfully. People everywhere were     8     (excite) by this moon trip. “This is the    9     (伟大) week in the history of the world since the Creation (创世),” President Nixon told the Travelers. “    10     (多亏，由于) what you have done, the world has never been closer together before.”