The Vikings, whose ancestors came from Scandinavia, were the first Europeans     1    (reach) America. They had lived in many places of northern Europe. In 982 AD, a man     2    (call) Eric the Red was forced to leave Iceland because of a murder, for     3    he got into trouble. Eric discovered Greenland and persuaded some people     4    (settle) in Greenland. Eric set sail again, but only half of the ships made     5    to Greenland this time.

Later a man, Biarni set sail from Iceland in search     6     Eris’s party. But he     7    (blow) off course and found himself in an unknown land, from where he     8    (eventual) reached Greenland.

In the year 1002, Leif, Eric the Red’s son, followed Biarni’s directions and sailed to     9    is believed to be the coast of present-day Canada. He also discovered Newfoundland. Actually, Eric the Red and Leif’s     10    (deed) are the first records we have of Europeans sailing to the Americas.

The Vikings,a group of people     1     ancestors came from Scandinavia, were the first Europeans     2     (reach) America. In 982 AD, there were 10,000 Vikings living in Iceland. It was said that Eric the Red was forced to leave Iceland because he had committed a murder,     3     which he got into trouble. He reached Greenland and then returned to Iceland and told people about Greenland. Later, he set sail again, with 25 ships,     4     which only 14 made it to Greenland. A man called Biarni was hoping to join his father     5     was with Eric, but he was blown off course and found himself in an unknown land,     6     which he reached Greenland. In 1002, Eric the Red’s son Leif followed Biarni’s direction and sailed to the place     7     is believed to be the coast of present-day Canada. He then sailed     8     (far) south to an island now known     9     Newfoundland. We know about their deeds through stories     10     were written down centuries later in Norway and Iceland.

The Amber Room was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The     1     (select) amber had     2     beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was     3     the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure     4     (decorate) with gold and jewels,     5     took the country’s best     6     (artist) about ten years to make.

Later, Catherine Ⅱ had the Amber Room     7     (move) to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers.     8     (sad), the Amber Room     9     (consider) one of the wonders of the world, is now     10     (miss).

On a grey afternoon on 19 November 1863, Abraham Lincoln mounted a platform in a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He was there in memory of the    1    (die)soldiers. The place was the site of a recent battle     2    thousands of soldiers had died.

At that time, America was    3     (bitter) divided. For two years, its people had been deep in a civil war. The Union side won but    4    a great cost. Over 50,000 soldiers    5     (kill)or wounded, and people lost hope and purpose.

Lincoln understood the feelings of the civilian people. His speech gave them hope, belief and a reason     6     (look) to the future. He gave them    7    new vision of what the United States of America should be     8     (base)on the ideals set down by its Founding Fathers 87 years before. It was what the soldiers had died for. Now it was up to the    9     (live) to remove not only the divisions between North and South, but the boundaries between black and white, and work step by step towards the    10     (equal)of humankind.

Because this was Li Qiang's first trip, he was worried and     1    （settle）so that he suffered from "time lag".     2    （hit）by a lack of fresh air, his head ached. His guide gave him some green tablets and a mask which helped him solve the problems. However, he experienced something new.     3    （arrive）home, he was shown into a large, bright clean room     4     a wall of trees.     5    （exhaust）, he slide into bed and fell fast asleep.

Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people refer to England you find Wales     6    （include）as well. Next England and Wales     7    （join）to Scotland and the name was changed to "Great Britain".     8    （happy）this was accomplished without conflict. Finally the English government tried to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was     9    （willing）and broke     10     to form its own government.

Cholera was a deadly disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure     1     (understand). So thousands of     2     (terrify) people died when there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to solve     3     problem. He knew that cholera would not be controlled     4     its cause was found.

He became interested in two theories     5     possibly explained how cholera killed people. The first suggested that cholera     6     (multiply) in the air. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease     7     their bodies with their meals.

John Snow suspected that the second theory was correct but he needed evidence. So when another outbreak hit London in 1854, he was ready    8     (begin) his enquiry. With all the evidence he gathered, John Snow was able to announce with     9     (certain) that polluted water carried the virus.     10     (final) “King Cholera” was defeated.