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.

Cold Food Festival is a    1     (tradition) Chinese holiday celebrated before Qingming Festival, which usually falls    2     April 4 or 5.

Legend has it that Chong’er, a prince of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, experienced many hardships while he moved around the warring states. Once, when the prince suffered from     3     (starve), Jie Zitui, offered him food. Later, when Chong’er became the duke of Jin, he ordered a search for Jie who had gone into hiding in the remote mountains with his mother. The duke wanted Jie    4     ( serve) as one of his ministers. Contrary to    5     many people might assume, Jie, who preferred living a simple life in the Mianshan Mountain to     6     (become) a politician, refused the duke’s invitation. Chong’er ordered the mountain to be burned down to force Jie out of hiding.     7     (fortune), Jie did not give in and the fire ended up killing him and his mother. Feeling extremely sorry, Chong’er required that the setting of fire    8     (forbid) on the anniversary of Jie’s death. This meant all food was eaten cold. Therefore the festival is thus named.

Mianshan Mountain,     9     the tragedy happened, is now a famous tourist destination in Shanxi Province. In many areas of Shanxi, locals still remember this tradition.     10     cold food is not the only choice for people during the celebration, the practices of making typical cold dishes for the event have been preserved.

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.

Strange things happened before Tangshan Earthquake happened. The well walls had deep cracks. A     1     (smell) gas came out of them. At 3：42     2     the morning of July 28, 1976, everything began to shake.     3     seemed as if the world were coming to an end. One of the     4     (deadly) earthquakes of the 20th century had begun. Soon the whole city lay in     5     (ruin). Many people died or were injured. Everything in the city was destroyed. People were     6     (shock) at this and wondered how long the disaster would last.

The army organized teams to dig out those who     7     (trap)and to bury the dead. Workers built shelters for survivors. Food and water were taken to the city. Slowly the city began to     8     (breath) again. Tangshan began to revive     9     (it) and get up on its feet again. With strong support from the government and the tireless efforts of the city's people, a new Tangshan was built. Tangshan city has proved that in times of disaster, people must unify and show the wisdom to stay positive and rebuild for     10     brighter future.

A great    1    (achieve) was made in 1953. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed to the top of Mount Everest    2    (successful) at 11: 30 am, on May 29. They became the first people    3    (reach)the peak of Mount Everest.

Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist, and Tenzing Norgay was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. Both of them were part of the    4    (nine) British expedition(探险)to Everest    5    (lead) by John Hunt in 1953. For this expedition, Hunt selected a group of people who were    6    (experience) in climbing mountains. In the group, Edmund Hillary    7    (select) from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay was actually from India where he lived. Before climbing, the expedition had been organized and planned for months. They made 9 camps on their way up, some of    8    have been still used by climbers up to now The first team made    9    to the place which was just 300 feet below the peak, and they left on May 26. They actually had already reached the point that no man had reached before. They were forced to leave because of the bad weather and besides, there were problems    10    their oxygen tank, too.

The Spanish flu     1    （start）on a small military（军事的）base in central Kansas in 1918，    2     one soldier came down with a fever. Within a few hours，about 100 soldiers were reported     3    （have）the same illness.

By 1919，the flu had spread around the world，    4    （kill）up to 50 million people. The flu caused over 600，000     5    （die）in the US，which included 195，000 just in the single month of October 1918.

The flu was     6    （particular）serious because most of the victims were young，healthy people. In fact，more adults     7     the ages of 20 and 50 got sick and died from the flu than any other group.

What made people especially     8    （terrify）was that the flu made people sick quickly. It was reported that many people who woke up with no flu symptoms got sick in the morning and were dead by nighttime. According to one story，four women played bridge late into the night，three of whom     9    （find）dead the next morning.

It was not until three "waves" of illness later     10     the flu eventually ended.