1 . 语法填空（根据课文内容和语法规则完成短文）
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.
