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用括号内动词的正确形式完成下面短文。

      In school,I was terrible at spelling. I remember

1. (ask) to spell the fourth day of the week.

      “W-E-N-S-D-A-Y”.

      “You seem 2. (forget) a few letters,”commented the teacher.

        I began to say the letters again, “W-H-E-N-S-D-A-Y”.

       “No,” she smiled. “The name Wednesday comes from Norse mythology. The day 3.(name) after the god Odin,also called Woden. So think of it as ‘ Woden's day’. In Old English,it was Wodnesdaeg,and in Middle English,it became Wednesdai. And now,it is Wednesday."

       “Why don't we pronounce all the letters?” I asked.

       “Well,the pronunciation seems 4.(simplify) but not the spelling. Perhaps in the future,the spelling will change too,but for now,plan5. (write) it like this (Wednesday) ,w she added.

       “Can’t we just call it Humpday?” asked a student in the back of the class.

       “I don't remember seeing that word in the dictionary, ” replied the teacher. “A word must 6. (accept) formally in dictionaries before we can confidently use it in our writing."

       “How does a word become accepted?”

       “As more people begin to use a word,it starts to appear more frequently in writing — newspapers, magazines and books — and in speech — conversation,newscasts,and lectures. The more frequently a word occurs,the more likely it is 7.(record) into a dictionary,” she explained.

       “So does that mean that we should start using ‘Humpday’ so that we can get it accepted?” asked the student.

        The teacher smiled, “You can try,but you’11 still need to be able 8. (spell) Wednesday correctly on your next spelling test.”

根据短文内容和首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

The development of the English language took a giant step in 1607. Three small British ships c1. the Atlantic Ocean. They began to call areas of their new land by words borrowed from the native people. For example, many of the great r2. in the United States are taken from American Indian words. The Mississippi, the Tennessee, the Missouri are examples. This borrowing or adding of foreign words to English was a w3.of expanding（扩大）the language. The names of three days of the week are good examples of this. The people from Northern Europe honored three gods with a special day each week. The gods were Odin, Thor and Freya. Odin’s-day became Wednesday in English, Thor’s-day became T4. and Freya’s-day became Friday.

Experts cannot explain many English words. For h5. of years, a dog was called a “hound.” The word is still u6. but not as commonly as the word “dog.” English speakers just started using it. Other words whose origins are unknown i7.“fun,” “bad,” and “big.”

English speakers also continue to invent n8. words by linking old words together. A good example is the words “motor” and “hotel.” Many years ago

s9. linked them together into the word “motel.” A motel is a small hotel near a road where people travelling in cars can stay for the night.

Other words come from the f10. letters of names of groups or devices. For example, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is usually called NATO.

根据短文内容和首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
The development of the English language took a giant step in 1607. Three small British ships c【小题1】 the Atlantic Ocean. They began to call areas of their new land by words borrowed from the native people. For example, many of the great r【小题2】 in the United States are taken from American Indian words. The Mississippi, the Tennessee, the Missouri are examples. This borrowing or adding of foreign words to English was a w【小题3】of expanding（扩大）the language. The names of three days of the week are good examples of this. The people from Northern Europe honored three gods with a special day each week. The gods were Odin, Thor and Freya. Odin’s-day became Wednesday in English, Thor’s-day became T【小题4】 and Freya’s-day became Friday.
Experts cannot explain many English words. For h【小题5】 of years, a dog was called a “hound.” The word is still u【小题6】 but not as commonly as the word “dog.” English speakers just started using it. Other words whose origins are unknown i【小题7】“fun,” “bad,” and “big.”
English speakers also continue to invent n【小题8】 words by linking old words together. A good example is the words “motor” and “hotel.” Many years ago
s【小题9】 linked them together into the word “motel.” A motel is a small hotel near a road where people travelling in cars can stay for the night.
Other words come from the f【小题10】 letters of names of groups or devices. For example, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is usually called NATO.