7．The earth is nothing but a very small planet in the endless ________ .(universal)

6．This is a painting full of ________ and hope.(imagine)

5．________ speaking，it’s worth all the efforts.(person)

4．The mother was amazed by the little kid’s ________ idea.(create)

3．Most of the time，women are forced to make a ________ between family and career.(choose)

2．It’s scary to stay in a house alone in ________ darkness.(totally)

1．According to a recent research，dolphins are much more ______ than other animals.(intelligence)

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In order to find out about the 1.________ day Olympic Games，Pausanias，a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago，has come 2.________ a magical journey.He had an 3.________ with a Chinese girl called Li Yan.Now he realizes great changes have 4.________ to the Games.First，there’re two main 5.________ of Olympic Games-the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics，which mainly includes events 6.______ skiing and ice skating.Second，athletes from any country，7.________ just from Greek world，can join in the Games to 8.________ each other for the honour of winning，as long as they reach the standard to 9.________ the Games.Women are also admitted as 10.________ and what’s more，they play a very important 11.________ in the Games.Third，to host the Games，the host city must build a special village for the competitors 12.________.Besides，a stadium for competitions，a very large swimming pool，and a gymnasium 13.________ seats for those who watch the Games must be built.Fourth，the winners are awarded with gold，silver or copper medals 14.________ the olive wreath.Last，it has become a great 15.________ to host the Olympics，so the competition to win the bid for the Games is as fierce as that to win Olympic medals among the countries.

答案：1.present　2.on　3.interview　4.taken place　5.sets

6．like　7.not　pete against　9.be admitted to　petitors　 11.role　12.to live in　13.as well as　14.instead of　15.honour

6．Li Na made up her mind to challenge herself.To her satisfaction，she won the gold medal at last.

[连句成篇]　Learning that she was admitted to the Olympic Games，Li Na promised to compete for the gold medal.On July 21,1984，she took part in the women’s finals for gymnastics.She felt a little nervous when she saw her opponents coming into the stadium，one after another，most of whom were world­famous.To win the Games，her coach advised her to perform a set of difficult movements，which，as a matter of fact，she never accomplished successfully in her practice.However，Li Na made up her mind to challenge herself and to her satisfaction，she won the gold medal at last.