Question

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給）:

What are we teenagers nowadays crazy about? Are we crazy about popular songs, Harry Porter books? Are we crazy about sports or online games? But for me, the a1.is history.

History is a part of my free time. Since I was ten, I have r2.many history books, collected old maps and visited museums. I always get excited when people around me talk about history. I have learnt a lot from history. It can o3.some ways to deal with the problems of growing up. History is my precious wealth (財(cái)富).

History helps me become mature (成熟). I believed that life was simple to understand in the past. N4.I know that I shouldn’t make simple judgments (判斷). People are not “good” or “bad” and things are not “true” or “false”. History has also made me mentally stronger. I’m more r5.than before. For example, when I studied Chinese history between 1840 and 1949, it made me understand I must be a strong person and do my best to do things for China.

Francis Bacon wrote, “Histories make men wise”. I agree with that. If you know history, you respect (尊重) the past a6. you are confident about the future. History tells us where we came from, where we are now and where we are going in the future. This is just the charm of history.

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