Question

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

The first plant collecting expedition recorded in history was around 1500 BC w    the Queen of Egypt sent ships away to gather plants, animals and other ____．However, it was not until the 18th and 19th centuries ___ the exploration of the botanical world began __ a large scale．Brave young men of middle classes in Europe t    the opportunity of going on botanical expeditions, often facing many dangers, __（包括） disease, near-starvation, severe ___（环境）and conflicts with the l    people and reached other parts of the world, like Asia and Australia, in which they came __ many species of appealing plants and collected large q__ of them back home．

1．________ 2．________ 3．________ 4．________ 5．________ 6．________ 7．________ 8．________ 9．________ 10．________

Answer 1

1．when        2．goods   3．that    4．on    5．took    6．including

7．environments  8．local   9．across   10．quantities