These changes only became possible as my____56_____ improved. First it was __57___in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I ___58____changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldn't believe it! But I was always so lonely ____59_____there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my ___60___with others through the World Wide Web.

The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant. "Have you come to take my photo?" it asked. In ____61____Daisy burst into laughter. "Don't laugh, "said the elephant, "We used to be an __62___species. Farmers hunted us without___63____. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the____64____ decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are____65___. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife."

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第四部分  模块二基础知识（共三节，满分30分）

第一节 课文填空（共5小题；每空0.5分，满分 10分）

The ______ of the room was in the fancy ______ popular in those days. It was also a treasure ______ with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best ______ about ten years to make.

Nowadays any country can ______ part if their ______ are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each one has its own _______. Women are not only _______, but play a very important ______ in gymnastics, team sports and …

As a result I _____ changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown ______. …But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, _____ in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a _____. I was able to _____ my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.

I’m ______ myself from mosquitoes. When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It _______ a powerful drug which ______ mosquitoes.

Daisy had always _____ to help ______ species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. “Where do you want to go?” it asked. Daisy ______ immediately. “I’d like to see some…”