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阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标及所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

The world’s longest cross-sea bridge, the 55-km-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge(HZMB), opened 1.Oct 24.The Guardian described it as one of the “seven 2. (wonder) of the modern world”.

The project of the HZMB began in 2009 and 3./k?st/ about 120 billion yuan. The bridge connects Hong Kong and Macao to Zhuhai.

The HZMB is special in many ways. It is 4.(design) to have a service life of 120 years,20 years longer than most bridges.

And it’s not just a bridge. In one section, 5.bridge turns into a 6.7-km undersea tunnel (隧道) that

passes through two man-made islands. The tunnel is the longest undersea tunnel for road traffic in the world, allowing large ships to 6./k?n’t?nju/ passing through the sea area above the tunnel.

The bridge’s engineers had to consider many things 7.avoid affecting the environment while building the bridge.

The HZMB will make it much 8.(fast) to travel between the three areas it connects. It took four hours to travel from Hong Kong to Zhuhai in the past, but now the 9./'d??:ni/ time is reduced to 45 minutes. By drawing local cities and areas closer together, the bridge will be helpful to the 10.(develop) of Hong Kong. Macao and nine Guangdong cities. Amazing China!

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