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Ⅴ. 短文填空。(10分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Zheng He was a famous Chinese explorer. In 1405, he set off from China on the 61. ________（one） of seven great voyages(航行). This was nearly a century before Christopher Columbus first set sail on his journey of discovery to America. His travels were 62. ________ important that they are still studied today.
Zheng He was born in Yunnan in 1371. He rose to become a trusted official of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor ordered Zheng He to visit and explore the islands outside China. His task was to develop relations and set 63. ________ trade routes with foreign countries. In a few years, he built a great fleet of ships, the 64. ________（big） in the world at that time. The ships were known as treasure ships. They were big 65. ________ to carry 25,000 people as well as quite a lot of goods.
From 1405 to 1433, Zheng He went on seven trips 66. ________ visited Southeast Asia, the Middle East and even the east coast of Africa. It seemed that nowhere was too far for him to visit. These voyages allowed China 67. ________（trade） valuable goods like gold, silver and silk. At the end of each voyage, Zheng He returned with many things that were never seen in China before, such as a giraffe from Africa. Besides developing trade, the voyages also encouraged the exchange of cultures and technologies. They helped the 68. ________（develop） of those countries and regions.
Zheng He 69. ________（die） in 1433 during his last voyage. However, his voyages are such a huge achievement that people still 70. ________ him as a pioneer in opening up cultural contacts between different peoples around the world.

答案： 61.first 62.so 63.up 64.biggest
65.enough 66.and 67.to trade
68.development 69.died
70.regard/see/consider