单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

小题1:In Chinese culture, dragons are g_____________(慷慨豁达的) and wise, though they can be unpredictable.

小题2:Look through newspapers every day and you can keep up with the r____________(迅速) developing situation.

小题3:I’m writing in r____________(回应) to your advertisement for an electrician.

小题4:There are many ______________ (神秘的)stories about the Egyptian pyramids.

小题5:The scientist contributed a lot to the world and built up his r_____________(声望).

小题6:His vivid and amusing accounts of life on the Mississippi e______________(确立) himself as a giant in American literature.

小题7:He made several a_____________(尝试) but all of them were in vain.

小题8:The o__________(起源) of Carnival is that in Europe people enjoyed eating, drinking and dressing up before forty days without meat.

小题9:She has made great contributions to the world, c___________(创造) much wealth.

小题10:O_____________ (显而易见), Tom didn’t catch what I said, so he couldn’t know how to answer my question.