请认真阅读下列短文，填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A
When cultures meet, not just their language or clothing may be different. Often their food will be 1. (great) different too. People on both sides can discover new chances of trading. This text 2. (tell) how some common food plants spread around the world.
Over 7,000 years ago, 3. (potato) were traded in South America as a valuable type of food. They were 4. (take) to Europe in the 1500s and their use soon spread across it.
Tea drinking started in China. By the early 1600s, traders had begun to ship tea from China to Europe. Tea drinking soon 5. (become) fashionable there but because 6. its high price, it remained a drink for the wealthy.
Sugar cane(甘蔗) was first used to produce 7. kind of sweet juice over 8,000 years ago on the island of New Guinea. Its use soon spread across South East Asia and then to the 8. (wide) world.
Cocoa was used to make a cold, spicy drink in Central America over 3,000 years ago. The Europeans brought it back with 9. (they) in the 16th century and added sugar to make the sweet, hot drink we know today. 10. it's expensive, many people still love it.

1. greatly 2. tells 3. potatoes 4. taken 5. became 6. of 7. a 8. wide 9. them 10. Although/Though

1. 修饰形容词different需用副词，great的副词形式为greatly。
2. 主语this text为第三人称单数，全文为一般现在时，动词tell用第三人称单数形式tells。
3. 由were可知主语为复数，potato的复数形式为potatoes。
4. 被动语态结构“be+过去分词”，take的过去分词为taken。
5. 由上下文时间状语“By the early 1600s”及“soon”可知用一般过去时，become的过去式为became。
6. “because of”为固定搭配，后接名词，填of。
7. “a kind of”为固定短语，意为“一种”，填a。
8. 修饰名词world用形容词，wide本身为形容词，填wide。
9. with后接宾格，they的宾格为them。
10. 前后句为转折关系，用Although/Though引导让步状语从句。

B(2025·苏州高新区模拟)
Liuyang, located in central China's Hunan Province, is the world's largest production and trade centre for fireworks. 1. (know) as China's "fireworks capital", it has a history of making fireworks that can date back to the Tang dynasty.
Today, fireworks from Liuyang are quite popular in markets across Europe, North America and Africa. They not only bring joy and fun to people around the world, 2. also bring people closer to each other. Behind the joy and 3. (excite) of people setting off fireworks, Liuyang has played a key role. Like many countries, the tradition of setting off fireworks has long been 4. important part of the New Year celebrations in Germany. Videos of German shoppers 5. (queue) outside supermarkets early in the morning to buy Chinese fireworks were a big hit on Chinese social media platforms. Many of the popular products were made 6. Liuyang.
Xu Yunxiang, the general 7. (manage) in a famous fireworks company, said that this kind of frenzy(狂热) happens almost every year. And she is glad foreigners enjoy Chinese fireworks. People's need for fireworks continues to rise 8. (rapid). They want products which are 9. (safe), more creative and of higher quality. In recent years, Liuyang's fireworks companies have increased investment in technological research and development. They try 10. (they) best to improve product quality and safety. The performance of fireworks has greatly improved. This has improved the competitiveness in the international market.

1.Known 2.but 3.excitement 4.an 5.queuing 6.in 7.manager 8.rapidly 9.safer 10.their

1. 考查非谓语动词。Liuyang与know是被动关系，用过去分词Known，"Known as"表"被称为"。
2. 考查固定结构。"not only... but also..."为固定搭配，填but。
3. 考查名词。and连接并列名词，excite的名词形式为excitement。
4. 考查冠词。important以元音音素开头，用不定冠词an。
5. 考查非谓语动词。shoppers与queue是主动关系，用现在分词queuing。
6. 考查介词。"made in+地点"表"在某地制造"，填in。
7. 考查名词。general修饰名词，manage的名词为manager。
8. 考查副词。修饰动词rise用副词rapidly。
9. 考查比较级。由"more creative and of higher quality"可知用比较级safer。
10. 考查代词。"try one's best"中one's用their指代they。