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阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中单词的正确形式填空。
热考素材 中华优秀传统文化 Kites have a long history. At first, only the army used kites. During the Ming dynasty, kites became popular in China 1. many people liked to make kites and fly kites. Kites are usually 2. (make) of bamboo. There 3. (be) many traditional Chinese paintings on them such as the pictures of the Monkey King and Nezha.
Yang Hongwei is a kite maker. She learns to make kites 4. her grandfather. Her grandfather is strict(严格的) with her. Sometimes she is afraid of him. She makes kites very 5. (careful) just like her grandfather. Now she does 6. (good) in making kites.
People like flying kites because 7. idea behind the kites is special. On Yang's kites, people can see pictures like butterflies and birds. Yang reads lots of history books and enjoys talking with friends about Chinese 8. (story). In her free time, she also 9. (travel) to different countries. She wants to show Chinese kites to the world.
"It is important for me to let 10. (many) people around the world know about China better," she says.

本文主要介绍了风筝的历史与起源以及风筝手艺人杨红卫的故事。
1. because 根据前后文理解可知，明朝风筝流行起来是因为许多人喜欢制作风筝和放风筝，故填 because。
2. made be made of 意为“由……制成”。
3. are 根据后面的名词 paintings 可知，此处应该填 are。
4. from 根据句意可知，她从祖父那里学习制作风筝的技术。“learn ... from sb.”意为“从某人那里学习……”。
5. carefully 此处要用副词来修饰动词，故填 carefully。
6. well do well in 意为“在……方面干得好”。
7. the 此处应该填 the，表示特指。
8. stories 此处说的是和朋友们一起谈论中国故事。名词 story 需要用复数形式 stories。
9. travels 本句的主语 she 是第三人称单数，所以谓语动词需要用第三人称单数形式 travels。
10. more 杨红卫认为让全世界更多的人更好地了解中国对她来说很重要。根据后文中的 better 可知，此处需要填比较级 more。