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One day the king of the Gods,Zeus,decided that he would populate the world with women as well as men. So he ordered Hephaistos,the God of crafts,__6__(create) the first woman. Hephaistos thought a great deal and eventually came up__7_ a solution using water and earth. The first woman's arrival on the earth was the opportunity for a splendid party and the gods decided to celebrate by giving her some presents. So they each gave her one talent:for example,Aphrodite,the Goddess of love,gave her beauty;Apollo,the God of music,gave her musical ability;and Hermes,the messenger of the Gods,gave her persuasion. As a result Zeus decided that she would be called Pandora,which means“all­gifted”.

So Pandora was sent to the earth to live with the rest of mankind. __8__ she went she was given a box which she was ordered never to open under__9__circumstances. However,being __10__ (nature)curious,Pandora,opened the box,and all the evils of the world such as war,disease,famine and floods__11__were contained within it escaped and spread over the earth. Pandora was horrified to see such things escaping but she found it impossible to close the lid. At last when almost the entire contents of the box__12_(escape),and there was only one thing lying at the bottom of the box,Pandora managed to close the lid. Immediately there was a tiny voice__13__(call)“Let me out!Let me out!” Frightened as__14__ was,Pandora cautiously opened the box in time to see the small object within—Hope—wing its way out into the world. So that was__15__ the earth was filled with evil as a result of Pandora's curiosity. Fortunately,there is HOPE on earth as well.

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6. to create      7. with            8. Before      9. any        10. naturally 

11. that/which   12. had escaped      13. calling     14. she       15. how

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