[填空题]Tonight we gather in Guangzhou to witness the history of Asian Games, a new chapter. Asian Games began in 1913 and the dream became (11) in 1951. After seven years of preparation, here finally comes the grand opening of the Asian Games. In the next 16 days of intense (12) , we will witness the performance of Asia’s most (13) athletes. They represent their home country as well as the whole Asia; they will show us the indomitable spirit of sport. They will work hard in all competitions, share this passionate event, and hope for a (14) Asia. Here, (15) the OCA ! welcome you to Guangzhou. Welcome to the 16th Asian Games.

[填空题]Tonight we gather in Guangzhou to witness the history of Asian Games, a new chapter. Asian Games began in 1913 and the dream became (11) in 1951. After seven years of preparation, here finally comes the grand opening of the Asian Games. In the next 16 days of intense (12) , we will witness the performance of Asia’s most (13) athletes. They represent their home country as well as the whole Asia; they will show us the indomitable spirit of sport. They will work hard in all competitions, share this passionate event, and hope for a (14) Asia. Here, (15) the OCA ! welcome you to Guangzhou. Welcome to the 16th Asian Games.

[填空题]Should it rain tomorrow we would cancel the gathering.

[填空题]We can not make(nature)（）resources, but gather them from the earth.

[单项选择]
What time will they gather

[填空题]Use interviews to gather information.

[单项选择]Where did the International donors gather
A. In Belgrade.
B. In The Hague.
C. In Brussels.
D. In the World Bank.

[填空题]Scientists gather information about climate systems and use this information to ______.

[简答题]

While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians, modern practice most closely conforms to one that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past. Caught in the web of its own time and place, each generation of historians determines anew what is significant for it in the past. In this search the evidence found is always incomplete and scattered; It is also frequently partial or partisan. The irony of the historian’s craft is that its practitioners always know that their efforts are but contributions to an unending process.
Interest in historical methods has arisen less through external challenge to the validity of history as an intellectual discipline and more from internal quarrels among historians themselves. While history once revered its affinity to literature and philosophy, the emerging social sciences seemed to afford greater opportunities for asking new questions and providin