I. Fill in each the numbered blank in the following  passage with a suitable word in the box. Write your answers in the space provided (8 points)

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over                                many                    popular                  can

strongest               spreads                  small                     pair

            Today, badminton becomes a very (1) ............. sports activities. It (2) ................ quickly from the city to the countryside. People need only a (3) ............... of rackets , a shuttlecock, a net and a (4) ................. piece of land to play the game. Two or four players hit the shuttlecock (5) .................. the net with their rackets. People (6) .............. play badminton in their free time or in a competition. Now there are (7) ......................badminton competitions and even a World Cup. One of the (8) .................. countries in badminton is Indonesia.