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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. The story of the great bell was set in _____________________.
   2. The learned Yu-Pao-Tchen lived in the City of _____________________.
   3. The great bell was supposed to be hung in the _____________________.
   4. Emperor Yong-Lo was popularly hailed as the _____________________, the Son of Heavens, Yong-Lo, belonging to the _____________________ or the _____________________ dynasty.
   5. Yong-Lo wanted the sound of the great bell to be heard across a distance of _____________________.
   6. A royal letter of the Ming dynasty would be sealed with a _____________________.
   7. In China, the Milky Way galaxy was known as the _____________________.
   8. According to the astrologer the making of the alloy required the sacrifice of the flesh of a _____________________ and the blood of a _____________________.
   9. Ko-Ngai wore tiny, dainty shoes with _____________________ of _____________________ and flowers.
   10. The voice of the bell sounded like the _____________________ of summer _____________________.
2. 2.

   Who ordered whom for the making of the great bell?
3. 3.

   What were the orders about the features of the great bell?
4. 4.

   What arrangements were made for the making of the bell? How did the bellsmiths work on it?

5. 5.

   How many times did the bellsmiths fail in the making of the bell? What had happened?
6. 6.

   Why hadn't Ko-Ngai married?