阅读下面课文段落，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文的连贯要求，空格处各填入一个适当的单词，使短文通顺完整。请将答案写在二卷答

阅读下面课文段落，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文的连贯要求，空格处各填入一个适当的单词，使短文通顺完整。请将答案写在二卷答题纸上。
◣ A ◢
(Book 8  Unit 1 California)
GOLD MINERS
In 1848, not long after the American-Mexican war, gold was discovered in California. The dream of becoming    小题1:    quickly attracted people from all over the world. The nearest, and therefore the first to arrive,    小题2:  South Americans and people from the United States. Then adventurers from Europe and Asia soon followed. In fact, few achieved their   小题3:    of becoming rich. Some died or returned home, but most remained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship. They    小题4:  in the new towns or on farms. By the time California elected to become the thirty-first federal    小题5:  of the USA in 1850, it was already a multicultural society.
◣ B ◢
(Book 8  Unit 3 The problem of the smakes)
When I called up my mother in the countryside on the telephone she was very upset. “There are some    小题6: in our courtyard,” she told me. “Snakes come near the house now and    小题7:   , and they seem to have made their home here, not far from the walnut tree. Can you    小题8:  rid of them please?” I felt very proud. Here was a chance for me to    小题9:  myself by inventing something merciful that would   小题10:    snakes but not harm them. I knew my parents would not like me to hurt these living creatures!