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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The national college entrance examination, or gaokao, will be postponed for a month to July 7 to 8 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Education said. Authorities in Hubei province and Beijing can come up 1. their own gaokao schedule based on the epidemic situation 2.will be published after consulting with the ministry, it said in a notice on Tuesday.

The gaokao, widely 3.(consider) one of the most important exams in the country,4.(hold) every year from June 7 to 8 since 2003. The country resumed(恢复) gaokao in the winter of 19775.it was suspended(暂停) for 10 years during the “cultural revolution” (1966-76). The exam was held every year in July from 1979 to 2002. In 2001, the ministry decided to move the gaokao dates forward a month from 2003 due to hot weather and frequent natural 6.(disaster) in summer. 7. total of 10.31 million students participated in the gaokao last year, up 560,000 from 2018. Chinese people often compare the 8.(high) competitive exam to 9.(cross) a narrow bridge, because for many students, especially those from rural areas, enrollment at a university is an opportunity 10.(change) their future.