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       Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．

       There was a tradition in Europe that  1.a dove（鸽）flew around a house where someone was dying, then his soul would be at peace．And there are legends which say that Satan （撒旦）can turn himself into any bird except for a dove．But it was Pablo Picasso who made the dove a modern symbol of peace when   2.used it on a poster for the World Peace Congress in 1949．

       The rainbow is  3.ancient and universal symbol, often representing the connection between human beings and their gods．In Greek mythology it was associated with Iris, the goddess  4.brought messages from the gods on Mount Olympus．In Scandinavian mythology（神话） the rainbow was a bridge  5.the gods and the earth．In  6.Bible a rainbow showed Noah that the Biblical flood was finally over, and that God had forgiven his people．In the Chinese tradition, the rainbow is often taken as a common symbol for marriage．

Nowadays the rainbow is  7.used by many popular movements for peace and the

environment, representing the possibility of a better world in the future   8.promising sunshine after the rain．