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The Voynich Manuscript, written in the 15th century in Western Europe, is beautiful to look at. The pages of this " book" are fu

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问题     The Voynich Manuscript, written in the 15th century in Western Europe, is beautiful to look at. The pages of this " book" are full【C1】  ________colourful, lovely drawings of plants and astronomical objects,  like suns and moons. The handwriting that surrounds the drawings appears to【C2】des________ herbal remedies from plants. You can imagine that the author was a doctor or a scientist. But if you look more【C3】________( close) , you will notice two very strange things: the words aren’t in any known language and the plants don’ t exist. That is incredible, isn’ t【C4】________?

    Scientists have studied the Voynich Manuscript for years and have tried to understand the【C5】________( mean) of the words and the  strange drawings. The words do【C6】fo________some "rules" of a language, or even two languages, but scientists still cannot work out 【C7】________the language is. And they don’ t know where the author learned about the strange plants. An early theory was that the   writer used an【C8】art________language. Another theory was that the whole thing was a hoax(欺骗). But why would someone spend so much【C9】________on a manuscript and work so hard if it was just a prank(玩笑) ?
    Today, a group of scientists from around the world are working【C10】 tog________to create a machine that will help them finally crack the code. What do you think? Will a computer be able to help them understand the information that the 15th-century writer beautifully and carefully put into this manuscript? Let us see and wait.
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解析 本句意为“有人已经研究这份手稿很多年了，如果这只是个恶作剧，他们为什么要花这么多时间在这上面呢?”spend time／money on sth．为固定搭配，从上文可知，此处表示花费了很多时间，故填入time。
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