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  3. Hong Kong’s English name is【S1】______from two Chinese characters, Heung and Gong, usually translated【S2】______"Fragrant Harbor".

Hong Kong’s English name is【S1】______from two Chinese characters, Heung and Gong, usually translated【S2】______"Fragrant Harbor".

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问题 Hong Kong’s English name is【S1】______from two Chinese characters, Heung and Gong, usually translated【S2】______"Fragrant Harbor".【S3】______it was only the name of a small settlement near Aberdeen, the main fishing and entrep6t port on Hong Kong Island many years ago. Some historians【S4】______that Hong Kong’s Chinese name was inspired by its export of fragrant incense.
    The explanation for Kowloon’s name is even more【S5】______. In Chinese, the peninsula’s name is "Kow Lung", meaning "Nine Dragons". The name is thought to have been【S6】______by Emperor Ping of Sung Dynasty, whose court fled to Hong Kong eight centuries ago. He is said to have counted eight mountains in the area, and decided to name it "Eight Dragons"(in【S7】______with the belief that every mountain is inhabited by a dragon .
    The Emperor’s tally of the peaks was corrected by a quickwitted courtier who【S8】______out that as emperors were also believed to be dragons, the place was really, "Nine Dragons"—King being the ninth. The origin of Kowloon’s name may be a【S9】______, but it is a historical fact that the emperor’s traveling palace stayed there. One ancient carvedrock inscription recording the imperial visit【S10】______in a small park oil the very edge of Hong Kong International Airport.

A pointed             B stands               C for              D according
E legend              F originally           G derived          H accordance
I deprived            J interesting          K dream            L suggest
M given               N order                O as
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