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A nation of islands
Having about 7,460 islands, the Philippines 19.___________(HAVE) a long past, stretching back to prehistoric times. It was established that ancient humans lived there roughly 700,000 years ago. New waves of migration continued over millennia, and a rich culture began to thrive in the archipelago, attracting the attention of neighboring cultures. Chinese merchants, who were trading with the islanders for centuries, greatly expanded trade relations between the 10th and 14th century AD. Arab traders and missionaries from the Malay Peninsula followed in the 13th century and brought Islam with 20. ___________(THEY). With the arrival of the Europeans in 1521 came Christianity and colonial rule that lasted for more than 300 years until the Philippines 21. ___________(BECOME) an independent nation in 1946.
Nellie Bly
In 1885, the Pittsburgh Dispatch published an article entitled "What Girls Are Good For", which claimed a working woman was "a monster". The feature provoked a fierce response from a 21-year-old reader, Elizabeth Jane Cochran, whose argument made such an impression on the editor that he published an advertisement 22.___________(ASK) the author to come forward so he could meet her. She did, and he hired her. Soon after, she changed her pen name, and so "Nellie Bly" was born — a name forever associated with her pioneering role in investigative journalism.
In the course of Elizabeth's life, she spotlighted social problems and corruption, often at great personal risk, resulting in important reforms. Distinguishing 23.___________(SHE) in the almost exclusively male world of late 19th-century journalism, she broke new ground for 24.___________(WOMAN) in the field.
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