Princess Diana is for many a symbol of life in the 1990s. And now a time capsule she ___1___(bury) nearly 35 years ago has been opened.

The capsule was placed inside a wall at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in 1991 ___2___ the help of two children who ___3___(win) a TV competition.

It contained things like an early pocket TV, a Kylie Minogue CD, a solar-powered calculator and a copy of The Times newspaper.        

The items were decided through a ___4___(compete) run by the British children’s TV show “Blue Peter” — winners were asked to decide eight things that stood ___5___ life in the 1990s. Even with some moisture (潮气) damage, the items were still recognizable.

The box was not supposed to be ___6___(open) until centuries had passed, but the timeline had to be cut short ___7___ the hospital is pulling down existing buildings to build a new children’s cancer center.

Diana was part of the event to lay the foundation stone of the Variety Club Building in 1991 — to mark it, she sealed a time capsule in ___8___ main entrance of the hospital.

根据短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

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1.1.

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解析：选buried。buried 上文提到“a time capsule”（一个时间胶囊），而下文有“nearly 35 years ago”（近35年前），可知这个胶囊是过去被“埋藏”的。故填buried。

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解析：选with。with 下文是“the help of two children”（两个孩子的帮助），“with the help of...”是一个固定短语，意思是“在……的帮助下”，说明了胶囊是如何被放置的。因此这里需要填入介词“with”。

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解析：选won。won 事件发生在1991年（过去时间），应该用一般过去时，“win”的过去式是“won”。

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解析：选competition。competition 不定冠词“a”后接可数名词单数，“compete”是动词，其名词形式“competition”表示“比赛；竞赛”。

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解析：选for。for 固定短语“stand for”，意为“代表；象征”。文章第一句就明确说明戴安娜是“a symbol of life in the 1990s”（1990年代生活的象征）。此处的目的是选择能“代表”（stood for）1990年代“生活”（life）的物品，与文章开头的主题形成直接呼应。

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解析：选opened。opened 此处“the box”和“open”是被动关系（盒子被打开），所以用不定式的被动形式“to be opened”。

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解析：选because。because 空格前后是两个完整的句子。“the timeline had to be cut short”（时间表不得不缩短）是结果，“the hospital is pulling down...”（医院要拆除……）是原因。这里需要一个表示因果关系的连词来连接，说明计划改变的原因，因此填“because”（因为）。

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解析：选the。the “main entrance of the hospital”是特指“医院的正门”，用定冠词“the”表特指。