Many of you should have heard of Tiangong Kaiwu.It is one of the greatest technological encyclopedias written in （1）C

hinese

hinese

.But how much do you know about its author，Song Yingxing？
    Song was a great scientist （2）d

uring

uring

the late Ming dynasty.He was born in 1587 and had a happy childhood.He and his brother Song Yingsheng went to school together.Song won third place while Yingming wan sixth in the provincial Imperial Exam （科舉考試）.Later，they took the national Imperial Exam，but they （3）b

oth

oth

failed.
    Song worked as a teacher for many years.Meanwhile，he sat for the national Imperial Exam for another four times.Unluckily，he never achieved success.On his repeated trips to the capital to take the exams，however，he learned about the technologies that were being used in （4）d

ifferent

ifferent

fields.His wide （5）k

nowledge

nowledge

enabled him to create Tiangong Kaiwu in the 1630s.
    The book （6）c

overed

overed

more than 130 technologies.There were also many illustrations （插圖） to help with the understanding of the text.The book became popular soon （7）a

fter

fter

it came out.
    The Ming dynasty fell in 1644，but they were loyal to the Ming government.They （8）r

efused

efused

to serve the new Qing government.Song lived a poor life in the rest of his life.In his final years，he wrote many articles and poems （9）a

gainst

gainst

the new government.
    Years later，some Qing officials found these articles and poems.They were so angry that they destroyed all of Song's works.However，Tiangong Kaiwu had already （10）s

pread

pread

to many other counties.