Thanks to the Party’s opening and reform policy, people in China are ______ than they were thirty years ago.

On his way to the airport,it________him all of a sudden that he had forgotten her birthday. [ ]

_____ on the bed , he _____ to his parents that blackbirds had_____ their eggs on Mars.[ ]

依次填入下面一段文字横线处的语句，衔接最恰当的一组是2013年12月4日，“中国珠算”被正式列入联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产名录。这种对现代人来说相当陌生的计算方法是以算盘为工具进行数字计算的，借助算盘和口诀，通过人手指拨动算珠，就可以完成高难度计算。 ， ， ， ， ， 。①即便是不识字的人也能熟练掌握②珠算算盘结构简单，操作方便③蕴含了坐标几何的原理④包含了珠算的所有秘密⑤用珠算运算，无论速度还是准确率都可以跟电子计算器媲美⑥珠算口诀则是一套完整的韵味诗歌

Ten thousand dollars________ quite a lot of money for me．