填空题. Abraham Lincoln turns 200 in 2009, and he's beginning to show his age. When his birthday arrives, on February 12, Congress will hold a special joint session in the Capitols National Statuary Hall, a wreath will be laid at the great memorial in Washington, and a(n) 1 will link school classrooms for a "teach-in" 2 his memory. Admirable as they are, though, the events will strike many of us Lincoln fans as 3 , even halfhearted, and another sign that our appreciation for the 16th president and his 4 achievements is slipping away. And you don't have to be a Lincoln enthusiast to believe that this is something we can't afford to lose. Compare this year's celebration with the Lincoln 5 , in 1909. That year, Lincoln's likeness 6 its debut on the penny, thanks to approval from the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Communities and 7 associations in every comer of the country erupted in parades, concerts, balls, lectures, and military displays. We still feel the effects today: The momentum unloosed in 1909 led to the Lincoln Memorial, opened in 1922, and the Lincoln Highway, the first paved transcontinental thoroughfare. The celebrants in 1909 had a few 8 we lack today. Lincoln's presidency was still a 9 memory for countless Americans. In 2009 we are farther in time from the end of the Second World War than they were from the Civil War; families still felt the loss of loved ones from that awful national trauma. But Americans in 1909 had something more: an unembarrassed appreciation for heroes and a(n) 10 sense of the way that even long-dead historical figures press in on the present and make us who we are. A．took B．inadequate C．reviving D．alert E．inspirations F．made G．civic H．1iving I．century J．towering K．centennial L．webcast M．honoring N．advantage O．acute