2012年职称英语《综合类A级》完形填空原文

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' A7 A; T$ a* ~$ k1 J% g　　The Old Gate
　　In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for defensive (1) __but another factor was the need to keep out anyone regarded as undesirable, like people with contagious (2) __. The Old City of London gates were all (3) __by the end of the 18th century. The last of London’s gates was removed a century ago, but by a (4) __ of luck, it was never destroyed.
4 T+ J$ O2 \6 W, j9 Z! H　　This gate is, in (5) __fact, not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the (6) __between the Old City of London and Westminster. In 1878 the Council of London took the Bar down, numbered the stones and put the gate in (7) __ because its design was (8) __ it was expensive to (9) __ from www.wangxiao.cn and it was blocking the traffic.
& c) H6 u% \$ r& G- k　　The Temple Bar Trust was (10) __ in the 1970’s with the intention of returning the gate home. The aim of the trust is the (11) __ of the nation’s architectural heritage.
　　Transporting the gate will mean physically pulling it (12) __, stone by stone, removing and rebuilding it near St Paul’s Cathedral. Most of the facade of the gate will probably be (13)__, though there is a good (14) __ that the basic structure will be sound. The hardest (15) __ of all, however, will be to recreate the statues of the monarchs that once stood on top of the gate.
: H. A% U4 t1 C7 s. w/ X　　词汇：
# S$ U  G8 R3 f- r9 v　　contagious / k?n’teid??s / adj. 传染性的，会蔓延的 demolish / di’m?li? / vt.拆除，破坏
, r8 k8 a' l) R　　stroke / str?uk / n. 打击 preservation / ,prez?’vei??n / n. 保存，保留
　　boundary / ’baund?ri / n. 范围，分界线 cathedral / k?’θi:dr?l / n. 保留，保存
* e' `: a( I1 q9 t3 G0 w　　注释:
　　1. mark the boundary between ... and... : ……在……和……两者之间划定界限
% |9 S- G- n! A- D8 B　　2. there is a good chance that... : 很有可能发生某事，有……的机会
　　练习:
. y  w: m+ b) J5 t) j$ D( \% J　　1. A) grounds　　B) reasons　　C) causes　　D) purposes
1 m; F2 f4 N7 c' B3 S* Q　　2. A) injuries　　B) symptoms　　C) colds　　D) diseases
# s$ U4 x+ c# X　　3. A) devoted　　B) demolished　　C) declared　　D) decreased
　　4. A) stroke　　B) wave　　C) hit　　D) blow
0 @+ \8 w+ K  @, n( V　　5. A) real　　B) contemporary　　C) actual
  L2 }+ G* D) l' w　　6. A) borders　　B) part　　C) boundary　　D) current
　　7. A) storage　　B) store　　C) storing　　D) line
　　8. A) unrealistic　　B) unfashionable　　C) unavailable　　D) stock
5 K- y9 }7 `7 R. c. t　　9. A) maintain　　B) afford　　C) repair　　D) unbearable
　　10. A) set out　　B} set up　　C) set off　　D) fix
　　11. A) preservation　　B) reservation　　C) conservation　　D) set back
　　12. A) up　　B) over　　C) on　　D) down
# h( A# G% V7 _) w1 s7 _* [　　13. A) replaced　　B) substituted　　C) exchanged　　D) overtaken
: e# v- W6 r, R& P/ T, M　　14. A) capacity　　B) opportunity　　C) possibility　　D) chance
) L% T7 _: O+ F4 _5 B# c) [; R　　15 A) requirement　　B) job　　C) necessity　　D) obligation