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# U2 S2 S% N" h0 a6 s. \6 { The Old Gate 3 t3 i3 T& x3 Z4 S: O" u" _
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. m7 L8 s3 }; O# y
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. - Y3 u# r9 L" Z3 l2 ^
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.
; X. |* Z" f# Q: ~- n 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. 2 Y8 O1 m' `- w8 h0 [8 A3 R% Z; Q
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contagious / k?n’teid??s / adj. 传染性的,会蔓延的 demolish / di’m?li? / vt.拆除,破坏 / \% W& A0 I7 s O, k# C) E
stroke / str?uk / n. 打击 preservation / ,prez?’vei??n / n. 保存,保留 5 f2 q0 Q3 `* q" ]6 @. ~
boundary / ’baund?ri / n. 范围,分界线 cathedral / k?’θi:dr?l / n. 保留,保存
" q: M9 H- M0 N) s) J8 @4 T2 F 注释: 4 c! ^6 d" |# e. r5 ~7 q
1. mark the boundary between ... and... : ……在……和……两者之间划定界限 $ j3 m- d0 Z$ U
2. there is a good chance that... : 很有可能发生某事,有……的机会 3 o' x5 S* T. ~+ N. U
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1. A) grounds B) reasons C) causes D) purposes $ P* a! {) v# z% O
2. A) injuries B) symptoms C) colds D) diseases
) | Y" M# q) J3 f7 V$ X 3. A) devoted B) demolished C) declared D) decreased ( M1 V$ n6 e# v4 E
4. A) stroke B) wave C) hit D) blow 1 W! i/ C2 ]4 ?
5. A) real B) contemporary C) actual L$ h1 [0 { a7 L: r& o9 C
6. A) borders B) part C) boundary D) current
+ X' I' M: z" A; u4 w: _" g O 7. A) storage B) store C) storing D) line
* C- y' y" t. A9 L/ Y5 p 8. A) unrealistic B) unfashionable C) unavailable D) stock % B Q, U; v" P4 W+ ^
9. A) maintain B) afford C) repair D) unbearable : d+ ?& V8 ]. w* E \6 W
10. A) set out B} set up C) set off D) fix - R) x( ]1 E; T# a
11. A) preservation B) reservation C) conservation D) set back
& x d0 C2 r( v- V) D 12. A) up B) over C) on D) down ( k# L7 T* m; N. n: [
13. A) replaced B) substituted C) exchanged D) overtaken / @9 { ~, Y0 z( Z7 i; H
14. A) capacity B) opportunity C) possibility D) chance
3 G! Z+ y5 B9 m) w 15 A) requirement B) job C) necessity D) obligation |