The Old Gate
; B4 ?4 c# ]8 Z/ f 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. 2 a2 b/ i z$ w; S& n
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) __ and it was blocking the traffic. % |" o [- D: p( s% 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. + l. a6 X; I" q. H; \
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.
, k' O8 D1 ?/ V! N 词汇:
* ^) a. Q' t' Q contagious / kən’teidʒəs / adj. 传染性的,会蔓延的 demolish / di’mɔliʃ / vt.拆除,破坏 & p. M N s) p9 F
stroke / strəuk / n. 打击 preservation / ,prezə’veiʃən / n. 保存,保留
2 L' D$ |3 G& w7 T boundary / ’baundəri / n. 范围,分界线 cathedral / kə’θi:drəl / n. 保留,保存 4 S% B0 L/ w; v
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1. mark the boundary between ... and... : ……在……和…… 两者之间划定界限
B0 m, Y. L/ E2 A2 T4 _ 2. there is a good chance that... : 很有可能发生某事,有……的机会
- h1 V& [, j: n/ T' J8 ~7 a 练习:
" E. C" t4 [( l0 P, W- O 1. A) grounds B) reasons C) causes D) purposes 2 }9 c9 `& E! U |3 ]
2. A) injuries B) symptoms C) colds D) diseases
# Y! i/ U' ^* E% }+ S, K5 f 3. A) devoted B) demolished C) declared D) decreased
3 i9 E+ V5 _* l3 c3 ~ 4. A) stroke B) wave C) hit D) blow ( T; Z; O9 `6 F L! J1 `4 k
5. A) real B) contemporary C) actual
: h* k. X- C. Q1 G! f6 i9 T 6. A) borders B) part C) boundary D) current ; s# p. g% {/ n0 h6 S1 ?. j7 O
7. A) storage B) store C) storing D) line 7 ], Y. ?+ K$ v, f7 J% T& {: J" i
8. A) unrealistic B) unfashionable C) unavailable D) stock
0 Y5 s, d& B; r' @! Z( [- n' B2 ? 9. A) maintain B) afford C) repair D) unbearable
# q# D9 l3 T' Q 10. A) set out B} set up C) set off D) fix 中华考试网& h! I% O$ T/ X" x' d
11. A) preservation B) reservation C) conservation D) set back
8 o( C! @( |4 Q! R) t$ _) o0 q 12. A) up B) over C) on D) down 8 l5 f8 S7 O( a: D0 I' I
13. A) replaced B) substituted C) exchanged D) overtaken |