The Old Gate
- M3 r8 ^2 o% \( C' `6 `$ O 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. + g% W+ y2 h: f
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.
' P- o3 z. A3 J, a) o 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.
" `4 P6 _. m7 L4 E9 f J 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.
0 \ a: X1 r- E 词汇:
" h, l7 K3 j* y6 @. l0 z9 ~ contagious / kən’teidʒəs / adj. 传染性的,会蔓延的 demolish / di’mɔliʃ / vt.拆除,破坏 7 B" s C6 H' a, f% R
stroke / strəuk / n. 打击 preservation / ,prezə’veiʃən / n. 保存,保留
* c' T1 L: h' C+ v* p9 { boundary / ’baundəri / n. 范围,分界线 cathedral / kə’θi:drəl / n. 保留,保存
) H, d7 q9 W6 q 注释:
" J1 }4 v' f/ m8 ?& b 1. mark the boundary between ... and... : ……在……和…… 两者之间划定界限
1 Q7 B/ h+ ^/ l/ N( h0 ` 2. there is a good chance that... : 很有可能发生某事,有……的机会
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1. A) grounds B) reasons C) causes D) purposes ) b/ [2 J2 I$ `4 R8 f3 u1 K& `
2. A) injuries B) symptoms C) colds D) diseases ( X6 H6 H' r+ k# z. Y) E9 s$ D
3. A) devoted B) demolished C) declared D) decreased
& c/ ]' _0 t- M+ c) N$ _; K2 j- O. q 4. A) stroke B) wave C) hit D) blow 1 U6 G* X' A i6 A1 s
5. A) real B) contemporary C) actual ' H5 {& i: G: ^: g" `
6. A) borders B) part C) boundary D) current
: S) R1 n5 p% V. U 7. A) storage B) store C) storing D) line
$ \/ m5 `! @; m& a( i/ V 8. A) unrealistic B) unfashionable C) unavailable D) stock
9 D$ X" M$ x) v" d' v 9. A) maintain B) afford C) repair D) unbearable 4 y9 ?; c7 X. I* V
10. A) set out B} set up C) set off D) fix 中华考试网
7 S0 ?$ E# ]$ X9 X' u! M 11. A) preservation B) reservation C) conservation D) set back
4 Q% f( T! V- z( M 12. A) up B) over C) on D) down
- p' O. L7 m; Z 13. A) replaced B) substituted C) exchanged D) overtaken |