So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast? In New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls. They have got the walls to __76__ they were before Katrina, more or less. That’s not __77__, we can now say with confidence. But it may be all __78__ can be expected from one year of hustle (忙碌).* d5 I9 z* A `! ?0 n/ d" v
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82. The auto manufacturers found themselves ________________________ (正在同外国公司竞争市场的份额).( j% h; N3 ~8 M% }* r/ c/ Y. A$ r5 c
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83. Only in the small town ________________________ (他才感到安全和放松).( e; V: q! H8 @: g, I
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