The Old Gate In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for defensive【C1

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问题                             The Old Gate
    In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for defensive【C1】______but another factor was the need to keep out anyone regarded as undesirable, like people with contagious【C2】______. The Old City of London gates were all【C3】______by the end of the 18th century. The last of London’s gates was removed a century ago, but by a【C4】______of luck, it was never destroyed.
    This gate is, in【C5】______fact, not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the【C6】______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【C7】______because its design was【C8】______it was expensive to【C9】______and it was blocking the traffic.
    The Temple Bar Trust was【C10】______in the 1970’s with the intention of returning the gate home. The aim of the Trust is the【C11】______of the nation’s architectural heritage. Transporting the gate will mean physically pulling it【C12】______, stone by stone, removing and rebuilding it near St Paul’s Cathedral. Most of the facade of the gate will probably be【C13】______, though there is a good【C14】______that the basic structure will be sound. The hardest【C15】______of all, however, will be to recreate the statues of the monarchs that once stood on top of the gate.
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选项 A、devoted
B、demolished
C、declared
D、decreased

答案B

解析 此句句意为“伦敦古城的城门,均在18世纪末被拆毁。”A选项devoted意为“献身于……”;B选项demolished意为“拆毁,破坏”,与句意相符;C选项declared意为“公然的,公开宣布的”;D选项decreased意为“减少”。故选B。
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