2. 外语
  3. The word "brick" did not appear in the English language before the 15th century. Bricks 【C1】______ have been known in Britain be

The word "brick" did not appear in the English language before the 15th century. Bricks 【C1】______ have been known in Britain be

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问题    The word "brick" did not appear in the English language before the 15th century. Bricks 【C1】______ have been known in Britain before then, but they were not【C2】______ enough to be mentioned by any writer. We know that they were used in ancient Egypt, in India, and in the Roman【C3】______; they were used again in parts of Europe; but there is a strange【C4】______ in the history of brick-making which left Britain, at【C5】______, without bricks for building for several hundred years. When they did arrive in Britain, it was in a very【C6】______ way.
   In the 15th century, Britain’s wool trade was【C7】______ flourishing, and shiploads of wool were exported to other countries, among them, Germany and Holland. These ships would have had to return empty, 【C8】______ their captains were able to pick up a【C9】______ cargo, and no captain likes an empty ship. For【C10】______ thing, it is difficult to【C11】______ in stormy weather; for another thing, it is a great waste of space. So【C12】______ than return home with an empty ship, the captains would【C13】______ up with anything, and at about this time, somebody had the idea of loading the home-bound ships with【C14】______. These were already being used【C15】______ in Holland and Germany, where the brick-makers were anxious to sell their surplus【C16】______.
   These bricks must have been a godsend to the builders of London and southeast England. There was very【C17】______ building stone in that part of the country, and stocks of good building【C18】______ were running【C19】______. Bricks were first used for the big houses of rich people living in the countryside, and only later for town houses and 【C20】______ cottages.
【C19】
选项 A、down
B、low
C、high
D、up
答案B
解析    本题考点为动词与副词的搭配。
   (1)句式分析。
   原句由并列连词and将两个分句连接在一起。后一个分句中were running______是动词短语作谓语，可见此处应该填入副词与run搭配。
   (2)句意判断。
   根据本段第一个句子These bricks must have been a godsend(天赐之物)表示“砖”对英国的重要性。通读全文可知，由于英国当时的建筑材料短缺或减少，才使得砖块在英国广受欢迎。因此可判断，此句意为“在那些地区，建筑石材极少，而且优质建筑木材的库存正在逐渐减少”。run low表示“(某物)快用完，(钱)不够用了”，故此处应该填low。
   【知识拓展】词汇拓展。
   ①run down(使)逐渐停产，(使)逐渐减少，撞倒，撞沉。
   e．g．If you drive so fast，you’ll run down some unfortunate pedestrian．
   假如你开这么快，你会撞倒不幸的路人。
   ②run low／short(某物)快用完了，(钱)不够用了；run short of缺(某物)用。
   e．g．Our time is running short／low now．
   现在我们的时间不够用了。
   ③run high(指海)波涛汹涌，(指感情)激动；search／hunt／look high and low(for sth．)到处寻找(某物)。
   e．g．Popular feelings／passion ran high．
   群情激昂。
   ④run up升起，积欠(债务)。
   e．g．They ran up their national flag．
   他们升起了他们的国旗。
   She ran up a large bill for all her new clothes．
   她为了买新衣服债台高筑。
   ⑤与run有关的搭配还有run across sb．／sth．偶然遇到；run back over sth．重新考虑；run away from回避，躲开，突然逃离；run into遭遇，遇到；run off流出，溢出；run on继续，以……为主题，围绕；run out耗尽，用完；run over快速阅读；run through充满，快速经过。
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