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The Old Gate In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for defensive【C1
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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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.
【C9】
选项
A、maintain
B、afford
C、repair
D、fix
答案
A
解析
此句意为“……维修费用昂贵,并且堵塞交通。”afford意为“支付得起”;repair意为“修”;fix意为“修理,安装”。(对建筑物的)维修保持意为maintain。故选A。
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