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.
【C11】

选项 A、preservation
B、reservation
C、conservation
D、recreation

答案A

解析 本题考查名词辨析。空所在的句子意为:该基金会的宗旨在于保存国家文化遗产。四个选项中A项preservation保留,保存,B项reservation保留,预约,预定,C项conservatiON保存,保护,保留,D项recreation娱乐,修养。首先排除不符合文意的D项。A、B、C三项的意思非常接近,preservation是动词preserve派生的名词,强调“建筑的收藏、保存,使之完好无损或质量不变”;reserva—tion主要指意见、看法等的“保留”;conservation是动词conserve派生的名词,强调“自然环境的珍惜、节用”。故本题选择A项。
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