An Important English Town The site of the town of Winchester was a natural place for a settlement at the point where a rive

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    The site of the town of Winchester was a natural place for a settlement at the point where a river cut through the chalk of the southern hillsides.  A simple camp at St Catherine’s Hill was the ear【71】known use of the site. This was followed by an Iron Age hill-fort, but this was left uninhabited by 100 BC. It was the Romans who finally established the town and sur【72】it with a defensive wall for the protection of their people and trade.
    With the bu【73】of its first cathedral in the seventh century, the town became an important religious centre. Later, King Alfred, who had sue【74】pushed back the invading Danes,  moved his palace to Winchester.  The town then experienced rapid dev【75】and its central role in English history was underlined in 1066, when the conquering Normans, under King Alfred the great, made Winchester their capital.

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解析 (本句提到温彻斯特城在英国历史上具有核心地位,King Alfred曾将其定为首都,而一个发展的不好的城市是不会有这种地位的,由此可断定此空填development。)  
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