The Old Gate
In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for defensive __but another factor was the need to keep out anyone regarded as undesirable, like people with contagious __. The Old City of London gates were all __by the end of the 18th century. The last of Londons gates was removed a century ago, but by a __ of luck, it was never destroyed.
This gate is, in __fact, not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the __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 __ because its design was __ it was expensive to __ and it was blocking the traffic.
The Temple Bar Trust was __ in the 1970s with the intention of returning the gate home. The aim of the trust is the __ of the nations architectural heritage.
Transporting the gate will mean physically pulling it __, stone by stone, removing and rebuilding it near St Pauls Cathedral. Most of the facade of the gate will probably be __, though there is a good __ that the basic structure will be sound. The hardest __ of all, however, will be to recreate the statues of the monarchs that once stood on top of the gate.
词汇:
contagious 传染性的,会蔓延的 demolish 拆除,破坏
stroke 打击 preservation 保存,保留
boundary 范围,分界线 cathedral 保留,保存
注释:
1. mark the boundary between ... and... : 在和两者之间划定界限
2.there is a good chance that... : 很有可能发生某事,有的机会
练习:
1.A) grounds B) reasons C) causes D) purposes
2.A) injuries B) symptoms C) colds D) diseases
3.A) devoted B) demolished C) declared D) decreased
4.A) stroke B) wave C) hit D) blow
5.A) real B) contemporary C) actual
6.A) borders B) part C) boundary D) current
7.A) storage B) store C) storing D) line
8.A) unrealistic B) unfashionable C) unavailable D) stock
9.A) maintain B) afford C) repair D) unbearable
10.A) set out B} set up C) set off D) fix
11.A) preservation B) reservation C) conservation D) set back
12.A) up B) over C) on D) down
13.A) replaced B) substituted C) exchanged D) overtaken
14.A) capacity B) opportunity C) possibility D) chance
15.A) requirement B) job C) necessity D) obligation
答案与题解:
1. B A 选项 grounds 意为理由,基础C 选项 causes 意为原因 D 选项 purposes 意为目的;意志。根据句意城墙一方面是为了防御外敌 for 为介词,表目的。for defensive reasons,为了防御的原因。故选 B。
2. D 考查固定搭配。A 选项 injuries 意为伤害,受伤B 选项 symptoms 意为症状C 选项colds 意为感冒D 选项 contagious diseases 意为传染病。根据句意应选 D。
3. B 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。故选民
4. A 考查固定搭配 a stroke of luck。
5. C 考查固定搭配in actual fact,为固定搭配,意思是事实上。等于 actually或 as a matter of fact 。
6. C 此句句意为它的名字叫圣殿酒吧区,是伦敦古城与威斯敏斯特的分界线。A 选项 borders 意为边界,边缘地区B 选项 part 意为部分D 选项 line 意为路线,排而 C 选项boundary 意为两地的分界线,与句意相符。故选 C。
7. A 此句句意为1878 年,伦敦议会将其推倒,给石头编了号,并将它们储藏。 A 选项storage 意为存储,仓库,符合句意;B 选项 store 意为商店,储各C 选项 storing 意为储存,保管D 选项 stock 意为股份,股票 in storage 为固定搭配。故选 A。
8. B 此句句意为城门的设计老套,维修费用昂贵,而且堵塞交通。A 选项 unrealistic 意为 不切实际的C 选项 unavailable 意为难以获得的D 选项 unbearable 意为难以忍受的,均与句意不符 ;B 选项 unfashionable 意为不时髦的,老套的。故选 B。
9. A 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 。维修保持意为 maintain。故选 A
10. B 此句句意为在..20 世纪 70 年代,最初为了恢复城门,建立了圣殿酒吧区信托基金,目的 是保存国家的建筑遗产。 set 叩意为建立,开业 set out 意为动身,陈列set off 意为 启程,使爆炸set back 意为推迟,使受挫。故选 B。
11. A 此句句意为目的是保存国家的建筑遗产。 A 选项 preservation 意为的 保存,与句意相符 ;B 选项 reservation 意为预约,保留C 选项 conservation ,多用于保存,保护D 选项 recreation 意为娱乐,消遣。故选 A。
12. D 考查介词搭配。pull up 意为拔起,阻止pull over 意为靠岸,开到路边pull on 意 为穿,继续拉,只有 D 选项 pull down 意思是摧毁,推倒,与句意相符。
13. A 根据上下文,可以排除 C 与 D A 与 B 均有替代的意思,通常,replace...with ... 替换,更换,substitute ...for ...替代之意,不与原物进行比较。
14. D there is a good chance that 意思是很有可能发生某事,有的机会。
15. B 此句句意为最艰难的工作the hardest job of all 为常用说法。A 选项 requirement 意为 要求,必要条件 C 选项 necessity 意为需要 写 必需品D 选顶 obligation 意为义务。故选 B。
译文:古老之门
在中世纪,绝大多数欧洲城市都有城墙围绕着。城墙一方面是为了防御外敌,但另一方面是阻止任何不受欢迎的人入城,比如患有传染病的人。伦敦古城的城门,均在18世纪末被拆毁。伦敦最后一道城门也在一个世纪之前迁移,但是极其幸运的是,它从未遭到破坏。
事实上,这道门,完全不能称其为门;它的名字叫圣殿酒吧区,是伦敦古城与威斯敏斯特的分界线。1878年,伦敦议会将其推倒,给石头编了号,并将它们储藏。原因是这个门设计老套,维修费用昂贵,并且堵塞交通。
在20世纪70年代,最初为了恢复城门,建立了圣殿酒吧区信托基金,目的是保存国家的建筑遗产。运送城门如同亲手将它推倒一般不易,一块石头接着一块石头,搬运再重建。它坐落在圣保罗大教堂附近,尽管基本的结构可能很稳固,但城门的大部分外观将被替换。然而,其中最难的工作是重建曾经屹立在城门的君主们的雕像。
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