2012年职称英语考试用书重点篇章练习The Old Gate .docVIP

2012年职称英语考试用书重点篇章练习：The Old Gate 编者按：2012年职称英语考试用书有一定的变化，今年新增了很多篇目。小编提醒考生要抓紧时间来复习了。目前职业培训教育网职称英语课程基础班已经开通到第五部分了，后面内容也会尽快开通，建议考生抓紧时间听课。下面是在职称英语考试教材综合类里面的一些重要的文章篇目，都有详细的解题思路，希望对考生有帮助！ The Old Gate 　　In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for defensive 1 __but another factor was the need to keep out anyone regarded as undesirable, like people with contagious 2 __. The Old City of London gates were all 3 __by the end of the 18th century. The last of Londons gates was removed a century ago, but by a 4 __ of luck, it was never destroyed. This gate is, in 5 __fact, not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the 6 __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 7 __ because its design was 8 __ it was expensive to 9 __ and it was blocking the traffic. The Temple Bar Trust was 10 __ in the 1970s with the intention of returning the gate home. The aim of the trust is the 11 __ of the nations architectural heritage. Transporting the gate will mean physically pulling it 12 __, stone by stone, removing and rebuilding it near St Pauls Cathedral. Most of the facade of the gate will probably be 13 __, though there is a good 14 __ that the basic structure will be sound. The hardest 15 __ of all, however, will be to recreate the statues of the monarchs that once stood on top of the gate. 词汇： contagious / k?nteid??s / adj. 传染性的，会蔓延的 demolish / dim?li? / vt.拆除，破坏 stroke / str?uk / n. 打击 preservation / ,prez?vei??n / n. 保存，保留 boundary / baund?ri / n. 范围，分界线 cathedral / k?θi:dr?l / n. 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 re