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Unit 1 Cultural relics 同步练习(七) I．完形填空 My first visit to Ankor Wat was in 1 980．The country had been at war for many years and the temple was deserted and．falling __1___ pieces．Plants were growing out of the roofs，and trees were growing in the courtyards．Today，the temple is the __2__ of a busy repair programme．A team of 1 5 growing Indian experts are organizing a workforce of 400 Cambodians，most of them women，who are cleaning， ___3__ and rebuilding parts of this temple．One of the experts explained the ___4___ ．“The problem is water．The rainy season __5___ of Six months and water gets in among the stones．30 Certain types of plant grow all over the stones and their __6___ go down into holes between the stones．’’ As 1 walked __7___ the courtyards，I noticed how the Cambodian women devote hours to cleaning a tiny area of stone．Boards are laid down to __8___ the precious painted stones while the repair work is going on．There are very ___9___ machines and little heavy equipment．Workers carry building materials in buckets at the end of long poles．Piles of stones lie in a corner of the courtyard，__10____ to be replaced．The work of cleaning the stones is __11____ by three Indian chemists．It is a Very ___12___ task． First they clean the stones with brushes using buckets of a weak chemical．Then gaps between the stones are filled in．Finally another material is painted onto the stones which will protect them __13___ water forever. Work starts everyday at 7 a．m．and goes on until late afternoon six days a week，with a __14___ at midday．For six or seven months in the year no work can be done ___15___ the rainy season makes it impossible． ___16___ ，there are very few skilled stone workers __17____ after the war years．Million of people were __18____ in battle．To make things worse，many of the men have gone off to cities __19____ higher pay，___20___ women from nearby Villages to carry on with the work． 1．A．on B．in C．to D．off 2．A．scene B．drawing