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惠州四六级模拟试题 Part Two Proof-reading Exercises Passage 64 It’s big, brash, loud and even-changing. It is full of history [1] ______ , packing with quiet comers, hidden museums, little bou- [2] ______ tiques and thoughtful theatre. It is London and it’s an enigma. Just when you think you are getting to know, you tum your [3] ______ back and when you look round, it’s suddenly different匧ike all great cities, London never stands still. Approaching the imagnificent National Gallery, you no longer avoid London’s [4] ______ traffic, for the north side of Trafalgar Square is now pedestrianised--and site of an open-air cafe and concerts. (And there is little traffic in the city altogether, since￡5 charge [5] ______ has been levied to drive in the centre.) [6] ______ Renown collector, Charles Saatchi, has moved his unri- [7] ______ vailed modern art collection to bigger, better premises over- [8] ______ looked the Thames on the revitalised South Bank, joining the Tate Modern Gallery and British Airways London Eye. Colourful, wacky fashion designer, Zandra Rhodes, got it into her head to open a fashion and textile museum--which she’s done in once highly unfashionable Bermondsey. These are just a few things that have happened in 2003, so if it has been few [9] ______ years since you were here, it’s time to go back and discover new London. [10] ______ Passage 65 In the poorest regions of the world an estimated one out [1] ______ five children will not live to see their fifth birthday, primarily because of environment-related diseases. This tragedy trans- lates as 11 million childhood deaths a year worldwide-equal [2] ______ to the combined populations of Norway and Switzerland- most due to malaria, acute respiratory infections or diarrhoea, [3] ______ all illnesses that are largely not preventable.