单选题
The Old Gate

In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for defensive (51) but another factor was the need to keep out anyone regarded as undesirable, like people with contagious (52) . The Old City of London gates were all (53) by the end of the 18th century. The last of London's gates was removed a century ago, but by a (54) of luck, it was never destroyed.
This gate is, in (55) fact, not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the (56) 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 (57) because its design was (58) it was expensive to (59) and it was blocking the traffic.
The Temple Bar Trust was (60) in the 1970's with the intention of returning the gate home. The aim of the Trust is the (61) of the nation's architectural heritage. Transporting the gate will mean physically pulling it (62) , stone by stone, removing and rebuilding it near St Paul's Cathedral. Most of the facade of the gate will probably be (63) , though there is a good (64) that the basic structure will be sound. The hardest (65) of all, however, will be to recreate the statues of the monarchs that once stood on top of the gate.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】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。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。a stroke of luck。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查固定搭配in actual fact, 意思是“事实上”,等于actually或as a matter of fact。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】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。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】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,储备”;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。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】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”。(对建筑物的)维修保持意为maintain。故选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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 up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。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此句句意为“目的是保存国家的建筑遗产。”A选项preservation意为“(古物,建筑)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“(环境的)保存,保护”;D选项recreation意为“娱乐,消遣”。故选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】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。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】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(以旧更新)”,substitute…for…,“替代”之意,不与原物进行比较。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】there is a good chance that意思是“很有可能发生某事,有……的机会”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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,必需品”;D选项obligation意为“义务”。故选B。