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 reasons but another (51) was the need to keep out anyone (52) as undesirable, like people with contagious (53) The Old City of London gates were all demolished by the end of the 18th century. The last of London's gates was (54) a century ago, but by a (55) of luck, it was never destroyed. This gate is, in actual (56) , not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the boundary (57) 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 (58) because its design was (57) it was expensive to maintain and it was blocking the (60) . The Temple Bar Trust was (61) in the 1970's with the intention of returning the gate home. The (62) of the Trust is the preservation of the nation's (63) heritage. Transporting the gate will mean (64) pulling it down, stone by stone, removing and rebuilding it near St Paul's Cathedral. Most of the facade of the gate will probably be re- placed, though there is a good (65) that the basic structure will be sound. The hardest job of all, however, will be to recreate the statues of the monarchs that once stood on top of the gate.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】前半句提到欧洲古代城市建城墙的部分理由是为了防守，这里应该是想说明另一个理由，grounds意为“背景”；cause意为“缘由”，A可表理由，但应该改成单数，D选项最为合适。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】unrealistic意为“不切实际的”，unavailable意为“难获得的”，unbearable意为“难以忍受的”，unfashionable意为“不时髦的，老套的”，应选A，城门设计太老套不合用，所以收起来。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】actually意为“实际上的”；really意为“真的”；physically意为“身体上的，本身的”；practically意为“实际的”，此句强调将门本身给运回去，C选项更符合句意。