完形填空，通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。Londonhassomefantasticsightsforeverytourist.Butjust1back

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完形填空，通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

London has some fantastic sights for every tourist. But just    1    back does this wonderful city’s history go?

It was the Romans who decided to build the city we know today as London. They invaded ( 入侵 ) Britain in AD 43 and soon afterwards built the city of Londinium. They saw that a city with a bridge    2    the Thames River could be useful both for traveling to Europe and traveling in England. It is thought that the original city was small — about the    3    of Hyde Park!

The Guildhall is the town hall of the city where you can see both the    4  

buildings and the new ones. It was built by Dick Whittington    5    went to London to make money as a young man about six hundred years ago. But after a few years he was still very    6    and decided to leave the city. Then he heard the bells of London ringing. He stopped and    7   . They seemed to be saying “Try again Mayor ( 市长 ) of London.” So he turned back deciding to    8    again. Later he became very rich and was Lord Mayor four times between 1397 and 1419.

Nearly all the old city was    9    in the fire in 1666. After that the city started to lose its people. So now the old city has very    10   shops and homes while a kilometer away the streets of the West End of London are full of people.

(   )1. A. how far          B. how soon        C. how long     D. how much

(   )2. A. under             B. over                C. on               D. in

(   )3. A. shape             B. height              C. style           D. size

(   )4. A. tall                 B. old                  C. low             D. small

(   )5. A. which             B. when              C. who             D. where

(   )6. A. young             B. rich                C. strict            D. poor

(   )7. A. cried              B. laughed          C. listened        D. watched

(   )8. A. try                 B. write              C. travel           D. speak

(   )9. A. built               B. burnt              C. grown         D. discovered

(   )10. A. many           B. all                   C. most           D. few

Answer 1

1A  2B  3D  4B  5C  6D  7C  8A  9B  10D