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The word "brick" did not appear in the English language before the 15th century. Bricks 【C1】______ have been known in Britain be
The word "brick" did not appear in the English language before the 15th century. Bricks 【C1】______ have been known in Britain be
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The word "brick" did not appear in the English language before the 15th century. Bricks 【C1】______ have been known in Britain before then, but they were not【C2】______ enough to be mentioned by any writer. We know that they were used in ancient Egypt, in India, and in the Roman【C3】______; they were used again in parts of Europe; but there is a strange【C4】______ in the history of brick-making which left Britain, at【C5】______, without bricks for building for several hundred years. When they did arrive in Britain, it was in a very【C6】______ way.
In the 15th century, Britain’s wool trade was【C7】______ flourishing, and shiploads of wool were exported to other countries, among them, Germany and Holland. These ships would have had to return empty, 【C8】______ their captains were able to pick up a【C9】______ cargo, and no captain likes an empty ship. For【C10】______ thing, it is difficult to【C11】______ in stormy weather; for another thing, it is a great waste of space. So【C12】______ than return home with an empty ship, the captains would【C13】______ up with anything, and at about this time, somebody had the idea of loading the home-bound ships with【C14】______. These were already being used【C15】______ in Holland and Germany, where the brick-makers were anxious to sell their surplus【C16】______.
These bricks must have been a godsend to the builders of London and southeast England. There was very【C17】______ building stone in that part of the country, and stocks of good building【C18】______ were running【C19】______. Bricks were first used for the big houses of rich people living in the countryside, and only later for town houses and 【C20】______ cottages.
【C16】
选项
A、workshops
B、stocks
C、tools
D、resources
答案
B
解析
本题考点为语境推理。
(1)句式分析。
原句是一个带有定语从句的复杂句。在where引导的表示地点的定语从句中,their surplus______作sell的宾语,也即,此处应该填名词。
(2)句意判断。
根据上句,该句意为“砖块制造商急于出售多余的库存”。
【知识拓展】(1)词汇拓展。
①workshop为合成名词,意为“车间,工作坊,研讨班”,a poetry/drama workshop诗歌讲习班/戏剧研讨班。其他与work相关的合成词有work-in-progress半成品,workload工作量,workman男性工人,workmanship手艺,工艺,workmate工友,workout锻炼,work pack工作包,workpeople劳工阶层,workplace工作场所,worksheet活页练习,workspace工作区,worktop工作台,操作台,work wear工作服。
②stock n.存货,储备,be in/out of stock有货/没货;stock v.库存,在……中储存,stock up贮备,stock up on/with sth.备足某物,stock sth.up/stock up sth.把……装满。
③tool n.工具,用具,手段,a set of tools一套工具,garden tools园艺用具,down tools停工,an essential tool in the classroom基本教具,be a mere tool in the hands of…只是……手里的工具。
④resource n.资源,智谋,(pl.)财力,人力,才智,natural/untapped/unlimited resources自然/尚未开发的/无限的资源,pool one’s resources集中人力物力,draw on one’s resources依靠自己的才智。
(2)语法拓展:where的用法。
Where可引导定语从句、状语从句、名词性从句。
e.g.He lived in the room where Jane once lived.(=He lived in the room in which Jane once lived.)
他住在简曾经住过的房子里。(定语从句)
Tom grew up where he was born.
汤姆是在他出生的地方长大的。(状语从句)
Will you tell me where I can find this book?
你能告诉我从哪里能找到这本书吗?(宾语从句)
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