2016四级阅读选词填空题型练习三

2020-10-04

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The development of Jamestown in Virginia during the second half of the seventeenth century was closely related to the making and use of bricks. There are several practical reasons why bricks became important to colony. Although the forest could __1__supply sufficient timber,the process of lumbering was extremely difficult,particularly because of the lack of roads.Later when the timber on the peninsula had depleted,wood had to be brought from some __2__.Building stone was also in __3_supply.However ,as clay was plentiful,it was __4__that the colonistwould turn to brick making. In addition to practical reasonor using brick as the __5__construction material,there was also an ideological reason.Brick represented __6__and permanence.The Virginia company of London instructed the colonists to build new hospitals and new _7__out of brick.In 1662,the town Act of the Virginia Assembly provided for the construction of thirty-two brick buildings and __8__the use wood as a construction material.Had this law ever been succesully __9_,Jamestown would have been a model city.Instead,the residents failed to __10__fully with the law.And by 1699 Jamestown had collapsed into a pile of rubble with only three or four habitable houses. A principal, B comply, C short, D frankly, E residence , F initially, G installment ,H enforced, I durability, J designated, K distance ,L imply, M prohibited, N principle, O inevitable

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