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  3. The word "brick" did not appear in the English language before the 15th centu

The word "brick" did not appear in the English language before the 15th centu

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问题    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. [br] 【C2】
选项 A、obvious
B、useful
C、familiar
D、common
答案 D
解析    本题考点为语义推理与词义辨析。依据语境判断句意，辨析近义词，选择正确答案。
   (1)句式分析。
   原句是由but连接在一起的两个分句，在but之后的分句中，they作主语，______enough to be…作表语，enough是副词，修饰本题要填的形容词，表示“但是，它们并不是很……”之意。
   (2)句意判断。
   依据前文，本句意为“但砖块并不是很常见，作家都没有用过这个词”。
   【知识拓展】语法拓展：语篇衔接。
   本句中的but(但是)为表示转折的并列连词。并列连词是语篇衔接的一种手段。语篇衔接的手段多种多样，大体可归于以下三类：
   ①表示时间顺序、方位关系、因果关系等逻辑概念的过渡性词语，统称为“逻辑纽带”。连接性状语，如to begin with；in the first place，in the second place；next，then；finally，last，lastly；to conclude，also，besides，furthermore，moreover，then，in addition；equally，likewise，similarly；for example，for instance，that is；consequently，hence，so，therefore，thus；in contrast，by comparison等，就是逻辑纽带。
   ②通过省略、替代、照应等句法手段所表示的承接关系，这类连句手段为“语法纽带”。
   ③通过词汇的重复，同义词、近义词、反义词的使用及平行结构的使用所表示的承接关系，统称为“词汇纽带”。
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