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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] 【C4】
选项 A、place
B、position
C、stance
D、gap
答案 D
解析    本题考点为语境推理与词义辨析。
   (1)句式分析。
   原句使用了there be句型。a strange______为主句的主语，可见，此处应该填一个可数名词。
   (2)句意判断。
   从without bricks for building for several hundred years(数百年，砖块都没有用于建筑)可知，此处表达的是“空白期”，该句意为“很奇怪的是，英国砖块制造史有一段空白期”。
   【知识拓展】词汇拓展：gap。
   ①表示“(墙或篱笆的)缺口，开口，裂口”。
   e．g．There’s a gap in the hedge．
   树篱有个豁口。
   ②表示“(时间上的)间断，停顿，间隔”。
   e．g．a gap of two years两年的间隔
   ③表示“(知识、市场等的)空白”。
   e．g．to fill a／the gap填补空白
   ④表示“分歧，差别”。
   e．g．a gap in ages／wages年龄／工资的差别
   ⑤to bridge／close／stop the gap弥补不足，解决分歧。
   e．g．The only way to close the gap between supply and demand was to raise interest rates．
   过去缩小供求差距的唯一办法是提高利率。
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