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  3. Baltimore was founded in 1729. For a generation it seemed no different from

Baltimore was founded in 1729. For a generation it seemed no different from

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问题     Baltimore was founded in 1729. For a generation it seemed no different from a dozen other small settlements【C1】______up at the head of the Chesapeake Bays. Its claim【C2】______distinction consisted of a  blacksmith’s shop, flour【C3】______, and tobacco warehouse. Yet Baltimore was【C4】______for a more dynamic  future than its slow beginnings seemed to【C5】______. Spurred by an agricultural revolution in the Mary  land and Pennsylvania countryside【C6】______dramatic disruptions in the Atlantic economy, Baltimore at  mid-century began to【C7】______By 1799 it had risen to become the new Republic’s fourth largest city with【C8】______to overtake the three still【C9】______: New York, Philadelphia and Boston.【C10】______the Baltimore village of the Jeffersonian era looked utterly unlike the colonial village from【C11】______it had e merged, the two shared more than it might be apparent【C12】______the first glance. Baltimore’s economy had expanded tremendously, to be sure, but the same forces that sparked【C13】______around 1750 continued to【C14】______it fifty years later.【C15】______the establishment of new government at the state level in 1776, national level in 1788, and【C16】______level in 1797, the same irritating issues continued to attack its politics. If Baltimore had become richer and bigger, its occupational structure, wealth【C17】______and residential pat terns withstood the pressure of growth and looked about the same in 1790 as in 1812.【C18】______, beneath  the frozen and seemingly chaotic pace of【C19】______, Baltimore enjoyed a strong element of stability. For in 1812, no【C20】______than in 1729, Baltimore was a pre-industrial town. [br] 【C10】
选项 A、Nevertheless
B、Moreover
C、Meanwhile
D、Although
答案 D
解析 此题属于语篇连接题。Although意为“尽管”，用于主句后，引出补充说明。原文中此题后面为一个复合句，且两句之间是转折关系，这可以从句中的unlike和share more判断出来，故选项 D) Although正确。选项A) Nevertheless虽然也表示转折，但通常由逗号与主句隔开，并不直接引导从句；选项B) Moreover意为“而且”；选项C) Meanwhile意为“同时”。
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