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] 【C10】

选项 A、a
B、one
C、any
D、the

答案 B

解析    本题考点为固定搭配。
   (1)句式分析。
   原句使用了for one thing…(and)for another(thing)这个表示列举的连接性状语,将两个句子连接在一起。故此处填one。
   (2)句意判断。
   通读整段可以发现,作者此处提出了两种情况,来解释为什么船长不喜欢空船返航,根据语义可知,该句意为“一方面,空船在暴风雨中很难控制”。
   【知识拓展】词汇拓展。
   ①stormy adj.有暴风雨的,多暴风雨的,争论激烈的,激烈的。
   e.g.stormy weather/sky/day/season/period,stormy meeting,stormy debate.
   ②storm n.暴风雪,狂风,风暴,爆发,猛攻。
   e.g.We were/got caught in the storm and drenched to the skin.
   我们遭遇了暴风雨,浑身都淋透了。
   ③storm vt./vi.突袭,怒吼,气呼呼地走。
   e.g.“Don’t you know who I am?”she stormed.
   “你不知道我是谁吗?”她怒喝道。
   ④相关搭配:to storm into怒气冲冲地闯入,to storm off气呼呼地跑开,to storm at sb.
   对某人大发雷霆。
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