West Point is a college for future Army officers. It has more than 4 000 stu

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问题     West Point is a college for future Army officers. It has more than 4 000 students called cadets (军校学员). The school is 【B1】______ about 80 kilometres north of New York City. West Point is the oldest continuously 【B2】______ military post in the United States. General George Washington built a 【B3】______there during the Revolutionary War to protect the Hudson River from the British. He moved his 【B4】______ to West Point in 1779 during the war. In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson signed 【B5】______to establish the military academy. The education centred on 【B6】______engineering. West Point graduates designed many roads, bridges, harbors and railways for the young nation. Today, math and science are still a large part of the education. But cadets can choose from almost 50 areas of study. If cadets major in the 【B7】______, they must have an engineering minor. Not all the young men and women at West Point are American. Up to 60 cadets can be international students this year. International students are 【B8】______by their governments. 【B9】______. After graduation, they return home to serve in their nation’s armed forces. 【B10】______. Major Joe Sowers, a West Point public affairs officer, says information is available through American embassies, 【B11】______. [br] 【B3】

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答案 fort

解析 语境推断题。结合空格前后的词可知,此处需要填入一个名词作built的宾语,并且建造这个事物的目的是保卫哈德逊河,因此此处应填人一个表示“军事堡垒”的名词。结合录音可知答案为fort,意为“堡垒,要塞”。
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