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  3. The city of Bath was founded by the Romans almost two thousand years ago. It

The city of Bath was founded by the Romans almost two thousand years ago. It

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问题     The city of Bath was founded by the Romans almost two thousand years ago. It has been famous for its【C1】________pleasing architecture and healing thermal springs ever since.
    There are three hot springs in Bath; one is the King’s Spring, upon which the Roman Baths and a temple were【C2】________The other two are the Cross Spring and the Hetling Spring, close to each other in Hot Bath Street. Although Bath is【C3】________known as a Roman and Georgian city, many people came in the intervening centuries to make use of the【C4】________waters.
    While the Georgians made ’taking the waters’ or bathing particularly fashionable, it was【C51】________generations who paved the way, creating greater interest in Bath and its springs. Charles II , desperate for an heir and unable to produce a【C6】________son, came to Bath to take the waters in the hope that their magical powers would do something to【C7】________ the situation. Craving for a male heir, James and Mary both came to Bath and soon after produced a son, which bred many conspiracy theories about who was the real father of their 【C8】________Regardless, the ’miracle’ created something of a boom in tourism for Bath and once Queen Anne had paid a visit in 1702, sealing it as the place to be, the whole nation【C9】________to the city.
    Afterwards, the spas (矿泉疗养浴场) in Bath continued to go in and out of fashion for more than 150 years until they closed completely. The new Bath Spa, which opened in 2006, 35 modern architecture with the ancient spring, now the New Royal Bath.
    A) aesthetically    I) offspring
    B) constructed      J) previous
    C) designates       K) principally
    D) extract          L) remedy
    E) flocked          M) rhetorically
    F) incorporates     N) sneaked
    G) legitimate       O) versatile
    H) natural [br] 【C8】
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答案 D
解析 空格前为名词所有格their，可推断出空格处应填入名词。空格所在句讲的是詹姆斯和玛丽同样极其需要一位男性继承人，他们也因此来到了巴斯，不久之后就生下了一个儿子，这引发了许多关于谁才是这个孩子真正父亲的阴谋论。offspring“后代，子女”符合语境，由此确定I为答案。
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