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There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book in hand. Of course, with our guide-books we may      the history and special developments of a town and get to know them. But then, if we take our time and stay in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we look at it as a whole, we begin to have some________which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just        this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets run in this particular （特别的）way, and not in any other way?

Here even the best guide-book   ________ to tell us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the ________ appearance. It may not describe the original （最初的）design of a town. However, one may get some idea of what it ________  to look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine ________ the town was first planned and built. Then one can learn more about in what direction the town   ________ to develop.

What’s the point of studying towns in the way? For me, I’m sure one can get greater ________ by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A personal visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive ________just reading about it in a guide-book.

1.A. write    B. study       C. tell       D. remember

2.A. ideas    B. opinions   C. feelings   D. questions

3.A. of     B. for         C. like       D. as

4.A. fails    B. helps       C. wants     D. prefers

5.A. old     B. normal      C. first      D. present

6.A. used    B. seemed      C. had        D. happened

7.A. what     B. how        C. when       D. where

8.A. stops    B. appears    C. starts    D. continues

9.A. success  B. pleasure    C. hope     D. suffering

10.A. from    B. through     C. than       D. with

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了了解一个城镇的不同的方法。作者提出亲自到城镇里转一转要比拿一本旅行指南好。

1.B本题考查动词与语境理解。A. Write写；B. study 学习；C. Tell告诉；D. Remember记住，句意：了解一座城市的方式很多，其中之一就是环城徒步旅行，当然，我们还可以借助guide-book来研究（study）其历史和特有的（special）的发展并了解他们。根据语境是研究其历史，故选B。

2.D考查名词与语境理解。A. ideas想法；B. Opinions观点； C. Feelings感觉；D. Questions问题，句意：如果我们整体上看就会开始有一些最好的旅行指南也不能回答的问题。下文有动词answer，此处是先行词，在定语从句中用answer的宾语，只有questions才能构成动宾关系，故选D。

3.C考查介词与语境理解。A. Of……的； B. For为了；C. Like像；D. As作为，句意：为什么这个城镇像这个样子？根据句意像应用介词like，故选C。

4.A考查动词与语境理解。A. Fails失败；B. Helps帮助；C. Wants想；D. Prefers更喜欢，句意：甚至最好的旅游指南也不能告诉我们。根据语境是不能告诉我们，所以选A。

5.D考查形容词与语境理解。A. Old老的；B. Normal正式的；C. First首先；D. Present现在的，当前的，句意：一个人从里面找不到关于这个城镇是如何发展到现在这个样子的信息。根据语境此题是指现在的样子，故选D。

6.A考查动词与语境理解。A. Used过去的；B. Seemed似乎；C. Had有；D. Happened偶然，句意：通过围绕城镇转一个人可能获得它过去是什么样子的信息。根据句意及语境what it used to look like 城市过去的样子与上文the original design of a town相响应，used to是过去常常，故选A。

7.B考查连词与语境理解。A. What什么；B. How怎样； C. When当……时候；D. Where哪里，句意：一个人也可以想象出这个城镇一开始是怎样设计和建造的。选项A是疑问代词，用在此处语法结构错误；选项C和D分别指这座城市首次建造的时间和地点，与上文the original design of a town和what it used to look like没有联系；选项B表示这座城市设计建造的方式，故选B。

8.D考查动词与语境理解。A. Stops停止；B. Appears出现；C. Starts开始；D. Continues继续，句意：人们还能更多地了解这座城市未来继续发展方向。根据语境是这座城市未来继续发展方向，故选D。

9.B考查名词与语境理解。A. Success成功；B. Pleasure高兴，乐趣；C. Hope希望； D. Suffering遭受，句意：对我而言我确信一个人通过亲眼参观和看一个城镇会得到更多的乐趣。根据语境是得到更多的乐趣，故选B。

10.A. From从；B. Through通过；C. Than比；D. With有，句意：一次亲自的参观要比通过读旅行指南了解更能帮助一个人更好的了解它为什么如此有吸引力。前面有比较级better，这里当然用介词than，故选C。

考点：考查科普类短文