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2026属宝山区高三芙语二模
I.Gr'ammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.
For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks,use one
word that best fits each blank.
Notre-Dame de Paris
After a disastrous fire,this ancient site is now fully restored
On April 15,2019,the people of Paris,France,were shocked to see the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in flames.
The cathedral (1)(stand)for hundreds of years,but the fire nearly destroyed it.Hundreds of firefighters fought to
save the building,but the fire still did extensive damage.Since then,the building has been closed for repairs,but this
Sunday,it(2)(schedule)to be open to the public once more.
Notre-Dame took nearly two centuries to build,from 1163 to 1345,and even after its completion,new features
continued (3)(add).Repairs to the representative cathedral were done with careful accuracy,using methods from
(4)
original construction in the Middle Ages.
Notre-Dame is an amazing example of Gothic architecture.The builders of Gothic cathedrals thought of their
buildings as places where people go to meet with God,so they tried to make the buildings look like heaven.This means
the cathedrals all have tall ceilings (5)(support)by columns,with large windows that are made of colored glass.
As a result,the buildings are filled with colored light,which is intended to call to mind descriptions of heaven that say it
has streets full of gold.Images of cathedrals like Notre-Dame(6)convey part of their beauty and splendor,but
they don't compare with the experience of seeing them in person.
In the late 18th century,popular resentent (against the French upper class exploded into a revolution.The
revolutionaries associated the Christian establishment with the king they despised(鄙视)，so they ransacked(洗劫)
Notre-Dame along with many other churches.Shortly after the revolution,some repairs were made,but the cathedral was
still (7)bad shape.The cathedral's disrepair partly inspired Victor Hugo's famous novel The Hunchback of
Notre-Dame.
This novel,much of which takes place inside the cathedral,was so popular (8)it inspired a major repair of
the cathedral.The architect who planned the repairs took some creative license,adding features rather than (9)
(restore)the cathedral to its original appearance.But the result was a beautiful building,which for a time was the most
popular tourist attraction in France.
In 2018 more repair work began,intended to change some deterioration (that had taken place over time.It
was during the repairing project that the fire started.The April 2019 fire destroyed the entire roof and much of the
structure's original frame.But a few important pieces were-amazingly -spared.The fire forced the government to
perform more extensive repairs (10)had been planned,but the work is now complete.Now people can once again
visit this architectural wonder and marvel at its beauty,its history and (for some)its spiritual significance.
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