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The Old Gate
In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. This was partly for defensive reasons but another 51 was the need to keep out anyone 52 as undesirable, like people with contagious 53. The Old City of London gates were all demolished by the end of the 18th century. The last of Londons gates was 54 a century ago, but by a 55 of luck, it was never destroyed.
This gate is, in actual 56, not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the boundary 57 the Old City of London and Westminster. In 1878 the Council of London took the Bar down, numbered the stones and put the gate in 58 because its design was 59 it was expensive to maintain and it was blocking the 60.
The Temple Bar Trust was 61 in the 1970s with the intention of returning the gate home. The 62 of the Trust is the preservation of the nations 63 heritage. Transporting the gate will mean 64 pulling it down, stone by stone, removing and rebuilding it near St Pauls Cathedral. Most of the facade of the gate will probably be replaced, though there is a good 65 that the basic structure will be sound. The hardest job of all, however, will be to recreate the statues of the monarchs that once stood on top of the gate.
51 A.reasons B.grounds C.cause D.factor
52 A.think B.regarded C.such D.seem
53 A.injuries B.symptoms C.colds D.diseases
54 A.missing B.destroyed C.removed D.lost
55 A.wave B.stroke C.hit D.blow
56 A.end B.beginning C.fact D.theory
57 A.in B.at C.on D.between
58 A.storage B.store C.storing D.stock
59 A.unfashionable B.unbearable C.unavailable D.unrealistic
60 A.river B.light C.traffic D.flow
61 A.set out B.set up C.set off D.set back
62 A.reason B.aim C.factor D.condition
63 A.historical B.artificial C.literature D.architectural
64 A.actually B.really C.physically D.practically
65 A.opportunity B.possibility C.chance D.capacity