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 Have you ever shouted, “The rent is too damn high”? Shaking wall and hidden disgusting bugs? You’re not ___61___. The ancient Romans experienced the same ___62___ with their apartments. From ___63___  landlords to sanitation problems, pests to smells, Roman urban living was no walk in the park.  Even in the very early days of Rome, people were crowded together in uncomfortable ___64____.  This collection of animals of every kind mixed together, made life miserable for common citizens. And the close contact spread diseases. Roman rented residence were called insulae, or islands, because they occupied whole blocks, with the roads flowing around them like water around an island. The insulae, often consisting of six to eight apartment blocks built around a staircase and central courtyard, __65___  poor workers who couldn’t afford a traditional domus, or private house.  By the fourth century A.D., there were around 45,000 insulae in Rome, as ___66___ to fewer than 2,000 private homes. Many people were ___67___ into their quarters. Apartments on the lower floor would be the easiest for entry and exit – and therefore belong to the wealthy renters – while unfortunate individuals were___68___  on higher floors in tiny rooms. Though made of concrete brick, insulae were usually weakly built, ___69__ poor craftsmanship and little fund. They usually collapsed and killed passers-by. As a result, emperors restricted how high ___70___ could construct insulae. The maximum building height was 60 feet. According to law then, builders were supposed to make walls at least an inch and a half thick, so as to ___71____ the safetyof the building. However, it didn’t work so well, especially since building ___72___ were ignored by the landlords in order to save on the construction cost, and most renters were too poor to ____73___  landlords. Therefore, the life-threatening accidents usually happened.  Even if insulae didn’t fall down, they could be so ___74___ as to be washed away in a flood. That's about the only time their inhabitants would have access to clean natural water, since there was rarely in-home plumbing(水管)in an apartment. What’s more, the insulae caught fire frequently leaving Rome with a vicious（恶意的）___75___ of houses burning down and collapsing, sales, then immediate reconstruction and fire once more time. Indeed, rather than being at the nature’s hands，some collapses were ___76___since the greedy landlords keep on tearing down the existing insulae and replacing them with higher and larger monsters in pursuit of more rents. 61. A. lonely                       B. alone                       C. unique                  D. special 62. A. annoyance         B. complaint           C. history          D. consequence 63. A. unfair                       B. gracious                  C. mean                    D. terrified 64. A. basements               B. mansions                 C. seasons               D. quarters 65. A. housed                    B. lived                         C. reserved               D. organized 66. A. exposed                   B. opposed                  C. switched               D. related 67. A. mixed                       B. filled                         C. invited                  D. squeezed 68. A. arranged                  B. assigned                  C. thrown                  D. banned 69. A. instead of           B.thanks to           C. regardless of       D. except for 70. A. builders            B. architects           C. landlords         D. renters 71. A. insure                      B. make sure               C. assure                  D. ensure 72. A. codes                       B. limitations                C. reservations         D. emphasis 73. A. defeat                      B. alert                         C. charge                  D. object 74. A. cheap                      B. vacant                     C. insignificant          D. shaky 75. A. cycle                        B. punishment              C. treatment              D. fate 76. A. unexpected              B. intentional                C. restless                D. thorough                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     答案：BACD  ABDC  BCDA  CDAB

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