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【完形填空】Cloze: The Bell That Would Not Fade
When Elena Voss first heard the crack in the chapel bell, she was standing in the rain, (1) the number of people who had come.
Only forty-three had turned (2), a small fraction of the twelve hundred who had promised to support the restoration.
The bell made a sound like a spoon hitting a cracked cup, and then it went (3).
Tomás Riera, the foundryman who had cast it, said the bell was (4).
Elena, a solicitor from Valencia, had spent two years (5) after this moment.
Now the bell hung silent above her, and her excitement turned (6) something like panic.
Elena had come across the project by (7).
In 2019, she inherited her grandmother's house and found a bundle of letters and a small brass object the size of a thumb.
The letters spoke of a bell cast from melted bullets, a strange mix of war and worship, and her curiosity soon became an (8).
She applied for grants and began to investigate, only to find a (9) between the town council and a few older residents.
The council wanted a modern replica, while the older residents insisted that the original tone carried a spiritual authority that new metal could not (10).
As Tomás put it, 'You cannot fake a voice. You can only coax it.'
Choices
(1) A. measuring B. counting C. calculating D. estimating
(2) A. out B. up C. in D. over
(3) A. silent B. quiet C. still D. calm
(4) A. tired out B. worn out C. used up D. broken down
(5) A. chasing B. hunting C. seeking D. pursuing
(6) A. to B. with C. into D. for
(7) A. chance B. accident C. luck D. fortune
(8) A. obsession B. interest C. hobby D. passion
(9) A. gap B. division C. break D. split
(10) A. duplicate B. copy C. imitate D. reproduce