题目内容：

    A meadow in bloom （鲜花盛开的草甸）cannot be more appealing for British. The swinging wild flowers at their peak show essence（精髓）of the season and are perfect for ______ with your video camera. But that is a thing of the ______.

Motorways, new towns, factories―Britain has ______ much damage to its natural scenery, and every year more land of the countryside is ______ to tall buildings. While no wildlife habitat has escaped the ______ of the developer’s bulldozer （推土机）, none has ______ a greater impact than the meadow. Around 93% of Britain’s meadows have ______ in the past 70 years.

The blooming meadow was a much-loved ______ of the English countryside poetry for generations, as ______ to the summer as white snow to the winter. Nowadays, scenes of a farmer’s field ______ of colorful wild flowers are more ______ to be seen on greeting cards than on country roads in July.

Although expansion of cities has ______ England’s green land, the primary cause for the loss was the post-war trend of frequent ______ practice. These wildflower-rich habitats began to decrease during wartime when traditionally managed grassland was ______ to serve as farmland. The sowing of highly productive crops, such as potatoes, ______ the practice after the war. More of the grassland was,______, gone forever.

In terms of biodiversity, the ______ of the habitat cannot be overstated: a common old meadow can ______ around 130 different plant species. Many of them are ______, since they flower for just a few days in midsummer. An uncut meadow is also a ______ for many of Britain’s threatened birds to keep away from enemies.

1.A.recording B.exploring C.examining D.decorating

2.A.future B.dream C.war D.past

3.A.fought B.ignored C.witnessed D.described

4.A.compared B.connected C.lost D.left

5.A.progress B.spread C.pollution D.invention

6.A.avoided B.resisted C.had D.suffered

7.A.survived B.disappeared C.recovered D.improved

8.A.title B.style C.image D.idea

9.A.symbolic B.conventional C.special D.evident

10.A.full B.short C.worthy D.fond

11.A.impossible B.likely C.popular D.precious

12.A.put into B.eaten into C.set down D.laid down

13.A.commercial B.industrial C.agricultural D.environmental

14.A.considered B.designed C.allowed D.transformed

15.A.finished B.simplified C.deepened D.modernized

16.A.otherwise B.however C.meanwhile D.therefore

17.A.significance B.balance C.convenience D.difference

18.A.accept B.prepare C.guarantee D.support

19.A.typical B.rare C.regular D.fresh

20.A.shelter B.necessity C.concern D.source