Cloze Test

Read the following passage, and choose the one that best fits into the passage.

　　The Aswan High Dam was completed in 1970. It was built for several 1 . First, the River Nile used to 2 large areas every year and destroyed 3 and crops. The Aswan High Dam 4 the waters of the Nile 5 they now run regularly all through the year. Second, 6 can now be made from the water which rushes 7 the base of the dam.

　　 8 they began to build the dam, people 9 knew that there were going to be several 10 . As a 11 of the dam, the water level of the lake was going to 12 by 63 meters. It would be 13 to move 53, 000 people from their villages. 14 , around the area of Aswan there are a lot of important old temples, 15 date from about 1250 BC. These temples were in 16 ; when the dame was finished, many of them would be covered by the waters of the new 17 .

　　One of the most important temples in danger was 18 at Abu Simbel. It was carved in rock and had on the outside four large stone 19 , each of which was 20 meters high. Engineers studied the problem and made several different 20 for rescuing the temple.

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