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[填空题]London has been a {{U}} (36) {{/U}} city for nearly 1,000 years, and many of its {{U}} (37) {{/U}} buildings still stand. The most famous of these are the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral, but most visitors also want to see he Houses Parliament, Buckingham Palace and the many {{U}} (38) {{/U}} museums.
Once, London was a small Roman town on the {{U}} (39) {{/U}} bank of the Thames, but slowly it grew into one of the world’s {{U}} (40) {{/U}} cities with more than 7 million people. Places now in the heart of London, like Westminster, once stood in the middle of green fields. Many small {{U}} (41) {{/U}}, like Hampstead, became part of London, but they still keep some of their old {{U}} (42) {{/U}}. Different areas of London seem like different cities. The West End is a rich man’s world of shops, offices and {{U}} (43) {{/U}}. The old port area is now called "Docklands." {{U}} (44) {{/U}}. There are huge new office buildings, and thousands of new
