二、完形填空(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
从选项中选择一个最适合短文的选项，错选、多选或未选均无分。
It is not surprising that people 21 ever associate Britain with wine and in fact it may astonish you to learn that grapes are grown 22 in England and nearly 200,000 bottles of wine were sold in 1975. 23 very new in growing grapes in Britain, in spite of the climate. The Romans planted the first vines about AD 300 and 24 a long time people always drank home-produced wines. What 25 the English wine industry was not so much a change in the climate 26 the fact that an English king, Henry II, inherited the Bordeaux area of France as part of his dominions during the twelfth century and the imported wine provided 27 of competition. The English wine industry did not disappear, however, 28 the sixteenth century, when the monks, who had been the main producers in the meantime, had their estates taken away by Henry VIII. The new owners let the vineyards die out. But now English people, probably 29 their memories of holidays by the Mediterranean, drink more wine than 30 and the new industry is now developing at a modest but consistent rate.
21. A. hardly B. almost C. nearly D. seldom
22. A. wildly B. outwards C. in the open air D. in the wide
23. A. It is nothing B. It is anything C. There is anything D. There is nothing
24. A. during B. from C. since D. for
25. A. rended B. developed C. abated D. destroyed
26. A. lice B. for C. as D. that
27. A. much B. many C. a great deal D. a large number
28. A. as long as B. as far as C. since D. until
29. A. because B. for C. because of D. due
30. A. never B. no one C. all D. ever
