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求详细解答：语法填空。 阅读下

语法填空。 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填人一个适当的词 或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 What is red but green, open but closed and old but new? Answer: London's new double-decker buses. The traditional red double-deckers are 1 symbol of London. Their symbolic status was settled in 2008 when one bus made the longer-than-usual trip to Beijing 2 (collect) a very special passenger: the Olympic Flame. Now a new bus design 3 (uncover) and it has been exciting Londoners. The new bus uses more efficient green technology and has two staircases and an open platform, 4 (enable) people to hop on and hop off. It also has a unique design for the front end, which gives it an innovative (新颖的)look. Despite 5 innovations, the design is not all new. Its outward appearance takes after London's faithful old double-decker, the Route master. In July 2008 a 6 (compete) was launched by the London Mayor, Boris Johnson, to design a new Route master bus for the capital. There were over 700 entries, ___ 7 ___ several designers jointly winning the ?25,000 (244,000 Yuan) prize. The new double-deckers, ___ 8 ___ have three doors to speed up boarding, are expected to be in service in 2012. Mr. Johnson said: "This iconic new part of our transport system is not only beautiful, but also has a green heart beating beneath its ___ 9 ___ (attract) appearance." He expects cities around the globe to be "beside themselves with envy" for ___ 10 __ he described as a "stunning red symbol" of 21st-century London.

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1. a         2. to collect         3. has been uncovered   4. enabling     5. its              6. competition   7. with     8. which  9. attractive     10. what