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 n ot 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