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选D.packing本题句意：Burchill出差，当时正在酒店收拾行李，准备去拜访当地的一些朋友。A。studying研究；B.staying停留；C.looking看；D.packing包装。根据Burchill was(21)at the hotel on business and planning to (22)some friends in the area.及生活常识可知，Burchill出差住在酒店，准备去拜访当地的一些朋友，自然是在酒店收拾行李。故选D.packing
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[1 ]The Xi'an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China's long history. It _41.was built___(41) (build) originally to protect the city ____42.in___(42) the Tang dynasty and has now been completely restored ( 修复). It is possible __43.to walk____(43) (walk) or bike the entire 14 kilometers.
[2 ]We accessed the wall through the South Gate. The wall is 12 meters high and from here you can see streams of people moving inside and outside the City Wall.
[3 ]After __44.spending____(44) (spend) some time looking at all the defensive equipment at the wall, we decided it was time for some action and what ___45.better___(45) (good) than to ride on a piece of history!
[4 ]We __46.hired____(46) (hire) our bikes from the rental place at the South Gate. My bike was old and shaky 47.but__(47) did the job. It took us about 3 hours to go all ___48.the___(48) way around the Xi'an City Wall. Supposedly you can do it in two hours, but we stopped at the different gates and __49.watchtowers____(49) (watchtower) to fake pictures or just to watch the local people going about their ___50. daily___(50) (day) routines.
47.+but考查连词。根据句意，前半句“My+bike+was+old+and+shaky”表示“我的自行车又旧又摇摇晃晃”，是贬义；后半句“did+the+job”表示“自行车还行”，是褒义，前后相对，表达转折关系，用转折连词，故填but。
