There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book 36 hand. Of course, we may 37 with our guide-books the history and 38 developments of a town and get to know them. 39 then, if we take out time and 40 in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we 41 it as a whole, we begin to have some 42 ,which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just 43 this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets 44 in this particular way, and not in any 45 way?
Here even the best guide-book 46 us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the 47 appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的) 48 of a town. However, one may get some idea of what it 49 look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine 50 the town was first planned and built . Then one can learn more about in what direction the town 51 to develop.
What is the 52 of studying towns in the way? For me, it is 53 that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A 54 visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive 55 just reading about it in a guide-book.
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解析：解读：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了了解一个城镇的不同的方法。作者提出亲自到城镇里转一转要比拿一本旅行指南好。
【小题1】A。in hand在手中。其中之一是手中拿着指南转一转。
【小题1】B。句意：当然，我们可以用旅行指南去研究一个城镇的历史以及它独特的发展，然后慢慢了解它。分清句子结构，study的宾语是history。
【小题1】D。special独特的。解析见上题。
【小题1】A。but但是，表示转折。解析见下题。
【小题1】C。句意：不过，如果我们花时间在城里待（stay）一会儿，我们可以更好地了解它。
【小题1】A。句意：当我们总体看过（look at）之后，我们会有一些连最好的旅游指南都解答不了的问题。
【小题1】D。由下文的answer可知选D。question问题。
【小题1】C。为什么小镇像（like）这样。
【小题1】B。指街道延伸用run/extend。
【小题1】C。other“其他的”。这里指：为什么街道以这种独特的方式延伸，而不是任何其他方式？
【小题1】C。句意：甚至最好的旅行指南也会使我们失望。fail sb“使某人失望，有负于某人”。trick sb“哄骗某人”，与语境不符。
【小题1】D。present“目前的”。这里是指“一个城镇如何发展成了现在的样子”。
【小题1】C。根据后面“the town was first planned and built”可知此空应填design。
【小题1】A。used to look like“过去看起来是什么样的”。
【小题1】B。how怎么。小镇起初是怎么计划和建造的。
【小题1】D。句意：于是，一个人能够对这个城镇继续（continue）往什么方向发展有更多的了解。
【小题1】A。what is the point of doing sth“做某事有何意义”。
【小题1】B。simply“仅仅，只不过”。
【小题1】D。personal“个人的；亲自的”。 亲自到城镇里参观。
【小题1】B。为什么它比（than）在旅行手册看更具有吸引力。
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