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（一） Today, 65 years after the end of World War 2, the remains of the Nazis’ Atlantic Wall are there for all to see, although few observers realize the extent of what they are seeing. No complete (47) _____has ever been done, but specialists estimate that some 6000 pillboxes and blockhouses still (48)_____Europe’s coastline. Constructed between 1942 and 1944, the Wall (49) ______from Finland and Norway, southwest through Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Channel Islands, down into France and Spain. Its purpose was to halt any Allied invasion by stopping it at beach level, The Allies suffered heavy losses in the Normandy landing partly because of these(50) _______. Public opinions is divided over whether to raze or (51) ______these remnants of Europe’s worst nightmare. A few hundred have been destroyed, mainly to make room for parking lots or shopping malls. One was buried in the construction of the Channel Tunnel. Several are titled on the coastline, (52) ____ into the advancing seas. The current debate over what to do with the bunkers (53) _______around the need to deal with unsettling memories. The European Commission is Brussels was moved a couple of years ago to support conservation, putting up 100000 to (54) _______an Atlantic Wall virtual museum that has been traveling around Europe. Others have leaned to live with them, citing the (55)_____cost of dismantling, The largest structures, remnants of six German submariner bases in France, have(56) _______ concrete walls up to 15 feet thick stretching as long as two football fields. Architect Giulio Podavani supports the conservation of the bunkers for professional reasons, but worries that we talk too much about how memories will teach us to avoid repeating history. “in fact,” he says, “humanity has never learned from its past.” A)inventory B)superb C)construction D)preserve E)stretches F)sinking G)accounting H)finance I)swallowed J)reinforced K)revolves L)dot M)ruin N)defenses