IIL. Cloze 9%
       It was a sweltering Saturday in London and the anger hung in the air like the heat. OnJune 17, 2017, hundreds of people gathered at the police cordons in the public housing projectof Lancaster West Estate to __(11)__ and voice their concerns. Above them loomed theremains of Grenfell Tower. a 24-story apartment building that had housed up to 600 peoplebefore a fire ravaged it on June 14, killing at least 79 people by police estimates.
       Harrowing details about the tragedy were commonplace. Locals were bewildered andinjury.__(12)__ at how this could happen in the borough of Kensington and Chelsca, which has oneof the wealthiest populations in the U.K, and is only minutes away from the fancy mansionsfamiliar from the movie Notting Hill.
        In the days since the fire, Grenfell Tower has been held up as tragic symbol of the socialills facing Britain. The U.K. has seen the biggest drop in average real wages in OECDcountries except for Greece. The disparity between rich and poor is especially visible inplaces like Kensington, _(13)__the average house costs 38.5 times the average annual salaryin the U.K. A failure to create robust home-building programs in an era of risingsocioeconomic insecurity risks _(14)__ London's capacity to grow---.nd increases thepolarization of a growing class of people who feel ignored, undervalued, and angered by theirdispossession.
【題組】11.( )
(A) pass the buck
(B) take the wheel
(C) pay their respects
(D) take the edge off