Thanks to a combination of young businessmen, large numbers of university students and revitalization (新生) efforts by the local and national governments, today’s Nanjing has an      36   of youthful exuberance (繁茂) that would have been    37   only a few decades ago.   38  , the city, a booming city of 6.5 million on the banks of the Yangtze River some 185 miles west of Shanghai, bears    39   resemblance to the former capital of China that suffered the worst cruelty and violence of World War II.
40   Nanjing has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention during its 2,500-year history. And in recent years, the city has moved    41   its tragic past to become a vital engine of China’s economic growth, thanks    42   to its position in the middle of China’s prosperous eastern seaboard. Growth has also    43   thanks to improved ground transportation: A new bullet train linking Nanjing and Shanghai started service last year,    44   travel time between the cities from several hours to just 75 minutes, and a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line is    45  to open later this year, with a stop in Nanjing. Within the city, two metro lines were built in the last few years; 15 more are planned to begin service by 2030.
Signs of Nanjing’s    46   wealth and optimism can be seen everywhere. In the heart of the downtown Xinjiekou district, a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen,    47   the father of modern China, looks    48   over a busy    49   area.
There is perhaps no more    50   symbol of the city’s transformation than the Zifeng Tower, a 1,480-foot skyscraper that opened its doors last May.    51   offices, restaurants and an InterContinental hotel, the tower is the second-tallest building in China and billed as the seventh-tallest in the world.
Underlying all this development is a large Chinese and    52  student population — there are several major universities, plus a branch of Johns Hopkins’s international studies school. In fact, art and music    53   in all sorts of places.
On a larger    54  , local government officials and private investors are pushing the city as a rising center for contemporary art and architecture, hoping to attract    55   from the neon-bathed streets of its neighbor Shanghai.
小題1:
A.a(chǎn)dvanceB.a(chǎn)ffectionC.a(chǎn)irD.a(chǎn)bility
小題2:
A.unforgettableB.unthinkableC.unbearableD.unnecessary
小題3:
A.ActuallyB.RegretfullyC.HopefullyD.Consequently
小題4:
A.closeB.slightC.muchD.little
小題5:
A.BecauseB.ButC.AsD.Since
小題6:
A.beyondB.onC.offD.out
小題7:
A.in addition B.in allC.in partD.in fact
小題8:
A.startedB.enlargedC.existedD.a(chǎn)ccelerated
小題9:
A.removingB.cuttingC.dividing D.lowering
小題10:
A.scheduledB.inventedC.desiredD.meant
小題11:
A.a(chǎn)ttractiveB.well-receivedC.newfound D.discovered
小題12:
A.thoughtB.treatedC.consideredD.elected
小題13:
A.outB.a(chǎn)tC.a(chǎn)boutD.for
小題14:
A.remoteB.regionalC.ruralD.commercial
小題15:
A.universalB.visibleC.traditionalD.political
小題16:
A.KeepingB.ConsistingC.OpeningD.Housing
小題17:
A.BritishB.westernC.AmericanD.foreign
小題18:
A.spring upB.stand upC.set upD.keep up
小題19:
A.extentB.degreeC.scaleD.level
小題20:
A.businessmenB.studentsC.touristsD.painters
小題1:C 小題1:B 小題1:A 小題1:D 小題1:B 小題1:A小題1:C 小題1:D小題1:B 小題1:A 小題1:C 小題1:C 小題1:A 小題1:D小題1:B小題1:D  小題1:D小題1:A 小題1:C小題1:C
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D.many of the high—tech things our parents thought we’d be using by now
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