Question

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          of youthful exuberance (繁茂) that would have been      only a few decades ago.    , the city, a booming city of 6.5 million on the banks of the Yangtze River some 185 miles west of Shanghai, bears       resemblance to the former capital of China that suffered the worst cruelty and violence of World War II.

   Nanjing has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention during its 2,500-year history. And in recent years, the city has moved       its tragic past to become a vital engine of China’s economic growth, thanks       to its position in the middle of China’s prosperous eastern seaboard. Growth has also       thanks to improved ground transportation: A new bullet train linking Nanjing and Shanghai started service last year,       travel time between the cities from several hours to just 75 minutes, and a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line is      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       wealth and optimism can be seen everywhere. In the heart of the downtown Xinjiekou district, a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen,       the father of modern China, looks       over a busy      area.

There is perhaps no more       symbol of the city’s transformation than the Zifeng Tower, a 1,480-foot skyscraper that opened its doors last May.       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       student population — there are several major universities, plus a branch of Johns Hopkins’s international studies school. In fact, art and music       in all sorts of places.

On a larger       , local government officials and private investors are pushing the city as a rising center for contemporary art and architecture, hoping to attract       from the neon-bathed streets of its neighbor Shanghai.

1.A. advance   B. affectionC. airD. ability

2.A. unforgettable   B. unthinkableC. unbearableD. unnecessary

3.A. Actually    B. RegretfullyC. Hopefully   D. Consequently

4.A. closeB. slightC. muchD. little

5.A. Because    B. ButC. AsD. Since

6.A. beyond    B. onC. offD. out

7.A. in addition    B. in allC. in partD. in fact

8.A. startedB. enlargedC. existedD. accelerated

9.A. removingB. cuttingC. dividingD. lowering

10.A. scheduledB. inventedC. desiredD. meant

11.A. attractiveB. well-receivedC. newfoundD. discovered

12.A. thoughtB. treatedC. consideredD. elected

13.A. outB. atC. aboutD. for

14.A. remoteB. regionalC. ruralD. commercial

15.A. universalB. visibleC. traditionalD. political

16.A. KeepingB. ConsistingC. OpeningD. Housing

17.A. BritishB. westernC. AmericanD. foreign

18.A. spring upB. stand upC. set upD. keep up

19.A. extentB. degreeC. scaleD. level

20.A. businessmenB. studentsC. touristsD. painters

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.D

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍了现在的南京在几十年中发生的巨大的变化，从经济，文化，教育，交通方面都发生着令人难以置信的转变。

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2.nkable难以置信的，C. unbearable难以忍受的，D. unnecessary不必要的，今天的南京有着几十年前想不到的朝气蓬勃的繁荣的氛围，选B

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选A

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考点：考查社会现象类完型填空