2015葫芦岛市高考英语完形填空专题自练及答案7.docVIP

完形填空。阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Thanks to a combination of young businessmen, large numbers of university students and revitalization(新生) efforts by the local and national governments, todays Nanjing has an ____ of youthful exuberance(繁茂) that would have been ____ only a few decades ago. __3__， 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. __5__ Nanjing has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention during its 2500-year history. And in recent years, the city has moved __6__ its tragic past to become a vital engine of Chinas economic growth, thanks __7__ to its position in the middle of Chinas prosperous eastern seaboard. Growth has also __8__ thanks to improved ground transportation: A new bullet train linking Nanjing and Shanghai started service last year, __9__ travel time between the cities from several hours to just 75 minutes, and a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line is __10__ 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 Nanjings __11__ wealth and optimism can be seen enerywhere. In the heart of the downtown Xinjiekou district, a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen, __12__ the father of modern China, looks __13__ over a busy __14__ area. There is perhaps no more __15__ symbol of the citys transformation than the Zifeng Tower, a 1480-foot skyscraper that opened its doors last May. __16__ 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 __17__ student population—there are several major universities, plus a branch of Johns Hopkinss international studies school. In fact, art and music __18__ in all sorts of pl