(二)

　　Thanks to a combination of young businessmen, large numbers of university students and revitalization(新生) efforts by the locals and national governments，today's Nanjing has an __21__ of youthful exuberance(繁茂) that would have been __22__ only a few decades ago. __23__， the city, a booming city of 6.5 million on the banks of the Yangtze River some 185 miles west of Shanghai, bears __24__ resemblance to the former capital of China that suffered the worst cruelty and violence of World War II.

　　__25__ Nanjing has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention during its 2,500­year history. And in recent years, the city has moved __26__ its tragic past to become a vital engine of China's economic growth, thanks __27__ to its position in the middle of China's prosperous eastern seaboard. Growth has also __28__ thanks to improved ground transportation. A new bullet train linking Nanjing and Shanghai started service last year, __29__ travel time between the cities from several hours to just 75 minutes, and a Beijing­Shanghai high­speed line is __30__ to open later this year, with a stop in Nanjing. Within the city, two metro lines were built in the last few years; fifteen more are planned to begin service by 2030.

　　Signs of Nanjing's __31__ wealth and optimism can be seen everywhere. In the heart of the downtown Xinjiekou district, a bronze statue of Sun Yat­sen, __32__ the father of modern China, looks __33__ over a busy __34__ area.

　　There is perhaps no more __35__ symbol of the city's transformation than the Zifeng Tower, a 1,480­foot skyscraper that opened its doors last May. __36__ offices, restaurants and an intercontinental hotel, the tower is the second­tallest building in China and billed as the seventh­tallest in the world.

　　Underlying all this development is a large Chinese and __37__student population—there are several major universities, plus a branch of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced international studies. In fact, art and music __38__ in all sorts of places.

　　On a larger __39__， local government officials and private investors are pushing the city as a rising centre for contemporary art and architecture, hoping to attract __40__ from the neon­bathed streets of its neighbour Shanghai.

　　21.A.advance B.affection

　　C.air D.ability

　　22.A.unforgettable B.unthinkable

　　C.unbearable D.unnecessary

　　23.A.Actually B.Regretfully

　　C.Hopefully　 D.Consequently

　　24.A.close B.slight

　　C.much D.little

　　25.A.Because B.But

　　C.As D.Since

　　26.A.beyond B.on

　　C.off D.out

　　27.A.in addition B.in all

　　C.in part D.in fact

　　28.A.started B.enlarged

　　C.existed D.accelerated

　　29.A.removing B.cutting

　　C.dividing D.lowering

　　30.A.scheduled B.invented

　　C.desired D.meant

　　31.A.attractive B.well­received

　　C.newfound D.discovered

　　32.A.thought B.treated

　　C.considered D.elected

　　33.A.out B.at

　　C.about D.for

　　34.A.remote B.regional

　　C.rural D.commercial

　　35.A.universal B.visible

　　C.traditional D.political

　　36.A.Keeping B.Consisting

　　C.Opening D.Housing

　　37.A.British B.western

　　C.American D.foreign

　　38.A.spring up B.stand up

　　C.set up D.keep up

　　39.A.extent B.degree

　　C.scale D.level

　　40.A.businessmen B.students

　　C.tourists D.painters