C "The red walls and green tiles(瓦)set each other off beautifully. It's so Beijing," said a 33-year-old Beijing person with the family name of Lin. Lin and her 14-year-old cousin were enjoying a city walk along the Beijing Central Axis(中轴线). On this walk,they saw most of the old buildings of Beijing,like the Forbidden City and the Bell and Drum Towers.
Since the show "Glory Is Back! Beijing(《登场了!北京中轴线》)" was on,more and more people have become interested in the Central Axis. Some even travel on foot to know it better themselves.
Dating back to the Yuan dynasty(1271-1368),the 7.8-kilometre-long Beijing Central Axis connected royal(皇家)palaces and marketplaces for common people in the past. Though time changes many things,the Central Axis has left a special feeling with many Chinese people.
Chinese professor Lyu Zhou said that when he walked around the Bell and Drum Towers,he could find peace in the busy city life. At a square between the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower,you can see people relaxing,cycling and playing games and even celebrating life events.
"This was one of our meeting places when we went on dates(约会). You could say that the towers have seen our love grow," said a young couple who were taking wedding photos under the Bell and Drum Towers.
A number of visitors from other parts of the world have been amazed by the Beijing Central Axis too. The traveller Marco Polo(1254-1324),for example,wrote about what he saw along the Central Axis back in the Yuan dynasty in *The Travels of Marco Polo*:"Up and down the city there are beautiful palaces... and fine houses in great numbers." And Oswald Siren(1879-1966)from Sweden took many photos in Beijing back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These Western records have given people around the world a taste of its history.
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B
)7. What does "It's so Beijing" in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. It's the same as Beijing. B. It's much of Beijing style.
C. It's in the middle of Beijing. D. It's the most beautiful in Beijing.
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B
)8. How does the young couple probably feel about the Central Axis according to their words?
A. Confident. B. Thankful. C. Worried. D. Sorry.
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D
)9. What made Marco Polo surprised?
A. The relaxing life. B. The history of the Yuan dynasty.
C. People around Beijing. D. Beautiful buildings in ancient Beijing.
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C
)10. What's the purpose in writing the last paragraph?
A. To call on us to remember Chinese history.
B. To describe the beauty of the Bell and Drum Towers.
C. To show that the Central Axis has long been known around the world.
D. To ask foreigners to learn more about the history of Beijing.