[单选题]第二部分：阅读选择(第11～15题，每题2分，共10分)阅读下面，请从短文后所给各题的4个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出1个最佳选项。
A材料题回答11-15题Centers of the Great European Cities The centers of the great cities of Europe are meeting places by tradition. People gather there to drink coffee chat late into the night. A mixture of locals tourists make for an exciting, metropolitan atmosphere. Squares, plazas (广场) arcades (拱廊) form the heart of Europe's cities. Venice in Italy has the Piazza San Marco--a beautiful square surrounded by shops, churches, restaurants cafes. In Barcelona Spain, La Bosqueria is a lively market with hundreds of stalls selling all kinds of goods. London's Covent Garden is filled with fruit vegetable stalls by day musicians, acrobats(杂技演员) artists by night. The government buildings at the center of many cities often are architecturally impressive. In London, they serve as a beautiful backdrop(背景)to the coffee tables that line the streets the banks of the Thames. These vibrant(有活力的)hearts are the product of centuries of evolution, social historian Joel Garreau told US News World Report recently. "The reason people think Venice is so great today is you don't see all the mistakes. "said Garreau. "Those have all been removed. " Most European cities were laid out before the invention of the car. So bars, restaurants cafes were near to people's homes. Today the focus of many Europeans' life has moved away from the centers. They live in the suburbs outskirts, driving to suoermarkets to get their supplies. But on a continent where people treasure convention, there are still those who hold onto traditional ways living shopping locally. These people, together with tourists, provide the city centers with their reason for existence. Coffee culture plays a part in keeping these city centers flourishing. This is particularly true of Paris whose citizens are famous enthusiastic conversationalists. This skill is developed over many hours spent chatting over espressos(浓咖啡)cigarettes. Religion also plays a role in developing sociable atmosphere. People in Roman Catholic countriesused to visit the Church on an almost daily basis. Entire communities would gather in the same building then move out to the markets. Cafes bars in the surrounding streets. An enormous example of this relationship between church society is the Duomo. The huge marble cathedral in Florence Italy is surrounded by bakeries coffee shops, caters not only to the tourist crowds, but also the local community.11.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that each big city in Europe. （ ） 查看材料A.has many large squares
Bhas many very magnificent sky'-scrapers
Cdraws tourists in large numbers every year
Dhas a center where tourists meet their spouses
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[解析]文章的第一段对欧洲大城市市中心的共同点作了一个概述。它们是否都有大广场、是否都有许多摩天大楼、是否有让旅游者和自己的配偶见面的中心这些都没有提到。但文章提到了当地居民和旅游者共同创造了一种令人兴奋的大都市气氛。我们因此可以推断这些城市每年吸引了大量的旅游者。答案为C。
