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  The ancient city is in Pingyao County，Shanxi Province. The city wall was first built during the Zhou Dynasty and was rebuilt in e 1997，it has been listed as a World Heritage（遗产） Site. Now Pingyao city is the only one in China completely protected as it was hundreds of years ago，no modern buildings，only narrow stone­plate streets with many Chinese­style shops on bothsides.

The perimeter(周长)of this square city is 6.4 km long and the city wall is one of the oldest city walls in China. It is 12m high with an average width of wall was built with earth and covered with ide the city wall there is a river,4m wide and 4m deep.

There are several gates of the city，two each on the east and the west and one each on the south and the gate has two doors. This has given the city the name“Turtle（龟）City”with the two gates on the south and the north standing for（代表） the head and the tail of the turtle and four gates on the east and west standing for the four legs. The doors on the south and the north stand opposite each other，like the head of the turtle extending out and two wells just beyond the southern gate are like the turtle's two eyes.

Located on the trade route between Beijing and Xi'an，Pingyao developed into a financial(金融的)center where the local people set up the nation's earliest banks. These banks were the first in China to use cheques（支票）ral old courtyards have been turned into museums；most of them are homes and offices of Pingyao's old of the most remarkable aspects of visiting here is realizing that this place was very important in China's financial history.

25．What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．An ancient city—Pingyao.

B．The development of Pingyao.

C．The city wall of Pingyao.

D．The museums in Pingyao.

26．We know from the passage that________.

A．the city wall of Pingyao was first built in 1370

B．Pingyao city hasn’t been a World Heritage Site.

C．Pingyao's streets are wide and made of earth(土)

D．Pingyao city is well protected

27．Which gate of Pingyao city stands for the head of the turtle?

A．The gate on the north.

B．The gate on the south.

C．The gate on the east.

D．The gate on the west.

28．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________.

A．old banks in ancient Pingyao city used cheques only

B．Pingyao city was one of the largest cities in ancient China

C．all the museums in Pingyao city are used as bank offices now

D．Pingyao city played an important role in ancient China's finance

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