"historic buildings and sites"。故A项正确。

　　2．Which of the following about Pingyao is NOT mentioned in the passage?

　　A．Its location.　　　　　 B．Its tourism.

　　C．Its business. D．Its history.

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。通读文章内容可知，第一段介绍了它的地理位置；第三段介绍了它的商业；第二段介绍了它的历史。只有B项未提及。

　　3．During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Pingyao was a leading center in ________.

　　A．agriculture B．raising cattle

　　C．commercial trade D．making gold coin

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第三段第一、二句"During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, businessmen ...Pingyao was their center." 可知，在明、清两朝期间，平遥是商业中心。故C项正确。

　　4．If you want to know about the history of banking in China, which of the following places should you visit?

　　A．Sunrise Prosperity. B．Zhengguo Temple.

　　C．A lacquer ware store. D．A commercial house.

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第三段第三、四句"In 1823, a store, known as Rishengchang ...modern Chinese banking." 可知， Rishengchang(即Sunrise Prosperity) 是现代中国银行的开端。故A项正确。

　　B

　　Only one of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World still survives, which is the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo.The other six Ancient Wonders of the World are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.Now a new list of seven has been chosen from 21 locations short­listed for the worldwide vote by history lovers.

　　An original list of nearly 200 sites picked out by the public was narrowed to 21 by the organizers and experts, including the former director general of UNESCO Professor Federico Mayor.Among the 21 locations were the Stonehenge (巨石阵) in Britain, Acropolis in Athens, the Statue of Liberty in New York, Taj Mahal in India and the Great Wall in China.The only standard for the new list was that the landmarks were built or discovered before 2000.

The vote was organized by a non­profit Swiss foundation called New 7 Wonders