Egypt is not the first country to plan on moving its capital from established big cities to rural greener pastures. Myanmar (缅甸) has only recently completed its move from Yangon to the new city of Naypyidaw. Nigeria moved to Abuja in the 1990’s, and Brazil carved its capital Brasilia out of the wilderness over 50 years ago.
And then there was another crazy idea of building a capital city on a square of swampland (沼泽地) that seemed mainly to be a boondoggle for wealthy land speculators (商人) at the time.
38.Egypt is ready to join hands with some experienced developers to build a new capital mainly because of the following EXCEPT ________ in the old capital.
A.pollution and population
B.its location and higher rents
C.its long history and charm
D.traffic jams and crowdedness
39.The underlined sentence in the passage means that it is ________.
A.a new city with expensive infrastructure programs
B.a new city with beautiful glass towers and pools
C.an enterprising dream with abundant funds
D.a noble dream with rich cooperative teams
40.Which city was the outcome of a crazy idea at that time?
A.Abuja.
B.Brasilia.
C.Naypyidaw.
D.Washington, D.C.
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