问题
单项选择题
Home to______and gangsters, officials and laborers, refugees and artists, thecity was, in its prime, a metropolis that exhibited all the hues of the human character.
A. magnates
B. magnets
C. machines
D. magnitudes
答案
参考答案：A
解析： 形近识别。
magnate有财势的地主或工业家；magnet有强大吸引力的人或物；magnitude重要，重要性。