Capital City and Smithsville are two fairly large towns in the Midwest near Chicago. Neith

er is as well known as Chicago. (1)_____ the inhabitants of both are equally proud of their (2)_____ hometown.

People in Capital City love its quiet narrow (3)_____ streets and its many small neighborhood parks, the boast (4)_____ their hometown has no ugly slums, a low rate (5)_____ crime, and very little heavy traffic. Because it is the seat of the state legislature, Capital City has many stately old buildings—(6)_____ the lawyer's club in the park by the lake, and the country museum (7)_____ its pioneer farm exhibits.

Smithsville, (8)_____,is a bustling, thriving, industrial center. It too has a lake, but (9)_____ that of Capital City, its lake is the center of the city's industrial development. (10)_____ trees and park benches, Smithsville's lake is surrounded by factories and smoking chimneys. Smithsville is also (11)_____ its quieter neighbour in its style. of (12)_____. The tall modern office buildings downtown, the new shopping center in the suburbs, and the wide crowded streets seem (13)_____ to Smithsville's residents than the old-fashioned neighbourhoods (14)_____.

When people from the more rural city (15)_____ from a visit to Smithsville, they always say, "I'm glad to be home again. That lake makes me (16)_____. It's a fine place to visit, (17)_____ I wouldn't want to live (18)_____". (19)_____ a visit to Capital City, citizens of Smithsville say (20)_____ the same.

A．But

B．And

C．Thus

D．Therefore