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　　The centers of the great cities of Europe are meeting places by tradition people gather there to drink coffee and chat late into the night.A mixture of locals and tourists make foran exciting，metropolitan atmosphere. 　　Venice in Italy has the Piazza San Marcoa beautiful square surrounded by sn0Ps， churches，restaurants and cafes.In Barcelona，Spain，La Bosqueria is a lively market with hundreds of stalls selling all kinds of goods.Londons Covent Garden IS filled with fruit and vegetable stalls by day and musicians，acrobatsand artists by night. The government buildings at the center of many cities often are architecturally impressive? In London，the serve as a beautiful backdropto the coffee tables that line the streets and the banks of the Thames... 　　Coffee culture plays a part in keeping these city centers flourishing this is particularly true of Paris whose citizens are famous enthusiastic conversationalists. thiss skill is developed over many hours spent chatting over espressosand cigarettes. 　　1. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that each big city in Europe 　　B. has many very magnificent sky-scrapers. 　　D. draws tourists in large numbers every year. 　　A. It is crowded with people. 　　C. It is surrounded by shops, churches, restaurants and cafes