阅读理解PingyaointhecenterofShanxiProvinceisafamoushistoricculturalcityofChinaandaworldculturalheritage(遗产)site．It’s90kilometerssouthofTaiyuanontheFenRiver．

　　阅读理解

　　PingyaointhecenterofShanxiProvinceisafamoushistoricculturalcityofChinaandaworldculturalheritage(遗产)site．It’s90kilometerssouthofTaiyuanontheFenRiver．

　　PeoplelivedinPingyaoduringtheNewStoneAge．Itslongperiodasacountygovernmentseat(县行政中心)hasleftPingyaowithlotsofhistoricbuildingsandsiteswitha2700-yearhistory．Ninety-nineofthemareundergovernmentprotectionincludingZhenguoTempleShuanglinTempleandPingyaoAncientCity．

　　DuringtheMingandQingDynastiesbusinessmenorganizedcommercial(商业的)groupsthatdidbusinessnationwide．ShanxiProvincehadsomeofthemostimportantonesandPingyaowastheircenter．In1823astoreknownasRishengchang(alsocalledSunriseProsperity)tradedinbankchecksratherthaninsilverorgoldcoins．ItwasthebeginningofmodernChinesebanking．Branch(分支)banksweresoonsetupinmajorcitiesinChinaandotherpartsofAsialeadingtogreatdevelopmentinPingyao．Itslacquerware(漆器)becamewellknown．

　　InPingyaoAncientCityaremanytraditionalhousesandcommercialbuildings3797ofwhichareprotectedandmorethan400ofwhichareingoodcondition．NotonlydothehousesinPingyaoshowShanxi’shistoryandculturebutthislargenumberisvaluableforstudyingitshistorycustomsancientbuildingsandart．Mostofthesehousesarestillusedashomesandshopsoflocalpeople．

　　In1997AncientPingyaoCitywaslistedinWorldHeritageListas“WorldCultureHeritageSite”．

　　(1)

　　WhichofthefollowingaboutPingyaoisNOTmentionedinthepassage?

　　[]A．

　　Itsposition．

　　B．

　　Itstourism．

　　C．

　　Itsbusiness．

　　D．

　　Itshistory．

　　(2)