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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每格限填一詞，首字母已給)

There are many cities in most countries. But every country has one special city --- the capital. For example, China’s capital city is Beijing. The capital of UK is London.

The capital city is very important. It is home to a country’s central government (中央政府). Leaders of a country w1. and live there. It is often the centre of a country’s economy (經(jīng)濟(jì)) and culture too.

The capital city is very special, so countries do not often change it. But Indonesia (印度尼西亞) is going to b2. a new capital on the island of Borneo. Jakarta, the capital is sinking (下沉) into the sea now. The city has taken out too much groundwater.

People cannot change the capital city easily in a few months. It will take around 10 y3. and cost about $32 billion (十億).

There are some interesting things to know about capital cities around the world.

◎ Capitals are u4. large cities, but not always the largest city in a country. For example, Canberra (堪培拉) is the capital of Australia, but the largest city in Australia is Sydney.

◎ Some countries have over o5. capital. For example, South Africa has three and Bolivia has two.

◎ Some s6. countries take the whole country itself as the capital, such as Singapore (新加坡) in Asia. It just has an area of 719 square kilometers, while Beijing is 16410 square kilometers.

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