单选题 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

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[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。