单选题
The Maya civilization reached its period of greatest development about A. D. 250 and continued to ______ for hundreds of years.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 动词词义辨析。根据句中and continued判断，空格应填入与greatest development意思相近的动词，同时又能与Maya civilization(玛雅文明)搭配。选项中，flourish意为“繁荣，兴旺”，符合句意。故答案为B。