This is an inference question, whose correct answer is a must-be-true type.
Pay attention to this phrase: "a modest renaissance" which means that the current state is better than before (a renaissance) but is not as great as the peak ( a modest one). Thus C correctly points out this feature of the current situation and becomes the correct answer.
-- by 会员 sdcar2010 (2011/4/1 0:42:26)