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【題目】More cycling, better public transport and car bans… Places all over the world are taking a range of measures to lower traffic pollution.

Paris

Paris bans cars in many historic central districts on weekends, places odd-even(單雙日制的) bans on vehicles, makes public transport free during major pollution events and encourages car-sharing programs. A long section of the right bank of the river. Seine is now car-free and a monthly ban on cars has come into force along the Champs-Elysees.

The Netherlands

Politicians want to ban the sale of all petrol cars from 2025, allowing only electric of hydrogen vehicles. The new law will allow anyone who already owns a petrol car to continue using it. Most cities encourage bicycle use.

Freiburg

Freiburg in Germany has 500km of bike routes and a cheap and efficient public transport system. One town, Vauban, forbids people to park near homes and makes car-owners pay 18,000 for a space on the edge of town. In return for living without a car, people are offered cheaper housing, free public transport, and plentiful bicycle spaces.

Curitiba

The southern Brazilian city of two million people has one of the biggest and lowest-cost bus systems in the world. Nearly 70% of its people go to work by public transport and the result is pollution-free air and traffic-free streets.

Copenhagen

Copenhagen prioritizes(優(yōu)先考慮) bikes over cars and now has more cycles than people. The city calculates that one mile on a bike is worth $0.42 to society, while one mile in a car is a $0.2 loss. Large parts of the Danish capital have been closed to vehicles for decades.

【1】What will happen in Paris during major pollution events?

A. Historic central districts won’t allow cars in.

B. People can take public transport free of charge.

C. Car-sharing programs will raise money publicly.

D. People must obey the old-even traffic restrictions.

【2】From 2025, the Netherlands will ________.

A. put 500km of bike routes into full use

B. completely forbid the use of petrol cars

C. only allow the sale of electric or hydrogen vehicles

D. own the biggest and lowest-cost bus system in the world

【3】What does Vauban forbid its people to do?

A. Park their cars around their homes. B. Sell or buy parking spaces.

C. Occupy bicycle spaces. D. Go to work by car.

【4】Which of the following cities attach great importance to cycling?

A. Park and Curitiba. B. Paris and Freiburg.

C. Curitiba and Copenhagen. D. Freiburg and Copenhagen.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】本文主要告訴我們?nèi)�世界的各個(gè)地方都在采取各種各樣的措施減少交通污染，然后分別列舉了巴黎、荷蘭、弗里堡、庫里提巴以及哥本哈根這幾個(gè)城市為此采取的具體措施。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“makes public transport free during major pollution event(在嚴(yán)重污染期時(shí)，會(huì)免去公共交通費(fèi))”，故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段“Politicians want to ban the sale of all petrol cars from 2025, allowing only electric of hydrogen vehicles（從2025年開始，政治家們想要禁止汽油汽車銷售，只允許使用氫燃料的電動(dòng)交通工具）可知，C項(xiàng)正確。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“One town, Vauban, forbids people to park near homes...可知，Vauban鎮(zhèn)禁止人們把車停在家的附近，并收取一年18,000停車費(fèi)，故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“Freiburg in Germany has 500km of bike routes（德國的弗里堡有500千米的自行車路線）以及最后一段“Copenhagen prioritizes(優(yōu)先考慮)bikes over cars...（哥本哈根把自行車當(dāng)作首要考慮的交通工具，而非汽車...）可判斷，弗里堡和哥本哈根這兩個(gè)城市非常重視自行車，故選D。