Question

 Today is National Bike-to-Work Day. And on New York City’s jammed streets, people are cycling on hundreds of miles of new bike lanes. But New York’s widespread efforts to make streets safer for bikes have also left some locals complaining about the loss of parking spots and lanes for cars.

When the weather is good, Aaron Naparstek likes to pedal（用踏板踩）his two young kids to school on a special Dutch-made bicycle. Naparstek supports the new lane.

Aaron: The bike lane on Prospect Park West is really introducing a lot of new people to the idea that it’s possible to use a bike in New York City for transportation or to travel around. This is what 21^st century New York City looks like.

Prospect Park West is still a one-way road, but where it used to have three lanes of car traffic, now it has two, plus a protected bike lane. Supporters say that makes the road safer for everyone, including pedestrians, by slowing down cars and taking bikes off the sidewalk. But some longtime residents disagree. Lois Carswell is president of a group called Seniors for Safety. She says the two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents who are used to one-way traffic.

Lois: We wanted a lane — the right kind of lane that would keep everybody safe, that would keep the bikers safe. But we want it to be done the right way. And it has not been done the right way.

Craig Palmer builds bars and restaurants in Manhattan. I was interviewing him for a different story when he brought up the bike lanes all on his own.

Craig: I think the biggest problem is that Bloomberg put all these bike lanes in. You took what used to be a full street and you’re shrinking it.

Then there are the Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who forced the city to remove a bike lane through their neighborhood. But polls show that the majority of New Yorkers support bike lanes by a margin of 56% to 39%. Bicycle advocate Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives calls that a mandate.

Caroline: If this was an election, we would have already had our victory. The public has spoken and they keep speaking. And I think, more importantly, the public is starting to vote with their pedals.

1.What does Aaron mean by saying “This is what 21^st century New York City looks like.”? 

A. There are hundreds of miles of new bike lanes in 21 ^st century New York City.

B. Drivers slow down their cars and bikes are taken off the sidewalk in New York.

C. Bikes are used as a means of transport in 21 ^st century New York City.

D. It’s possible to make the streets safe for pedestrians in New York.

2.According to the passage, which of the following CANNOT support the opponents of these new bike lanes?

A. Drivers lose parking spots and lanes for cars.

B. The two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents.

C. We took what used to be a full street so the road is broader than before.

D. The removal of one bike lane through a neighbourhood in Brooklyn was not supported by the majority of New Yorkers.

3.“A mandate” in Paragraph 8 was referred to a demand or command from _______.

A. the authority                   B. the public               C. the supporters     D. the government

4.What of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A. Ride on National Bike-to-Work Day     

B. A New Bike Lane Appears in New York 

C. A Bike Lane Divides New Yorkers      

D. Who Wins an Election 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：在提倡綠色環(huán)保的今天，美國紐約擁堵的大街上出現(xiàn)了數(shù)百米長的自行車道，大批騎自行車出行的人們成了都市里一道亮麗的風景。在本文中作者引述了一些人們對此的言論、看法，表明了兩種不同的觀點，但是作者最后提出民意調(diào)查表明約占56%的人們是支持這一舉措的。

1.C推理判斷題。本篇文章內(nèi)容是關(guān)于騎自行車這種綠色環(huán)保的出行方式的， 而且根據(jù)The bike lane on Prospect Park West is really introducing a lot of new people to the idea that it’s possible to use a bike …..可知Aaron這句話的意思是在二十一世紀的紐約人們使用自行車這種低碳環(huán)保的交通方式，故C選項正確。

2.C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Craig的說法“ You took what used to be a full street and you’re shrinking it.”可知C選項內(nèi)容不是反對者提出的理由，由此可知答案選C。

3.B詞意猜測題。根據(jù)上文poll“民意調(diào)查”可知大多數(shù)紐約市民支持自行車道的設(shè)置，由此推斷劃線詞的意思應(yīng)該是指來自民眾的意見，民眾的授權(quán)，所以答案選B。

4.C主旨大意題。文章首段提出自行車道的出現(xiàn)，然后圍繞這一話題展開行文，由此推斷C選項內(nèi)容能夠更好的表明文章中心，故C選項正確。

考點：考查社會生活類短文閱讀。