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第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

              All around the world,people are working hard to make their cities safer and more pleasant for pedestriand(行人) .Cities have painted crosswalks on their streets,made streets narrower,put in traffic lights and speed bumps(减速带) and made plans to help more kids walk or bike to school.

              Many people have learned from a man from Brisbane, Australia,named David Engwicht. His  book Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns has a simple!message. 36  Kids played there,and neighbors stopped there to talk.

              But now,streets are just for cars and trucks,j People stay inside to get away from the noise and dangerous traffic,and we lose contact with our neighbors. 37  People need to take back their streets. Engwicht travels around the world,helping people think differently about pedestrians,streets,and neighborhoods. 38 He has worked in neigh?borhoods from Honolulu to Scotland. 

              While Engwicht was writing his book,he learned how neighbors in the city of Delft,in the Netherlands,stopped dangerous traffic on their street. They put old couches,tables,and planters in the street. 39 When the police arrived,they saw how these illegal actions made the streets safer. Soon city officials started planning ways to make cars slow down,and “calm” the traffic.

              Engwicht says we should think about streets as our “outdoor living room”. 40 In the future,streets will be safe places for children again,and our neighbors will become our friends.

   A. Cars and pedestrians crowded the street.

   B. Calming the traffic is just the beginning.

   C. Cars could still pass,but they had to drive slowly.

   D. He says that in the past,streets belonged to everybody.

   E. It's hard to take measures to solve the traffic problems.

   F. Besides his books and articles,he gives many speeches.

   G. Engwicht says that we should use streets for more than just transportation.

Answer 1

话题:交通

本文是记叙文。澳大利亚人Engwicht倡导回收街道，解决交通问题，使街道成为 家庭和邻里交往更安全的地方。

36. D. 下文的 Kids played there,and neigh?bors stopped there to talk 是对 D 项中的 streets belonged to everybody的解释。

37. G. 由下文的 People need to take back their streets和Engwicht所做的努力可知,Engwicht认为街道不仅仅只是交通通道，还蕴含着更多的意义。

38. F. Engwicht致力于改善城市街道环境，由他四处宣讲他的想法可知，他不 仅写书，还做演讲，并在社区中做工作。故选F项。

39. C. 由下文的 made the streets safer … make cars slow down 可知，虽然 Delft 的市民在街道上放了很多东西，汽车仍可通行，但需要减慢速度。

40. B. 由上文 Engwicht 说的 streets as our “outdoor living room”可知，减缓汽车的通行速度仅仅只是开始,最终目的是让街道成为人们的“户外客厅”。