—How did you go home after the party last night？

—Well，there were no buses　　　　 we had to walk.

After the earthquake hit northeast Japan on March 11, many moving stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me.

I had to walk home since all the  36  had stopped after the earthquake. On my way home I  37  an old lady at a bakery shop（面包店） who was giving out free bread, which made my heart  38 . A man was holding a sign（招牌） that said, “Please use our  39 .” He was  40  his house for people who were homeless to have a rest .

My friend wanted to  41  others. He stood in the cold with a sign “If you’re okay with a motorcycle, I will  42  you to your house.” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to a faraway place!

Then next day I drove to  43  my car with gas. There is a lack (缺乏) of  44  now after the quake and many gasoline stations are either closed or have very  45  lines. I got  46 , since I was behind 15 cars. Finally, when it was my  47 , the man smiled and said, “ 48  this bad situation after the quake , we are only giving $30 worth gas to each person. Is that all right?” “ 49 . I’m just glad that we are all able to  50  with each other .” I said. His smile gave me so much comfort.

I saw a man at the evacuation (疏散) center burst into  51 when people brought food to him. It was the first time in three days that food was brought to their center. However, after he wiped the tears, his next  52  surprised me. “I am very  53  that we are provided with food. But people in the city next to us haven’t  54  any food at all. Please go to that center as well.” And when hearing that, I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this terrible  55 .

For the past two decades. New York has been an inspiration to other American cities. Yes, New York had a lot of crime, but somehow it also still had neigh neighborhoods, and a central area for walking. Lately, though, as far as the pedestrian （行人） issues go. New York is acting more like the rest of America, and the rest of America is acting more like the once-inspiring New York.  

As a New Yorker who has spent two years researching roads and transportation across the United States, 1 am saddened lo see our city falling behind places like downtown Albuquerque, where one-way streets have become more pedestrian-friendly two-way streets, and car lanes are replaced by bike lanes, with bike racks everywhere. Then there is Grand Rapids, Midi. , which has a walk-able downtown with purposely limited parking and is home to a new bus square. In Indianapolis, an urban walking and biking road will soon link inner-city neighborhoods something New York certainly hasn't tried.  

We have lost our golden pedestrian touch in New York mostly because we still think about traffic as though it were 1950, and we needed Robert Moses to plow a few giant freeways through town to get the cars moving again. But the fact is that more roads equal more traffic. New Yorkers always find good reasons to drive. Public transportation is dirty, time-consuming, unsafe. Walking takes too long. The children will be late for school. But choosing the car is no longer safe ― for your children who already don’t get enough exercise, for anyone’s lungs or for the future of New York as a livable place. We’ve already lost a lot of New York to traffic. If New Yorkers don’t get out of their cars soon, the city’s future residents won’t have a reason to.  

72．According to ihe passage, New York _____.  

A．used to be a good example for other cities to follow in road design  

B．is still an inspiration to other American cities in city design  

C．used to have a lot of crimes and the city was too crowded with cars  

D．is learning from the rest of America to improve its transportation  

73．It can be inferred from the passage that______.  

A．New York has built a road for walking and biking  

B．in Albuuuerque, the streets have become one-way streets  

C．the city of New York is now terribly crowded with cars  

D．parking is not allowed in the center of Grand Rapids, Mich.  

74．The cause of the present traffic situation in New York is that ______.  

A．New Yorkers prefer driving to walking or taking buses  

B．taking buses lakes a long lime and is not safe and clean  

C．the more roads there are, the more traffic there will be  

D．the city of New York is too big for people to walk  

75．The author of the passage suggests that ______.  

A．more freeways be built to get the cars moving again  

B．New York should have more spaces for pedestrians  

C．children in New- York schools should walk to schools  

D．New Yorkers should replace their cars with bicycles