Question

第二節(共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分)

根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

              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(減速帶) 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

話題:交通

本文是記敘文。澳大利亞人Engwicht倡導回收街道，解決交通問題，使街道成為 家庭和鄰里交往更安全的地方。

36. D. 下文的 Kids played there,and neigh?bors stopped there to talk 是對 D 項中的 streets belonged to everybody的解釋。

37. G. 由下文的 People need to take back their streets和Engwicht所做的努力可知,Engwicht認為街道不僅僅只是交通通道，還蘊含著更多的意義。

38. F. Engwicht致力于改善城市街道環境，由他四處宣講他的想法可知，他不 僅寫書，還做演講，并在社區中做工作。故選F項。

39. C. 由下文的 made the streets safer … make cars slow down 可知，雖然 Delft 的市民在街道上放了很多東西，汽車仍可通行，但需要減慢速度。

40. B. 由上文 Engwicht 說的 streets as our “outdoor living room”可知，減緩汽車的通行速度僅僅只是開始,最終目的是讓街道成為人們的“戶外客廳”。