3.The German city of Hamburg has announced plans to become car-free within the next two decades.It is an ambitious idea,but city officials obviously feel that the personal motorcar does not fulfill a function that walking,biking and taking public transport cannot.The goal of Hamburg's project is to replace roads with a green network,which will allow people to navigate through the city without the use of cars.
    Banishingthe car from urban areas is becoming a common trend in many European cities.London imposes a"congestion charge"on private vehicles entering the city centre during rush hours.Copenhagen is building bicycle superhighways radiating out from the city centre.These developments combined may make worrying reading for driving enthusiasts.Is the time of the personal car over?
   In the century since the Ford Model T was introduced in 1908,global vehicle numbers have swollen to well over a billion.But according to recent research,the growth may have stopped.
    According to Professor Michael Sivak,at the University of Michigan,"motorization"in the US might have reached a peak in 2008,and that the figures have been on the decline since.
"New York,Washington,Boston,Philadelphia,each have more than thirty percent of households without a light duty vehicle,"says Sivak.In fact,the figures show that fifty-six percent of households in New York (which top the list) don't have a car."I think that will be surprising to most people.It was surprising to me,and I am in the business."
   Sivak thinks a number of factors could be contributing to the trend,including workingfrom home and the movement of populations back to city centers.In China,Beijing and Shanghai are looking at plans to limit the number of new vehicles being registered to control prouth.It's a movement more cities are looking towards,particularly in the US.
56.Why does Hamburg launch the"car-free"program?A
A.To build a greener environment.
B.To fix a worldwide road network.
C.To call on people to take exercise.
D.To replace the public transport.
57.The underlined word"banishing"in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by"C"
A.putting out                           
B.giving away
C.driving away                        
D.setting out
58.Professor Michael Sivak uses the examples in Paragraph 5D
A.to prove the number of cars has been increasing sharply
B.to persuade American people to give up their way of life
C.to introduce to the readers a new trend in buying cars
D.to show many Americas have already abandoned cars
59.What does Michael Sivak think of the result of his research?B
A.Terrifying
B Amazing
C.Exciting       
D.Disappointing.
60.What can be learned from the last paragraph?C
A.Most people like to work in the countryside.
B.It is only big cities that are taking action.
C.Many factors contribute to the trend.
D.Effective rules have come into effect.

分析 本文主要講的是德國城市漢堡已經(jīng)宣布計(jì)劃在接下來的二十年里,將成為一個(gè)沒有車的國家,并且這一運(yùn)動(dòng)已經(jīng)在北京、上海,特別是在美國紛紛興起.

解答 56.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段的最后一句"The goal of Hamburg's project is to replace roads with a green network,which will allow people to navigate through the city without the use of cars"可知,該項(xiàng)目是為了創(chuàng)建一個(gè)綠色的環(huán)境.故選A.
57.C.詞義猜測(cè)題.根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知,倫敦市向高峰期進(jìn)入市中心的私家車征收"交通擁堵費(fèi)";哥本哈根正在建設(shè)從城市中心散開的自行車高速公路.這兩個(gè)例子是為了說明使汽車遠(yuǎn)離市區(qū)正在成為許多歐洲城市的共同趨勢(shì).因此該詞可用drive away替代,表示"使離去".故選C.
58.D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第四段最后一句中的"‘motorization'in the US might have reached a peak in 2008,and the figures have been on the decline since then"及第五段的前兩句可知,Michael Sivak舉例是想說明許多美國人已經(jīng)放棄使用汽車了.故選D.
59.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第五段中的"I think that will be surprising to most people.It was surprising to me"可知,Michael對(duì)該研究結(jié)果感到吃驚.故選B.
60.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段第一句中的"Sivak thinks a number of factors could be contributing to the trend"可知,汽車使用量減少的趨勢(shì)是由很多因素造成的.故選C.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是新聞報(bào)道類閱讀理解文章,閱讀此類文章主要是要了解:
①新聞報(bào)道了什么事件;②事件是因?yàn)槭裁炊l(fā)生的,相關(guān)背景如何;③文段中指出的事件發(fā)生過程中的突出細(xì)節(jié)是 什么;④事件造成的后果是什么;⑤事件的本質(zhì)是什么,透過事件的表面現(xiàn)象,我們看到了什么社會(huì)問題.通過這樣的梳理,我們就可以把新聞的脈絡(luò)理清楚.這類材料命題點(diǎn)往往落在事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)上.

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