四級閱讀(長沙新東方 羅文婷 任偉偉)

　　Passage 1 (長沙新東方 羅文婷)

　　New Yorkers are gradually getting used to more pedalingpassengers on those blazing blue Citi Bikes. But what about localbike shops? Is Citi Bike rolling up riders at their expense? AtGotham Bikes in Tribeca, a manager who gave his name as “Ben W。”said the shop has seen an increase in its overall sales due to thebike-share program. “It’s getting more people on the road, morepeople learning about the sport and getting involved,” he said. Anemployee at Danny’s Cycles in Gramercy said Citi Bike is a goodoption for people to ease into biking in a city famed for itsvehicular congestion and aggressive drivers. “They can try out abike without committing to buying one,” James Ryan said。

　　Rentals are not a big part of the business at eitherGotham Bikes or Danny’s Cycles. But for Frank’s Bike Shop, a smallbusiness that has been at its current Lower East Side location onGrand St. since 1976, the bike-share program has been bad news.Owner Frank Arroyo said that his rental business has decreased by90 percent since the Citi Bikes were rolled out lastmonth。

　　However, Ben said the bike-share is good for bike sales athis shop. “People have used the bike-share and realized how greatit is to bike in the city, then decide that they want somethingnicer for themselves,” he noted。

　　Christian Farrell of Waterfront Bicycle Shop, on West St.just north of Christopher St., said initially he was concernedabout bike-share, though, he admitted, “I was happy to see peopleon bikes。”

　　Farrell’s early concerns were echoed by Andrew Crooks,owner of NYC Velo, at 64 Second Ave. “It seemed like a great idea,but one that would be difficult to implement,” Crooks said of CitiBike. He said he worried about inexperienced riders’ lack ofawareness of biking rules and backlash from non-cyclists. However,he said, it’s still too early to tell if his business has beenimpacted。

　　While it’s possible bike-share will cause a drop inbusiness in the long run, Crooks allowed that the idea, as a whole,is good for the city。

　　56題 B

　　題干意思是：對于在紐約逐漸提升的Citi Bikes的使用，作者最為關心的是什么。定位詞為CitiBikes，因為是第一題，按順序原則先定位到第一段第一句。第一句陳述了在紐約CitiBikes的使用漸漸被人們所習慣，是原文的同義改寫。按照金三句原則，看定位句的下一句But what about local bikeshops? Is Citi Bike rolling up riders at their expense?作者立馬關心起local bike shops，而且問到了CitiBikes是否收費的問題，答案選B

　　57題 C

　　定位詞為大寫人名Gotham，題干意思是：自行車共享計劃后Gotham的車行發生了什么。題干當中的as aresult of表示因果關系，我們要找到自行車共享計劃對gotham的商店帶來的一個結果。定位在第一段的第三行， GothamBikes的一個manager說道 “the shop has seen an increase in its overallsales due to the bike-share program。” 定位句中的due to(因為)是原文as a resultof的取反改寫，我們要找的是結果，看到dueto前面的部分——商店已經看到在他們的整體銷量的一個提升。答案選C選項。

　　58題 B

　　題干意思是：為什么自行車共享計劃對于Frank’s BikeShop來說是壞消息的?要找到一個原因。定位詞是大寫名詞Frank’s BikeShop，定位到原文第二段第三行。定位句本身只是陳述事實，看定位詞的下一句找原因。F店的店主說道since the CitiBikes were rolled out last month。因為自行車共享計劃的推行，his rental businesshas decreased by 90 percent，他的rentalbusiness租借生意下降了百分之九十。答案選B，顧客都被Citi Bikes拉走了，就沒人來租自行車了。

　　59題 A

　　題干意思是：為什么Andrew Crooks認為自行車共享計劃難以執行?定位到文章第五段。第三句：He saidhe worried about inexperienced riders’ lack of awareness of bikingrules and backlash from non-cyclists。他擔心經驗不足的騎行者缺乏對騎行規則的意識以及來自非騎行者的反對。他的擔心有兩點，在答案中找到任何一點就可以，答案選A。經驗不足的騎行者會破壞騎行規則。

　　60題 D

　　題干意思是：本地自行車行對自行車共享計劃的普遍態度是怎樣的?最后一題，定位在最后一段。盡管bike-share可能會導致行業內長期的低迷狀態，但是asa whole總體來講，對應到題干中的general，對整個城市是好的。選正態度的的答案，D。

　　選詞填空1：(長沙新東方 任偉偉)

　　曾經在課上說過單詞填空有三個做題步驟，分別是選項的詞性辨析，原文缺失成分的詞性猜測以及詞性相符的選項逐一代入，所以我們可以發現，單詞的意思并不是解決這道題目的關鍵，相反的，對于詞性的了解更加重要。

　　A. analyses 動詞的第三人稱單數形式 分析

　　B. average 形容詞/名詞/動詞(形容詞的用法最為常見)平均的;平均數;均分

　　C. belong 不及物動詞(常與介詞to搭配使用) 屬于

　　D. demonstrated 動詞的過去分詞(可能作為形容詞)證明，表露

　　E. excess 名詞(不可數)/形容詞 過度;過度的

　　F. extending 動詞的現在分詞(可能作為形容詞和名詞) 擴展;延伸

　　G. habitually 副詞 習慣性地

　　H. necessarily 副詞 必然地

　　I. products 名詞的復數形式 產品

　　J. ranging 動詞的現在分詞(可能作為形容詞和名詞)排列;(在范圍內)變動

　　K. released 動詞的過去分詞(可能作為形容詞) 釋放;發布

　　L. shocked 動詞的過去分詞(可能作為形容詞) 震驚

　　M. simple 形容詞 簡單的

　　N. survey 名詞的單數形式 調查

　　O. traces 名詞的復試形式/動詞的第三人稱單數形式 痕跡;追蹤

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