CR696（strengthen类）

　　A moderately large city is redesigning its central downtown area and is considering a plan that would reduce the number of lanes for automobiles and trucks and increase those for bicycles and pedestrians. The intent is to attract more workers and shoppers to downtown businesses by making downtown easier to reach and more pleasant to move around in.Which of the following would, if true, most strongly support the prediction that the plan would achieve its goal？

　　一个中等大小的城市计划去重新设计它的中心区域，以及计划减少汽车和卡车的通道并增加自行车和人行通道。本计划是为了去吸引更多的工人和购物者到市中心，使得到市中心以及在市中心行动会更加方便。

　　解析

　　这道题需要我们去支持上述计划能够达成目标，即增加人行和自行车车道可以使得更多的人来到市中心。

　　A. People who make a habit of walking or bicycling whenever feasible derive significant health benefits from doing so.

　　文中并未提及“health benefits”，因此排除该选项。

　　B. Most people who prefer to shop at suburban malls instead of downtown urban areas do so because parking is easier and cheaper at the former.

　　大部分人喜欢在郊区的购物中心购物而不是市中心的购物中心主要是因为停车更加容易以及前者价格更便宜。该选项也没涉及到增加自行车道和人行道的内容，因此故排除该选项的内容。

　　C. Most people who own and frequently ride bicycles for recreational purposes live at a significant distance from downtown urban areas.

　　大多数拥有自行车并且经常为了休闲娱乐而骑自行车的人住在离市区很远的地方，如果距离很远这些人去市中心也不可能仅仅靠自行车，因此排除该选项的内容。

　　D. If the proposed lane restrictions on drivers are rigorously enforced, more people will likely be attracted to downtown businesses than would otherwise be.

　　如果对车道限制的提案被严格执行，那么更多的人会有可能被吸引到市中心。该选项说明真正吸引大家去市中心购物的不是增加自行车和人行车道，而是限制了汽车车道，因此该选项并不能支持上文，故排除。

　　E. In other moderately sized cities where measures were taken to make downtowns more accessible for walkers and cyclists, downtown businesses began to thrive.

　　在其它中等大小的城市，采取该措施使得步行者和骑自行车的人更容易到达市中心，市中心的商业开始兴旺起来。该选项从侧面说明，增加市中心的人行道和自行车道却是会使得更多的人去市中心，因此该选项为正确答案。

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