[单项选择]In New Orleans, Moon Walk—— a pathway along a stretch of the Mississippi--now provides the public access that had previously been denied. It’s a charming place, where one night recently a band played on the walk as tourists and residents of the adjacent Vieux Carre (the Old Quarter or French Quarter) strolled past. A few feet west, the paddlewheeler Natchez sounded its whistle, signaling its imminent departure.
Now the city plans to extend public access to the area adjoining Moon Walk in an ambitious design that will, the city hopes, be a part of its development for the next world’s fair. This more ambitious concept for the waterfront will be likely to stir considerable debate as competing projects vie (竞争) for the opportunities for profit. The development will therefore require substantial participation, cooperation and scrutiny (详细审查) by citizens to make sure that while private profitability is maintained, the public’s needs are satisfied, too.
The joint efforts of envi
A. technological change
B. urban decay
C. urban pride
D. waterfront commerce

[单项选择]In New Orleans, Moon Walk—— a pathway along a stretch of the Mississippi--now provides the public access that had previously been denied. It’s a charming place, where one night recently a band played on the walk as tourists and residents of the adjacent Vieux Carre (the Old Quarter or French Quarter) strolled past. A few feet west, the paddlewheeler Natchez sounded its whistle, signaling its imminent departure.
Now the city plans to extend public access to the area adjoining Moon Walk in an ambitious design that will, the city hopes, be a part of its development for the next world’s fair. This more ambitious concept for the waterfront will be likely to stir considerable debate as competing projects vie (竞争) for the opportunities for profit. The development will therefore require substantial participation, cooperation and scrutiny (详细审查) by citizens to make sure that while private profitability is maintained, the public’s needs are satisfied, too.
The joint efforts of envi
A. business expansion of urban areas
B. Moon Walk in New Orleans
C. the causes of urban decay
D. the renewal of waterfront areas

[单项选择]Passage TwoWhy is it difficult to walk in the streets near Ginza
A. There are too many people.
B. People are impolite.
C. The streets are not wide enough.
D. Every one is in a rush.

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Take a walk along the Chesapeake Bay, and you are likely to see plastic bags floating in the water. Ever since these now ubiquitous (到处存在的) symbols of American super-consumption showed up in the supermarkets, plastic shopping bags have made their (51) into local waterways, and from there, into the bay, where they can (52) wildlife. Piles of them - the (53) takes centuries to decompose (分解) -- show up in landfills and on city streets. Plastic bags also take an environmental toll in the form of millions of barrels of oil expended every year to produce them.
Enter Annapolis (54) you will see plastic bags distributed free in department stores and supermarkets. Alderman Sam Shropshire has introduced a well-meaning proposal to ban retailers (零售商)
(55) distributing plastic shopping bags in Maryland’s capital. Instead, retailers would be required to of
A. cloth
B. paper
C. plastic
D. synthetic