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Stadiums have been built, tickets have been sold and London is nearly ready for the 2012 Olympics. But the sporting extravaganza

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问题     Stadiums have been built, tickets have been sold and London is nearly ready for the 2012 Olympics. But the sporting extravaganza is also an immense logistical challenge that depends on getting the holders of 8.8m tickets into their seats and 280,000 athletes, dignitaries and staff into position over the course of 17 days. The city’s residents and workers are used to its crowded, sticky public-transport system. But on the busiest days London’s network will have to support an extra 3m journeys, Olympic organisers predict.
    Transport planning has been central to Olympic preparations ever since the Atlanta games of 1996, when athletes nearly missed events and competitions were delayed after coaches got lost. Olympic bids must now include detailed travel plans. London’s scheme is far-reaching: the site for the Olympic park in east London was chosen partly for the ten Tube and rail lines that feed the area.
    But calculations of the Olympics’ supposed economic benefits to Britain often neglect the hidden costs of constraining ordinary business. Although local demand is lower in August, Transport for London(TfL), which oversees most of the capital’s transit systems, says making room for Olympic traffic will require at least a 30% drop in "background" travel—the usual movement of London’s 8m-strong population. People are being asked to stockpile goods, don walking boots or cycle helmets, or stay at home.
    London’s predicament is acute. Unlike in previous Olympic cities such as Sydney, Athens or Beijing, events will take place in the heart of the city, as well as within a few miles of the centre. So for nearly three weeks Britain’s only high-speed train line will be commandeered to shuttle an estimated 10,000 spectators an hour between King’s Cross in central London, the Olympic park at Stratford and a giant car park in Kent. The 150,000 commuters on that line will face fewer trains and slower journeys to more distant destinations. Rail services in south London will also be cut back to allow for longer stops at the Olympic sites.
    Roads will be ceded to visiting dignitaries. Because Olympic stadiums have no parking spaces, spectators must walk, cycle or use public transport to reach them. But athletes, officials, sponsors and the media will be ferried by road; the organisers have guaranteed that the nine-mile trip from central London to the Olympic park will take less than 25 minutes.
    To make this possible, 109 miles of London’s main arteries will operate as a special Olympic network, with exclusive lanes in some places. "It would be fairly disastrous if Usain Bolt was stranded on the A40," says a TfL spokesman. But less than 15% of those using such routes will be athletes, and closing pedestrian crossings, cycle lanes and right turns to speed up traffic will do little to spur the hoped-for walking and cycling brigade of ordinary Londoners.
By mentioning the 1996 Olympic Games, the author intends to______.
选项 A、criticize that the Atlanta Games was unfair due to the absence of some athletes
B、state that it’s critical to make thorough transport scheme to host the Olympic Games
C、manifest that the site picking of London is far better than that of Atlanta
D、prove that Olympic bids must take tube and rail construction into account
答案B
解析 属逻辑关系题。选项A犯了无中生有的错误，文中确实提到了亚特兰大奥运会中运动员错过比赛和仪式的事实，但未质疑它的公平性，故错误。选项B正确，其内容在提到亚特兰大奥运会之前和之后都有所提及。选项C犯了无中生有的错误，文中虽然提到了伦敦奥运会选择的地点交通便利，但并未将其与亚特兰大奥运会作比较，故错误。选项D犯了移花接木的错误，文中提到的是准备奥运会很重视交通规划，并不只局限于地铁和城铁，故错误。
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