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  3. You are going to read a text about the ways you can fight city hall, followed by a list of examples. Choose the most suitable ex

You are going to read a text about the ways you can fight city hall, followed by a list of examples. Choose the most suitable ex

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问题 You are going to read a text about the ways you can fight city hall, followed by a list of examples. Choose the most suitable example from the list A—F for each numbered subheading(1 — 5). There is one extra example which you do not need to use.
    Don’t believe the myth that you can’t fight city hall. It’s not true. From coast to coast, individuals and citizens’ groups have been seizing the initiative and solving their problems, big and small. They are getting potholes repaired, changing irritating parking regulations, even helping to sweep entire neighborhoods clean of litter and drug dealers and prostitutes.
    Here are five effective ways that you, too, can get action on the local level;
    【R1】Nip Problems in the Bud
    Often a simple person-to-person approach will prevent an irritant from becoming a full-blown problem.
    【R2】Take the Two-track Approach
    When you must go to city hall, remember to contact both an elected politician and the bureaucrat who is responsible for actually getting the job done.______
    【R3】Generate Publicity
    Politicians really don’t like to see too many people against them. They’re always looking for the Almighty Vote.______
    【R4】Be Persistent
    Follow up when someone in government is supposed to get back to you. Put all your requests in writing and send letters by certified mail, keeping copies of all your communications.______
    【R5】Cooperate with City Hall
    Local governments don’t respond well to groups that only bring problems. They want people they can work with as partners. ______
    Millions of ordinary taxpayers have discovered that, with perseverance and common sense, they can mobilize local government to become responsive to the needs and wishes of citizens. It’s a modern version of our Founding Fathers’ ideal—that government should serve the people, not the other way around.
[A]Lincoln, Neb. resident Ron Francis and his neighbors noticed that an auto-repair shop in their area was warehousing its cars on a one-block section of T Street. Because parking was allowed on both sides of the narrow street, city fire trucks would not be able to get through. The Hartley Neighborhood Association, of which Francis is a board member, petitioned Lincoln’s transportation department to change the parking regulations. Meanwhile, they notified the Councilman Eric Youngberg. "We try to keep our councilman aware of what we’re doing," says Francis. "There’s nothing worse than allowing him to be surprised when someone else in the government asks him about an issue. " In just a few weeks, the rules were changed to allow parking only on one side of the street.
[B]Seattle resident Steve Zemke had been suggesting trash recycling since 1979, but the city always ignored the idea. In 1986, with landfill space running out and disposal rates becoming expensive, the city council was ready to invest in a trash incinerator. Zemke and Ray Hoffman, the recycling group’s executive director, sensed that the time was ripe. They met with council members, who prompted the city to conduct a study, which showed much more of Seattle’s trash stream could be recycled than originally had been thought. The city chose a target of 60 percent Voluntary recycling was given a chance, and today 55 percent of suitable city residences participate, with the city council and mayor solidly behind the program.
[C]For years, students, parents, and teachers at North Hollywood High School in Los Angles had been talking about the need of a traffic light at the busy intersection near the school. Then, in September 1985, three friends of Straus, the school’s student-body president, were run down and seriously injured while crossing the intersection. Straus transformed his shocked emotions into steadfast determination and mapped out a strategy. Instead of attacking the City, he spoke calmly about the need to correct the problem. The city-council members agreed to draw up a written request for a traffic light, and convinced the transportation bureau to measure the traffic flow at the intersection. The field test showed a traffic light was warranted, and one was installed by spring 1986.
[D]The 20-block business district in Joseph Cicero’s neighborhood in Chicago had fallen into disrepair, and many stores had become vacant. Undesirables moved in—gangs, drug dealers, prostitutes, 25-cent peep shows. Cicero and local business owners asked Chicago officials to plant trees, install new streetlights and benches. In return, the owners agreed that they would renovate their storefronts and buildings. One improvement program led to another. Brisker business brought the city and state more than $ 1 million per year in property taxes above what they had been collecting. As legitimate business revives, the prostitutes and gangs don’t feel welcome anymore. "There’s no one left to do business with,"says Cicero.
[E]Meeting the trash collectors at the curb with a couple of ice-cold sodas on a hot summer day, for example, is a good way to ask them not to spill garbage on the street or play shot put with your refuse cans.
[F]In 1982 the City of New York issued new parking and sanitation rules for Rosemarie O’Keefe’s neighborhood in Brooklyn. Street garbage would be reduced, and 300 parking meters would be installed in front of homes where residents without garages or driveways were parking for free. O’Keefe leaped into actioa She and a neighbor printed more than 2,000 fliers describing the city’s plans and distributed them door-to-door. They then borrowed a local club and called residents to a meeting with district leaders and transportation boards showing up, and in the end the city orders were abolished.
【R5】
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答案D
解析 小标题是“与市政厅合作”，补充说明是：政府需要能与之合作的居民。[D]项中官方改善街道容貌，业主们装修店面及建筑，双方平等合作，符合标题和补充说明。而其它各项提到政府的也只是当事人去督促，或说服，或迫使政府去解决问题，都不符合双方的合作关系。因此[D]为正确答案。
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