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In early June seven performers danced among 1080 fountains to mark the opening of a new public space in London Granary Square, p

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问题     In early June seven performers danced among 1080 fountains to mark the opening of a new public space in London Granary Square, part of the redevelopment around King’s Cross Station, sits in front of the new premises of the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. The building and the square gracefully update the area’s industrial heritage-, ancient brick contrasts thrillingly with soaring glass; wide stone steps lead from the square down to the Regent’s Canal, where barges once travelled. Trees, benches, food stalls and performances welcome passers-by. It is the best example yet of London’s improving public spaces.
    In 2014 Jan Gehl, a Danish urban designer whose Life between Buildings is the textbook on public space, produced a report on London. It was unflattering, calling London a city "where car is king" and many great public spaces, including Trafalgar Square, had become mere roundabouts. It was also influential.
    Institutional, as well as intellectual, change helped. In 2010 London got an elected mayor—the first time the whole sprawling city had a single official to think about its wellbeing. Economic shifts also encouraged civic improvement. As people gained more leisure time, tourism was becoming more important to London’s economy. Cities that are pleasant to wander in attract more tourists. Decent public space became an economic necessity.
    Ken Livingstone, London’s first mayor, partially pedestrianised Trafalgar Square. It was decided that the" fourth plinth"—the only one without a historical grandee on it—should display temporary, contemporary art. He also introduced a congestion charge on cars entering the city centre, which reduced traffic. Some of the extra road space created was used to widen pavements. The next mayor, Boris Johnson, created a nearly free cycle bank to encourage people to abandon their cars.
    The private sector, meanwhile, had cottoned on to the fact that pleasant public space is profitable. Sir Stuart Lipton, a developer, started it with Broadgate, a circular shopping and meeting venue in the city. Others followed. Monmouth Street in Covent Garden became a model, as a brick-paved lane free of ugly street furniture, where welcoming seats outside attractive shops and cafes tempt people to hang around and offload their cash. "Developers constantly ask us to do something like Monmouth Street," says Lucy Musgrave, founder of Publica, which advises clients on creating public spaces.
The traffic measures adopted by Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson aim to________.
选项 A、provide more recreation space
B、reduce the pollution
C、encourage people to do more exercise
D、conform to Jan Gehl’s new concept of city building
答案A
解析 本题是推断题。根据题干中的人名Ken Livingstone和Boris Johnson定位至第四段。题目考查的是伦敦两任市长采取交通管制措施的目的，本文没有直接说明，因此需要从全文的主旨上来判断。文章首段从Granary Square的开放人手，提出了文章的主题，即伦敦公共空间的改善(London’s improving public spaces)，接下来讲述市政府以及商业界都意识到改善伦敦公共空间的重要性，及其在改善伦敦公共空间方面的做法。肯.利文斯顿和鲍里斯.约翰逊是作者举出的政界的例子，他们采取交通管制的目的是改善公共空间。故答案选A项“提供更多的娱乐空间”。B项和C项都是符合常识的选项，但在文中并未提及，故排除；文章只是在第二段提到了Jan Gehl对伦敦公共空间的评价，而没有提到他的设计理念，故排除D项“符合扬.盖尔的城市建设新理念”。
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