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Since Michael Bloomberg became mayor of New York City in 2002, crime—already falling— has gone down by another 35%. Welfare roll

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问题     Since Michael Bloomberg became mayor of New York City in 2002, crime—already falling— has gone down by another 35%. Welfare rolls have fallen by 24%. He has helped to build 130,000 affordable housing units, with more on the way. His 311 call system, a municipal customer-service line, has received 120m calls since 2003. There have been missteps, like his appointment of Cathie Black to head the school system; she lasted a rocky four months on the job. And he never managed to implement congestion charging. Still, most New Yorkers were pleased to see him elected to a third term. Unusually, other cities are finding him useful too.
    His education reforms, which included the opening of 111 charter schools, have become a model for other districts. He co-chairs Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and last year he was appointed chairman of the C40, a group of world cities that are committed to slowing climate change.
    His charity organisation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, is also making an impact on cities. On July 14th it announced a $24m initiative to fund "Innovation Delivery Teams" to help mayor’s solve particular local problems. The idea grew out of a mayors’ summit hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies in March, which highlighted the need for municipal innovation when budgets are tight. Mayors all over the country are struggling with a lack of risk capital and overstretched personnel. Five cities, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Memphis and Louisville—all with strong and fairly new mayors—will each receive $1.4m- $2m a year over the next three years, to spend on staffing the innovation teams.
    Atlanta wants to introduce the 311 system and to tackle homelessness. Memphis wants to reduce handgun violence and to encourage small businesses in certain districts. New Orleans hopes to reduce its horrific homicide rate, and to reduce waiting time for city services. Rahm Emanuel in Chicago is also keen to reduce time wasted. The sooner permits get processed, the quicker, say, a small business can open up and start making money. The Bloomberg funding will also help Mr. Emanuel get an energy-efficiency programme going.
    Greg Fischer in Louisville, Kentucky, who came to office six months ago, wants to pep up the performance of city agencies. His other priority is a partnership with Lexington, long a rival, to devise a new strategy for regional exports. The two cities want to become more globally competitive in advanced car manufacturing. The Brookings Institution is helping them with an economic plan; the Bloomberg money will help the plan get off the ground.
    Bruce Katz of Brookings says cities can no longer afford to compete with each other, but must work together in order to thrive economically. The mayor of New York is giving that philosophy a good push forward.
Under the help of Innovation Delivery Team, mayors can
选项 A、realize their risk ideas on innovation without the support of risk capitals.
B、set up various innovation teams to facilitate the link among cities.
C、satisfy their specific innovation needs free from their tight budgets.
D、implement municipal reforms with justice and strength.
答案C
解析 推理判断题。根据题干关键词Innovation Delivery Team定位到第三段。该段主要介绍创新解救团队的成立背景和目的。其中第三句提到，这一想法是在3月份由布隆伯格慈善基金会主持的一次市长峰会上提出的。此次峰会着重强调在预算紧缩时期市政部门创新的必要性。由此可以判断，“创新解救团队”可以有效地帮助市长解决创新活动所需的资金问题，使他们免受预算的困扰。因此，[C]与原文意思相符，故为答案。[A]中说“市长可实现他们在创新方面的冒险想法”，文中未提及，故排除；[B]中提到“创新团队是为了便利城市间的联系”，原文未提及，故排除；文章提到一些城市的市长都是作风强硬，且新近当选，但并未将此与“创新解救团队”联系起来，因此排除[D]。
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