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On a cold, blustery morning at Canary Wharf, London’s second financial district, eating outside does not seem appealing. Yet on

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问题     On a cold, blustery morning at Canary Wharf, London’s second financial district, eating outside does not seem appealing. Yet on a solitary concrete quay, suited workers huddle around picnic benches. Half a dozen food stalls line the water’s edge. One sells Thai food out of a rickshaw, another salted pork buns from a converted horse box. Everything on offer is about ￡6($ 10). Such is the latest in Britain’s culinary evolution.
    Street dining is hardly new. Kebab vans in university towns serve oily gunk to sozzled students: on weekends in London, grizzled men hawk frankfurters outside Tube stations. But until recently smarter nosh was mostiy available only in restaurants. Now most big cities have at least one regular street food event, as a London fashion has spread out.
    Britain’s faltering economy is part of the explanation. " In a recession, people go into food businesses" , says Mark Laurie of NCASS, a trade association for caterers. Setting up a street food stall takes little capital or specialist knowledge. At Canary Wharf, the traders include a former architect and a bank worker, as well as restaurateurs. Demand is increasing, too, as pinched customers trade down from restaurants.
    Yet the biggest driver of outdoor eating is officialdom. Local authorities and commercial property developers see street stalls as a means of quickly gingering up struggling high streets and sterile plazas. The Canary Wharf Group does not charge for the use of its land by the cluster of street vendors. Alistair Turnham, who runs Stock Mkt, a similar outfit, says some councils will even pay his firm to run events. Street food vendors thus avoid paying heavy rents or business rates—which helps them to undercut restaurants.
    Still, the distinction between indoor and outdoor food is blurring. The Marriot, an upmarket hotel in Mayfair, recently put on a street food-inspired menu. Trinity Leeds, a new shopping centre in Yorkshire, hosts rolling street food traders as part of its food hall. Some successful street food vendors are setting up restaurants—few want to work out of vans forever. Others are moving into catering for private events. The market economy is triumphing.
Street vendors have earned support from all of the following except______.
选项 A、hotels and restaurants
B、large enterprise groups
C、local councils and officials
D、commercial property developers
答案A
解析 根据出题顺序和题干的street vendors定位到第四段第三、四行。该题问：街头小贩赢得了以下所有人的支持，除了______。根据该段首句Yet the biggest driver of outdooreating is officialdom．“然而户外餐饮的最大驱动力却是来自政府官员。”以及下一句紧接着提到Local authorities and commercial property developers“当地政府和商业地产开发商”，可以判断[C]项local councils and officials“地方政府和官员”和[D]项commercial property developers“商业地产开发商”都属于支持者。第三句又指出：The Canary Wharf Group does notcharge for the use of its land by the cluster of street vendors．“金丝雀码头集团没有对聚集在其土地上的街头商贩征收费用。”其中does not charge“不收费”就表明了支持，而CanaryWharf Group就等同于选项[B]的large enterprise groups“大型企业集团”。综上，[A]为答案，全段没有提到得到[A]“旅馆和饭店”的支持。
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