cars."可知，该项目是为了创建一个绿色的环境。

6．The underlined word "Banishing" in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by " "．

A．putting out B．giving away

C．driving away D．setting out

答案　C

解析　词义猜测题。根据下文内容可知，伦敦市向高峰期进入市中心的私家车征收"交通拥堵费"；哥本哈根正在建设从城市中心散开的自行车高速公路。这两个例子是为了说明使汽车远离市区正在成为许多欧洲城市的共同趋势。因此该词可用drive away替代，表示"使离去"。

7．Professor Michael Sivak uses the examples in Paragraph 5 .

A．to prove the number of cars has been increasing sharply

B．to persuade Americans to give up their way of life

C．to introduce to the readers a new trend in buying cars

D．to show many Americans have already abandoned cars

答案　D

解析　推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句中的"...'motorization' in the US might have reached a peak in 2008，and the figures have been on the decline since then."及第五段的前两句可知，Michael Sivak举例是想说明许多美国人已经放弃使用汽车了。

8．What can be learned from the last paragraph?

A．Most people like to work in the countryside.

B．It is only big cities that are taking action.

C．Many factors contribute to the trend.

D．Effective rules have come into effect.

答案　C

解析　细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句"Sivak thinks a number of factors could be contributing to the trend..."可知，汽车使用量减少的趋势是由很多因素造成的，应选C。

Ⅱ.完形填空

The story of how I got my job was a funny one.

One day，I was 1 along a street to the interview 2 a yellow car suddenly cut in front of me. 3 another car coming in the other 4 ，I had to brake hard and 5 another