New Yorkers are gradually getting used to more pedalingpassengers on those blazing blue Citi Bikes. But what about localbike shops? Is Citi Bike rolling up riders at their expense? AtGotham Bikes in Tribeca, a manager who gave his name as “Ben W.”said the shop has seen an increase in its overall sales due to thebike-share program. “It’s getting more people on the road, morepeople learning about the sport and getting involved,” he said. Anemployee at Danny’s Cycles in Gramercy said Citi Bike is a goodoption for people to ease into biking in a city famed for itsvehicular congestion and aggressive drivers. “They can try out abike without committing to buying one,” James Ryan said.
Rentals are not a big part of the business at eitherGotham Bikes or Danny’s Cycles. But for Frank’s Bike Shop, a smallbusiness that has been at its current Lower East Side location onGrand St. since 1976, the bike-share program has been bad news.Owner Frank Arroyo said that his rental business has decreased by90 percent since the Citi Bikes were rolled out lastmonth.
However, Ben said the bike-share is good for bike sales athis shop. “People have used the bike-share and realized how greatit is to bike in the city, then decide that they want somethingnicer for themselves,” he noted.
Christian Farrell of Waterfront Bicycle Shop, on West St.just north of Christopher St., said initially he was concernedabout bike-share, though, he admitted, “I was happy to see peopleon bikes.”
Farrell’s early concerns were echoed by Andrew Crooks,owner of NYC Velo, at 64 Second Ave. “It seemed like a great idea,but one that would be difficult to implement,” Crooks said of CitiBike. He said he worried about inexperienced riders’ lack ofawareness of biking rules and backlash from non-cyclists. However,he said, it’s still too early to tell if his business has beenimpacted.
While it’s possible bike-share will cause a drop inbusiness in the long run, Crooks allowed that the idea, as a whole,is good for the city.
參考答案：
56題 B
題干意思是：對于在紐約逐漸提升的Citi Bikes的使用，作者最為關(guān)心的是什么。定位詞為CitiBikes，因為是第一題，按順序原則先定位到第一段第一句。第一句陳述了在紐約CitiBikes的使用漸漸被人們所習(xí)慣，是原文的同義改寫。按照金三句原則，看定位句的下一句But what about local bikeshops? Is Citi Bike rolling up riders at their expense?作者立馬關(guān)心起local bike shops，而且問到了CitiBikes是否收費(fèi)的問題，答案選B。
57題 C
定位詞為大寫人名Gotham，題干意思是：自行車共享計劃后Gotham的車行發(fā)生了什么。題干當(dāng)中的as aresult of表示因果關(guān)系，我們要找到自行車共享計劃對gotham的商店帶來的一個結(jié)果。定位在第一段的第三行， GothamBikes的一個manager說道 “the shop has seen an increase in its overallsales due to the bike-share program?！?定位句中的due to(因為)是原文as a resultof的取反改寫，我們要找的是結(jié)果，看到dueto前面的部分——商店已經(jīng)看到在他們的整體銷量的一個提升。答案選C選項。
58題 B
題干意思是：為什么自行車共享計劃對于Frank’s BikeShop來說是壞消息的?要找到一個原因。定位詞是大寫名詞Frank’s BikeShop，定位到原文第二段第三行。定位句本身只是陳述事實，看定位詞的下一句找原因。F店的店主說道since the CitiBikes were rolled out last month。因為自行車共享計劃的推行，his rental businesshas decreased by 90 percent，他的rentalbusiness租借生意下降了百分之九十。答案選B，顧客都被Citi Bikes拉走了，就沒人來租自行車了。
59題 A
題干意思是：為什么Andrew Crooks認(rèn)為自行車共享計劃難以執(zhí)行?定位到文章第五段。第三句：He saidhe worried about inexperienced riders’ lack of awareness of bikingrules and backlash from non-cyclists。他擔(dān)心經(jīng)驗不足的騎行者缺乏對騎行規(guī)則的意識以及來自非騎行者的反對。他的擔(dān)心有兩點(diǎn)，在答案中找到任何一點(diǎn)就可以，答案選A。經(jīng)驗不足的騎行者會破壞騎行規(guī)則。
60題 D
題干意思是：本地自行車行對自行車共享計劃的普遍態(tài)度是怎樣的?最后一題，定位在最后一段。盡管bike-share可能會導(dǎo)致行業(yè)內(nèi)長期的低迷狀態(tài)，但是asa whole總體來講，對應(yīng)到題干中的general，對整個城市是好的。選正態(tài)度的的答案，D。