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　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

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　　(2017·兰州一中检测)The German city of Hamburg has announced plans to become car­free within the next two decades. It is an ambitious idea, but city officials obviously feel that the personal motor car does not fulfill a function that walking, biking and taking public transport can do. The goal of Hamburg's project is to replace roads with a green network, which will allow people to navigate through the city without the use of cars.

　　Banishing the car from urban areas is becoming a common trend in many European cities. London imposes a “congestion charge” on private vehicles entering the city centre during rush hours. Copenhagen is building bicycle superhighways radiating from the city centre. These developments combined may make worrying reading for driving enthusiasts. Is the time of the personal car over?

　　In the century since the Ford Model T was introduced in 1908, global vehicle numbers have swollen to well over a billion. But according to the recent research, the growth may have stopped.

　　According to Professor Michael Sivak, at the University of Michigan, “motorization” in the US might have reached a peak in 2008, and the figures have been on the decline since then.

　　“New York, Washington, Boston, Philadelphia, each has more than thirty percent of households without a light duty vehicle，” says Sivak. In fact, the figures show that fifty­six percent of households in New York (which top the list) don't have a car. “I think that will be surprising to most people. It was surprising to me, and I am in the business.”

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