NewYorkersaregraduallygettingusedtomorepedalingpassengersonthoseblazingblueCitiBikes.Butwhataboutlocalbikeshops?IsCitiBikerollingupridersattheirexpense?AtGothamBikesinTribeca,amanagerwhogavehisnameas“BenW.”saidtheshophasseenanincreaseinitsoverallsalesduetothebike-shareprogram.“It’sgettingmorepeopleontheroad,morepeoplelearningaboutthesportandgettinginvolved,”hesaid.AnemployeeatDanny’sCyclesinGramercysaidCitiBikeisagoodoptionforpeopletoeaseintobikinginacityfamedforitsvehicularcongestionandaggressivedrivers.“Theycantryoutabikewithoutcommittingtobuyingone,”JamesRyansaid.
RentalsarenotabigpartofthebusinessateitherGothamBikesorDanny’sCycles.ButforFrank’sBikeShop,asmallbusinessthathasbeenatitscurrentLowerEastSidelocationonGrandSt.since1976,thebike-shareprogramhasbeenbadnews.OwnerFrankArroyosaidthathisrentalbusinesshasdecreasedby90percentsincetheCitiBikeswererolledoutlastmonth.
However,Bensaidthebike-shareisgoodforbikesalesathisshop.“Peoplehaveusedthebike-shareandrealizedhowgreatitistobikeinthecity,thendecidethattheywantsomethingnicerforthemselves,”henoted.
ChristianFarrellofWaterfrontBicycleShop,onWestSt.justnorthofChristopherSt.,saidinitiallyhewasconcernedaboutbike-share,though,headmitted,“Iwashappytoseepeopleonbikes.”
Farrell’searlyconcernswereechoedbyAndrewCrooks,ownerofNYCVelo,at64SecondAve.“Itseemedlikeagreatidea,butonethatwouldbedifficulttoimplement,”CrookssaidofCitiBike.Hesaidheworriedaboutinexperiencedriders’lackofawarenessofbikingrulesandbacklashfromnon-cyclists.However,hesaid,it’sstilltooearlytotellifhisbusinesshasbeenimpacted.
Whileit’spossiblebike-sharewillcauseadropinbusinessinthelongrun,Crooksallowedthattheidea,asawhole,isgoodforthecity.
参考答案：
56题B
题干意思是：对于在纽约逐渐提升的CitiBikes的使用，作者最为关心的是什么。定位词为CitiBikes，因为是第一题，按顺序原则先定位到第一段第一句。第一句陈述了在纽约CitiBikes的使用渐渐被人们所习惯，是原文的同义改写。按照金三句原则，看定位句的下一句Butwhataboutlocalbikeshops?IsCitiBikerollingupridersattheirexpense?作者立马关心起localbikeshops，而且问到了CitiBikes是否收费的问题，答案选B。
57题C
定位词为大写人名Gotham，题干意思是：自行车共享计划后Gotham的车行发生了什么。题干当中的asaresultof表示因果关系，我们要找到自行车共享计划对gotham的商店带来的一个结果。定位在第一段的第三行，GothamBikes的一个manager说道“theshophasseenanincreaseinitsoverallsalesduetothebike-shareprogram。”定位句中的dueto(因为)是原文asaresultof的取反改写，我们要找的是结果，看到dueto前面的部分——商店已经看到在他们的整体销量的一个提升。答案选C选项。
58题B
题干意思是：为什么自行车共享计划对于Frank’sBikeShop来说是坏消息的?要找到一个原因。定位词是大写名词Frank’sBikeShop，定位到原文第二段第三行。定位句本身只是陈述事实，看定位词的下一句找原因。F店的店主说道sincetheCitiBikeswererolledoutlastmonth。因为自行车共享计划的推行，hisrentalbusinesshasdecreasedby90percent，他的rentalbusiness租借生意下降了百分之九十。答案选B，顾客都被CitiBikes拉走了，就没人来租自行车了。
59题A
题干意思是：为什么AndrewCrooks认为自行车共享计划难以执行?定位到文章第五段。第三句：Hesaidheworriedaboutinexperiencedriders’lackofawarenessofbikingrulesandbacklashfromnon-cyclists。他担心经验不足的骑行者缺乏对骑行规则的意识以及来自非骑行者的反对。他的担心有两点，在答案中找到任何一点就可以，答案选A。经验不足的骑行者会破坏骑行规则。
60题D
题干意思是：本地自行车行对自行车共享计划的普遍态度是怎样的?最后一题，定位在最后一段。尽管bike-share可能会导致行业内长期的低迷状态，但是asawhole总体来讲，对应到题干中的general，对整个城市是好的。选正态度的的答案，D。
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