Madrid was hailed as a public health beacon last November when it rolled out ambitious restrictions on the most polluting cars. Seven months and one election day later, a new conservative city council suspended enforcement of the clean air zone, a first step toward its possible demise.Mayor Jose Luis Martinez -Almeida made opposition to the zone a centrepiece of his election campaign, despite its success in improving air quality. A judge has now overruled the city 's decision to stop levying fines, ordering them reinstated. But with legal battles ahead, the zone's future looks uncertain at best.Among other weaknesses, the measures cities must employ when left to tackle dirty air on their own are politically contentious, and therefore vulnerable. That s because they inevitably put the costs of cleaning the air on to individual drivers 一who must pay fees or buy better vehicles 一rather than on to the car manufacturers whose cheating is the real cause of our toxic pollution.It's not hard to imagine a similar reversal happening in London. The new ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) is likely to be a big issue in next year's mayoral election. And if Sadiq Khan wins and extends it to the North and South Circular roads in 2021 as he intends, it is sure to spark intense opposition from the far larger number of motorists who will then be affected.It's not that measures such as London's Ulez are useless. Far from it. Local officials are using the levers that are available to them to safeguard residents' health in the face of a serious threat. The zones do deliver some improvements to air quality, and the science tells us that means real health benefits - fewer heart attacks, strokes and premature births, less cancer, dementia and asthma. Fewer untimely deaths.But mayors and councillors can only do so much about a problem that is far bigger than any one city or town. They are acting because national governments一Britains and others across Europe - have failed to do so.Restrictions that keep highly polluting cars out of certain areas - city centres, school streets", even individual roads - are a response to the absence of a larger effort to properly enforce existing regulations and require auto companies to bring their vehicles into compliance. Wales has introduced special low speed limits to minimise pollution. We re doing everything but insist that manufacturers clean up their cars.  31. Which of the following is true about Madrid's clean air zone? （） A.Its effects are questionable  B.It has been opposed by a judge  C.It needs tougher enforcement  D.Its fate is yet to be decided  32. Which is considered a weakness of the city-level measures to tackle dirty air? （） A.They are biased against car manufacturers.  B.They prove impractical for city councils.  C.They are deemed too mild for politicians.  D.They put too much burden on individual motorists.  33. The author believes that the extension of London's Ulez will （）.  A.arouse strong resistance.  B.ensure Khan's electoral success.  C.improve the city s traffic.  D.discourage car manufacturing.  34. Who does the author think should have addressed the problem? （） A.Local residents  B.Mayors.  C.Councilors.  D.National governments.  35. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that auto companies （）.   A.will raise low-emission car production  B.should be forced to follow regulations  C.will upgrade the design of their vehicles  D.should be put under public supervision

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The New Madrid fault is______.

A) a horizontal fault

B) a vertical fault

C) a more serious fault than the San Andreas fault

D) responsible for forming the Mississippi River

A.hailed

B.initiative

C.throes

D.tenuous

The New Madrid fault is_____.

A．a horizontal fault

B．a vertical fault

C．a more serious fault than the San Andreas fault

D．responsible for forming the Mississippi River

rprised to find only the cleaning lady there. "Don't they work in the afternoons？" he asks. "No," she replies, "They don't work in the mornings. In the afternoons they don't come."

Lazy Madrid, busy Barcelona: it is just one of many stereotypes about Spain's great rivals. Mostly, the stereotypes are born of Barcelona's bitterness at its second-class status. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, a proudly autonomous region, but Madrid is the capital of Spain. This causes resentment. It makes Barcelona the largest city in Western Europe not to be a national, capital. Worse, Barcelona (Catalonia's capital since the ninth century) regards Madrid (a creation of Philip Ⅱ in the 16th century) as an upstart. And, after being bossed about for so long, who can blame them？ Over the years governments in Madrid did their best to strip Barcelona of political power. They tried to squash the Catalan Language. They even decided what the modern city should look like: in 1860 an order from Madrid overruled Barcelona's choice of plan for its big expansion, and opted for a grid layout. Barcelona has the liberalism that often characterizes port cities. As Catalans see is. While Madrid bathes in bureaucracy, Barcelona gets on with business. Anold-fashioned seriousness in Madrid, isolated high up on Spain's central plateau, contrasts with the light-heartedness of Barcelona, open to Europe and aggressively avant-garde. Upon to a point, these old caricatures still hold true. No visitor to government buildings in the two cities can fail to be struck by the contrast between them. In Madrid, there are creaky wooden floor, antique furniture and walls covered with paintings by Spanish old masters. In Barcelona, the city of Gaudi and Miro, designer chairs and tables are evidence of the place's obsession with modernism. Meetings of the Catalan cabinet are held in room with a large, modern painting by Antoni Tapies. And yet, these days, the similarities between two cities are at least striking as the contrasts. Madrid is hardly lazy any more. Visitors find it hard to keep up with the pace of the place. Nor is it old-fashioned. Indeed, it has become almost outrageously modern. To judge by the local cuisine, you would think the place was a port. although far from the sea, seafood is a miraculous Madrid specialty. As banks and business have been drawn to Madrid and industrial centre as an administrative one, Barcelona, meanwhile, in Spain's traditional industrial heartland, has been experiencing a rise in bureaucracy.

The rivalry between Madrid and Barcelona is bound to remain fierce, not least on the soccer field, where Real Madrid and Barcelona compete for Spanish supremacy. Barcelona will continue to press for yet more power to be devolved to it from Madrid: it is calling for the Senate, Spain's upper house of parliament, to be moved to the Catalan capital. But with a lot of local autonomy restored, and with the success of the 1992 Olympics behind it, the chip on Barcelona's shoulder is becoming ever harder to detect.

Which of the following best illustrates the stereotypes about Madrid and Barcelona？

A．Madrid government officials never come to the office in the afternoon.

B．Barcelona is an efficient and less bureaucratic place for business dealings.

C．People in Barcelona are very resentful at Madrid's being the capital city.

D．Barcelona is the largest city in Western Europe but it failed to claim its right status.

A. Self-Reliance

B. Divinity School Address

C. The American Scholar

D. Nature

led by Oliver Wendell Holmes as "Our intellectual Declaration of Independence."

A、"Nature"

B、"Self-Reliance"

C、"Divinity School Address"

D、"The American Scholar"

A．se estrenará en su pueblo antes que en Madrid

B．puede verse durante dos semanas en su pueblo

C．se va a proyectar en los locales de una asociación