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Please
complete the following cloze exercise:
(word
list: 40 words)
Some
people think they have an answer to the troubles of automobile
crowding and dirty air in large cities. Their answer is the bicycle.
In a great
many ______, hundreds of people ride ______ to work every day. ______ New York City, some bicycle riders have
even formed ______ group called Bike for ______ Better City. They claim ______ if more people rode ______ to work, there would be fewer automobiles
in the ______ section of the city, ______ therefore less dirty air ______ car engines.
For
several ______ this group has been ______ to get the city ______ to help bicycle riders. For ______, they want the ______ to draw special lanes --- ______ bicycles only --- on some ______ the main streets, because ______ bicycle riders must use ______ same lanes as cars, ______ are accidents. Bike for ______ Better City feels that ______ there were special lanes, ______ people would use bikes.
______ no bicycle lanes have ______ drawn. Not everyone thinks ______ are a good idea. ______ drivers do not like the ______ --- they say it will ______ traffic. Some store owners on the main
streets do not ______ the idea --- they say ______ if there is less ______ they will have less ______. And most people live ______ far from downtown to travel by bike.
The city ______ has not yet decided ______ to do. It wants ______ keep everyone happy. On Sundays Central
Park --- the largest area of open ground in ______ York --- is closed to ______, and the roads may be used by bicycles
only. But Bike for a Better City says this is not enough and keeps ______ to get bicycle lanes downtown.
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