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In early June seven performers danced among 1080 fountains to mark the opening of a new public space in London Granary Square, p

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问题     In early June seven performers danced among 1080 fountains to mark the opening of a new public space in London Granary Square, part of the redevelopment around King’s Cross Station, sits in front of the new premises of the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. The building and the square gracefully update the area’s industrial heritage-, ancient brick contrasts thrillingly with soaring glass; wide stone steps lead from the square down to the Regent’s Canal, where barges once travelled. Trees, benches, food stalls and performances welcome passers-by. It is the best example yet of London’s improving public spaces.
    In 2014 Jan Gehl, a Danish urban designer whose Life between Buildings is the textbook on public space, produced a report on London. It was unflattering, calling London a city "where car is king" and many great public spaces, including Trafalgar Square, had become mere roundabouts. It was also influential.
    Institutional, as well as intellectual, change helped. In 2010 London got an elected mayor—the first time the whole sprawling city had a single official to think about its wellbeing. Economic shifts also encouraged civic improvement. As people gained more leisure time, tourism was becoming more important to London’s economy. Cities that are pleasant to wander in attract more tourists. Decent public space became an economic necessity.
    Ken Livingstone, London’s first mayor, partially pedestrianised Trafalgar Square. It was decided that the" fourth plinth"—the only one without a historical grandee on it—should display temporary, contemporary art. He also introduced a congestion charge on cars entering the city centre, which reduced traffic. Some of the extra road space created was used to widen pavements. The next mayor, Boris Johnson, created a nearly free cycle bank to encourage people to abandon their cars.
    The private sector, meanwhile, had cottoned on to the fact that pleasant public space is profitable. Sir Stuart Lipton, a developer, started it with Broadgate, a circular shopping and meeting venue in the city. Others followed. Monmouth Street in Covent Garden became a model, as a brick-paved lane free of ugly street furniture, where welcoming seats outside attractive shops and cafes tempt people to hang around and offload their cash. "Developers constantly ask us to do something like Monmouth Street," says Lucy Musgrave, founder of Publica, which advises clients on creating public spaces.
The underlined word "It" in Paragraph 2 refers to________.
选项 A、Jan Gehl’s book Life Between Buildings
B、Jan Gehl’s designing concept
C、Jan Gehl’s urban design
D、Jan Gehl’s report on London
答案D
解析 本题是词汇题。根据题干信息定位至第二段第三句。该句提到，“他将伦敦称为‘汽车称王’的城市，并且认为包括特拉法加广场在内的许多不错的公共空间仅仅是街心环岛而已，这是令人不快的”。显然It指代的内容在上文中，也就是第一句中。It是关于London的，而第一句中出现的名词只有a report是关于London的，而其他的名词都是插入成分，是对Gehl这位设计师的辅助性介绍。因此，It指代的是a report on London。故答案选D。 A项属于答非所问，Life between Buildings在文中出现，但它是补充说明Jan Gehl这位设计师的，故排除，B项和C项的内容在第二段均未提及，故排除。
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