Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the blanks.
In most capital cities, which were built long before the heyday of the private car, there is rarely enough (61)………..for moving traffic, and certainly not enough for parked vehicles. Buses move slowly because of the volume of (62)…………..thus encouraging more commuters to abandon public transport. Banning traffic from some areas may help, but such a (63)………….may not actually diminish the number of cars coming into the city. What has happened in effect is that the (64)…………….of the private car have become the number one priority, and the older functions of the city centre as meeting place and focus for social life have been lost. The new city cannot (65)…………..without a series of ring roads. Giant car parks are (66)…… new palaces and cathedrals. During the working hours of the day, there is the constant (67)….of traffic, but at night the centre is nearly empty, apart from a few homeless in doorway. Most people have (68)………….. back to the suburbs, and very few of those who live in the centre have cars, for often there is nowhere to park them. The old cities with its narrow streets, may still retain a lively air (69)…………that may be because it exists as an island, where no cars are permitted. Unless the local authorities have not yet plucked up the courage to ban most traffic from the streets, (70)……….which case the city centre is congested by day and gigantic car park by night.
A.their
B.its
C.these
D.those
In most capital cities, which were built long before the heyday of the private car, there is rarely enough (61)………..for moving traffic, and certainly not enough for parked vehicles. Buses move slowly because of the volume of (62)…………..thus encouraging more commuters to abandon public transport. Banning traffic from some areas may help, but such a (63)………….may not actually diminish the number of cars coming into the city. What has happened in effect is that the (64)…………….of the private car have become the number one priority, and the older functions of the city centre as meeting place and focus for social life have been lost. The new city cannot (65)…………..without a series of ring roads. Giant car parks are (66)…… new palaces and cathedrals. During the working hours of the day, there is the constant (67)….of traffic, but at night the centre is nearly empty, apart from a few homeless in doorway. Most people have (68)………….. back to the suburbs, and very few of those who live in the centre have cars, for often there is nowhere to park them. The old cities with its narrow streets, may still retain a lively air (69)…………that may be because it exists as an island, where no cars are permitted. Unless the local authorities have not yet plucked up the courage to ban most traffic from the streets, (70)……….which case the city centre is congested by day and gigantic car park by night.
A.their
B.its
C.these
D.those
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