文档介绍:2020年浙江省高考英语试卷
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ThetrafficsignalsalongFactoriaBoulevardinBellevue,Washington,generallydon?tflashthesamelengthofgreentwiceinarow,especiallyatrushhour.At9:30am,thefullred/yellow/greensignalcyclemightbe140seconds.By9:33am,aburstofadditionaltrafficmightpushitto145seconds.Lesstrafficat9:37amcouldpushitdownto135.Justlikethetrafficitself,thetimingofthesignalschanges.
Thatisbydesign.Bellevue,afast-growingcityjusteastofSeattle,usesasystemthatisgainingpopularityaroundtheUS:intersection(十字路口)signalsthatcanadjustinrealtimetotrafficconditions.Theselights,knownasadaptivesignals,haveledtosignificantdeclinesinboththetroubleandcostoftravelsbetweenworkandhome.
"Adaptivesignalscanmakesurethatthetrafficdemandthatisthereisbeingaddressed,"
saysAlexStevanovic,aresearcheratFloridaAtlanticUniversity.
ForallofBellevue?ssuccess,adaptivesignalsarenotacure﹣allforjammed
roadways.KevinBalke,aresearchengineerattheTexasA&MUniversityTransportationInstitute,saysthatwhilesmartlightscanbeparticularlybeneficialforsomecities,othersaresojammedthatonlyasharpreductioninthenumberofcarsontheroadwillmakeameaningfuldifference."It?snotgoingtofixeverything,butadaptivesignalshavesomebenefitsforsmallercities,"hesays.
InBellevue,theswitchtoadaptivesignalshasbeenalessoninthevalueofwelcomingnewapproaches.Inthepast,therewasoftenanautomaticreactiontoincreasedtraffic:justwidentheroads,saysMarkPoch,theBellevueTransportationDepartment?strafficengineeringmanager.Nowhehopesthatothercitieswillconsidermakingtheirstreetsrunsmarterinsteadofjustmakingthembigger.
Whatdoestheunderlinedword"that"inparagraph2referto?
Increasedlengthofgreenlights.
Shortenedtrafficsignalcycle.
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