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New Yorkrolled out1it controversialcongestion pricingplan on Jan.5,2angercommuters whilepleasing advocatesof aless-traffic-clogged Manhattan.The feefor mostvehicles3travel in the zone-which coversall ofManhattan below60th Street-from5am to9pm will be$9,4reduce from$15following apublic outcry.The overnightrateis$
2.
25.“The CongestionRelief Zonehas beenin5operate sincemidnight-1400cameras,over110detection points,over800signs and400lanes oftraffic and its allgone6smooth JsaidJanno Lieber,chairman andCEO ofMetropolitan TransportationAuthority,or MTA,at a news conferencein GrandCentral TerminalonJan.
5.Passengers inyellow cabswillbe charged75cents within the zone,while those7useride-hailing servicessuch asUber andLyft willbecharged$
1.
50.Congestion pricingis expected8bring in$15billion towardthe MTAs$
51.5billioncapital improvementprogram.US President-elect DonaldTrump,a nativeNew Yorker,has vowedto endthe program9he takesoffice,starting onJan
20.In November,Trump said that congestionpricingwill putNew YorkCity at10disadvantage overcompeting citiesand states,andbusinesses willflee”.答案
1.its
2.angering
3.traveling
4.reduced
5.operation
6.smoothly
7.using
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9.when
10.aTikTok usersin the US aremigrating toa Chineseapp calledRedNote withthe threatof abanjust daysaway.The moveby userswho call
1.they HTikTokrefugees难民hasmade RedNotethe most
2.download appon ApplesUS AppStore onMonday.RedNoteis aTikTok
3.compete popularwith youngpeople inChina,including Taiwan,and otherMandarin-speaking populations.Supreme Courtjustices aredue torule ona lawthat seta19January deadlinefor TikToktoeither sellits USoperations
4.face aban in the country.TikTok has
5.repeat said thatit willnot sellits USbusiness andits lawyershave warnedthat aban willviolate freespeechprotections forthe platforms170million usersinthe US.Meanwhile,RedNote haswelcomed itsnew users with openarms.There are63,000postson thetopic TikTokrefugee11,where newusers
6.teach how to navigatethe appandhow touse
7.base Chinesephrases.nTo ourChinese hosts,thanks forhaving us-sorry inadvance
8.the chaos/1anewUS userwrote.Sarah Fotheringham,a37-year-old schoolcanteen workerin Utah,says themove toRedNoteis away toprotest againstthe government.nrm justa simpleperson
9.live asimple life,Ms Fotheringhamtold theBBC ina RedNotemessage.nI loveRedNote...I justneed tolearn
10.to speakMandarin!n答案
1.themselves
2.downloaded
3.competitor
4.or
5.repeatedly
6.are taught
7.basic
8.
8.for
9.living lO.howChinese internetusers ona socialmedia platform1call Xiaohongshu,also knownasRedNote abroad,have noticeda suddeninflux offoreign newcomers_2claim tohavemigrated fromTikTok due3concerns abouta potentialban bythe USgovernment withintheweek.These TikTok users based intheUnited Statescall themselvesTikTokrefugees/Many ofthe newcomersare apologizingfor notknowing Putonghuaand payingthecat taxHto stayhere.Comments ofwelcome wereleft underthe newcomers*postsand tips4give onhowtouse theapp.Some newcomersfrom the US havebeen usingtranslation toolsto overcomelanguagebarriers andshare glimpsesof theirlives directly.Chinese users5active engagewiththem inthe commentsection.The USSupreme Courtheld atwo-hour discussionon January10regarding thefutureof TikTokintheUS,according toan audiolivestream onthe court*s website.TikTokusersbasedintheUSsaidthatthey movedto Xiaohongshuas theyfearthey arenot goingto beable toaccess TikTokafter January
19.The surgein activityhaspropelled Xiaohongshuto thetop oftheUSApple appstore downloadrankings withinjusta fewdays.A newcomersaidthatafter sheopened6account onXiaohongshu,she found7very similar to TikTokanditsone ofthe fewChinese appsthat areavailable intheUSAppStore.Earlier thismonth,Xiaohongshu revampedits videoplayback interface,repositioning interactionbuttons andmaking itsdesign increasinglysimilartoDouyin.For many,the platformhas transformedinto anEnglish learningapp Jinspiringthe creationof virtualnEnglish corners/Primary schoolstudents haveflooded the commentsections,8seek helpfrom USuserswiththeir Englishhomework.Meanwhile,others havestarted usingXiaohongshu9introduce Chineseculture.They shareinformation abouthanfu,Chinese NewYear,mamianqun horse-face skirt,and othercultural10element inthecomments.答案
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2.who
3.to
4.were given
5.actively
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7.it
8.seeking
9.to introduce
10.elements。
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