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請依下文回答第 41 題至第 45 題：   In a city where eating well is an obsession, a statement by a senior official published in a nationalnewspaper caused a public outcry. Vallop Suwandee, who chairs an advisory board to the governor ofBangkok, was quoted as saying that street vendors would be removed from all 50 districts of the city. Itseemed that one of the most popular and distinctive aspects of Bangkok life was to be wiped out, daysafter CNN had voted Bangkok the best place in the world for street food, and just two months before thecity government was planning to hold a street-food festival.    Mr. Vallop now says he was misquoted: “Let me be clear, on behalf of the city of Bangkok. Streetfood will continue to be part of Bangkok life, on the condition that there will not be obstructions forpedestrians, and that the vendors observe sanitary rules in the interest of public health. We will allowthem to be in certain areas, under strict conditions.”    This is not the first time the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA), which is responsible forrunning the city, has tried to impose order and standards on the hundreds of thousands of food vendorsoperating on the streets. Right after the BMA was first established in 1972, it launched a similarcampaign to force the vendors to operate in designated markets instead.    Variations of that campaign were revived every few years but implementation has always beenweak because the BMA recognised the vital role street vending played in providing a source of incomein difficult economic times. Most of the time it has quietly chosen not to push too hard.    This time may be different. The number of officially approved locations for street food vendors hasbeen cut dramatically, from a peak of 726 four years ago to 243 by the end of last year. Tens ofthousands of vendors have been forced to move already, leaving many downtown areas like SiamSquare, Asok and Silom with few or no street-food stalls now visible during the day and night.    The most recent area to be cleared is the increasingly wealthy neighbourhood of Thonglor. A smallside street, or soi, which for many years had been famous for its street food, is no more, although cityofficials say the vendors were offered alternative locations in smaller sois further away.
41 What is the main idea of the passage?
(A)To criticize BMA’s decision to remove street vendors.
(B)To support BMA’s efforts to remove street vendors.
(C)To inform the reader about the removal of street vendors.
(D)To support street vendors in their fight against removal.

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.4
統計：A(1),B(1),C(2),D(1),E(0)

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