Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

单选题 Why did the lecturer choose to focus on the Pleasanton Town Market?

A、 It was the first ever Town Market.
B、 It has been covered extensively in local history classes.
C、 It is often mentioned in some literature of the library.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：本题需选择演讲者重点解说Pleasanton Town Market的原因。答案比较明了，需要注意的是陷阱选项A，录音中是予以否定的：It's not like it was the first market。

单选题 The Town Market originally made a large profit selling

A、 handcrafts.
B、 vegetables.
C、 animals.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：本题需选择Town Market初始盈利最多的销售物品。注意陷阱选项A，handcrafts是现在销售的物品：．．．you have probably seen all of the hand-crafted items sold there now，而不是题目所说的初始商品。

单选题 The money that the marketers made contributes to local

A、 reconstruction.
B、 development.
C、 defense.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：本题需要选择商贩赚的钱给当地带来了什么好处。根据录音可知，商贩用钱来建造各种公共设施，从而促进了发展。A选项不够全面，非最佳答案。

单选题 Market sales plummeted due to a lack of viable

A、 agriculture.
B、 transport.
C、 city planning.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：本题需选择市场销售骤跌的原因。根据录音“…grew more and more reluctant to travel”，可判断B为正确选项。

单选题 Mayor John C. Wiley decided the Clock tower would be used as a______ in the early stages of the uprising.

A、 clock
B、 grounds for battle
C、 jail

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：题干中的市长名字是定位词，原词在录音中重现，根据录音．．．．Wiley gave all those involved lifetime prison sentences in the very same building，可判断Clock Tower在当时是被当作jail(监狱)来使用。