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【单选题】In 1903 the members of the governing board of the University of Washington. In　　　 Seattle. engaged a firm of landscape architects, specialists in the design of outdoor　　　 environments--OlmstedBrothers ofBrookline, Massachusetts-to advise them on an　　　 appropriate layout for the university grounds. The plan impressed the university officials,(5) and in time many of its recommendations were implementeD、City officials in Seattle, the　　　 largest city in the northwestern United States, were also impressed, for they employed the　　　 same organization to study Seattle’’s public park needs. John Olmsted did the investigation　　　 and subsequent report on Seattle’’s parks. He and his brothers believed that parks should　　　 be adapted to the local topography, utilize the area’’s trees and shrubs, and be available to(10)the entire community. They especially emphasized the need for natural, serene settings　　　 where hurried urban dwellers could periodically escape from the city. The essence of the　　　 Olmsted park plan was to develop a continuous driveway, twenty miles long, that would　　　 tie together a whole series of parks, playgrounds, and parkways. There would be local　　　 parks and squares, too, but all of this was meant to supplement the major driveway,(15)which was to remain the unifying factor for the entire system.　　　 In November of 1903 the city council of Seattle adopted the Olmsted Report, and　　　 it automatically became the master plan for the city’’s park system. Prior to this report,　　　 Seattle’’s park development was very limited and funding meager.All this changed　　　 after the report.Between 1907 and 1913, city voters approved special funding measures(20)amounting to $4,000,000. With such unparalleled sums at their disposal, with the Olmsted　　　 guidelines to follow, and with the added incentive of wanting to have the city at its best　　　 for theAlaska-Yukon-PacificExposition of 1909, the ParksBoard bought aggressively.　　　By 1913 Seattle had 25 parks amounting to 1,400 acres, as well as 400 acres in　　　 playgrounds, pathways, boulevards, and triangles. More lands would be added in the(25)future, but for all practical purposes it was the great land surge of 1907-1913 that　　　 established Seattle’’s park system. According to the passage, which of the following was most directly influenced by theAlaska-Yukon-PacificExposition
A、The University of Washington
Brookline, Massachusetts

C、The mayor of Seattle
D．The Seattle ParksBoard

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