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China and much of the__2__world. In Europe the national rail systems and various levels of__3__haveprioritized passenger service as a(n)__4__of checking the growth of the automobile, with its traffic jam and environmentproblems. Significant__5__have occurred in improving the fort of__6__and in passenger rail stations, but mostnoticeable have been the upgrading (升級 ) of track and equipment in order to__7__high changeable speeds. Freight transport has tended to__8__because of the emphasis on passengers. Because of their __9__ changeable speeds, freighttrains are frequently__10__from time to time, when passenger trains are most__11__. Overnight journeys may not__12__the needs of freight customers. This inpatibility (不相容 ) is a factor in the loss of freight business by most rail systems still trying to__13__both freight and passenger operations. It is in North America__14__the divorce between freight and passenger rail business is most plete. The__15__railway panies could not__16__against the automobile and airline__17__for passenger traffic, and constantly withdrew from the passenger business in the 1970s. They were left to only operate a freight system, which has generally been__18__. The passenger business has been__19__by public agencies, AMTRAK in the US, and VIARail in struggling to survive. A major problem is that they have to lease trackage (出租鐵路使用權(quán) )from the freight railways, and thus slower freight trains have priority. 文章大意:本文從不同方面介紹了鐵路交 通。 1. A. since B. while C. before D. which 答案: A 考查句與句之間的關(guān)系,根據(jù)文意: “ 之所以鐵路上客運優(yōu)先,是因為 ??” 。選項中, since“ 因為 ” ; while“ 在 ?? 期間 ” ; before“ 在 ?? 之前 ” ; which“ 哪一個 ” 。 2. A. developed B. developing C. Asian D. poor 答案: B 根據(jù)文中的 India和 China及常識判斷是 “ 在很多發(fā)展中國家 ” 。雖然印度和中國屬于亞洲,但是根據(jù)文意, C項顯然不夠全 面。 3. A. city B. province C. government D. town 答案: C 根據(jù)文中的 in Europe 和四個選項可以推斷 government 最佳,因為這樣更概括一些,這里沒有必要具體化。 4. A. method B. aspect C. means D. item 答案: C 句意是:把客運服務(wù)作為一種方式。