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In the United States, train transportation is unpopular compared with cars and airplanes. Most people like traveling by car or by air.
Officials of the United States Department of Transportation made a study in 2001. The study is about how many miles Americans traveled by different means of transportation. They only studied trips longer than 50 miles. The study showed that fifty-six percent of all miles were traveled in personal vehicle. Forty-one percent were traveled in an airplane. Two percent were traveled in a bus. And less than one percent of miles were traveled in a train.
Amtrak is the national provider of train transportation in the United States. In the past ten years, the number of its passengers has increased by eighteen percent. Although the number of passengers has increased, it is still very small now. In countries such as France, Germany, or Japan, more people use trains.
There are several reasons why many people __________________________.
Firstly, Americans love to drive their own cars. On highways, cars can travel as fast as trains. These highways connect all major cities in America.Secondly, many travelers like to be independent. When they use their own cars they can decide when to travel. Thirdly, many buses travel between major cities. Bus travel is less costly than train travel.
In a huge country like the United States, cities are far away from each other. In some cases, travel from one city to another by train may take more than a day. Airplanes can carry passengers over long distances much faster. People who do not want to spend long time traveling by train decide to fly. For these people saving time is the most important thing.
小題1:What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
小題2:Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
It’s convenient for people to decide the start-off time when they travel in their own cars.
小題3:Please fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.( Please answer within 10 words.)
小題4:What means of transportation do you like best when traveling, trains, cars, or planes? Why? (Please answer within 30 words)
小題5:Translate the underlined sentences in the last paragraph into Chinese.

小題1:Train transportation in the USA is less popular.
小題2:When they use their own cars they can decide when to travel.
小題3:don’t like to travel by train
小題4:Usually I’d like to travel by car, because I can decide when to travel.
If it is a long distance, I’ll travel by air, because it is faster.
小題5:那些不想花長時(shí)間坐火車旅行的人就決定乘飛機(jī),對(duì)這些人來說,節(jié)約時(shí)間是最重要的。

小題1:文章主要討論的正是在美國火車這種交通方式不如以前了。
小題2:根據(jù)文章可知開私家車有很多的優(yōu)勢(shì),其中之一就是可以直接決定何時(shí)出發(fā)。
小題3:根據(jù)下面幾段可知都是講述人們不喜歡做火車的原因。
小題4:本題是發(fā)表個(gè)人的觀點(diǎn),根據(jù)文章的意思應(yīng)該是指人們喜歡開汽車出行。
小題5:翻譯同上。
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