Question

For years and years people have been saying that the railways are dead. “ We can do without railways.” People say…as if motorcars and planes have made the railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, and that they’re dying .But this is far from the truth: in these days of expensive oil, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they are cheaper than planes. And they have much in common with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and so does a railway. What is more, it takes you from the heart of a city into the heart of another. It doesn’t leave you up as a plane does, miles and miles from the city center. It doesn’t hold you up as a car does, in endless traffic jams, and a single train carry goods which a plane or a motorcar could never do.

Far from being dead, the railways are very much alive. Modern railway lines give you a smooth, untroubled journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep in comfort, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling at speed at the same time? And we are only at the beginning, for we have just entered the age of super-fast trains, trains traveling at 150 miles an hour and more. Soon we will be wondering why we spent so much on motorcars we can’t use because we have not enough money to buy the oil and planes we can’t fly for the same reason..

1.Some people think the railways are unnecessary for many reasons except that       .

A．planes and motorcars have taken the place of trains

B．oil is expensive today

C．trains are slow

D．railways lose money

2.According to the writer, which of the following is Not true?

A．It is cheaper to travel by train than by plane.

B．The railway station is usually at the center of the city.

C．When you get off the plane you will find yourself right in the city center.

D．No motorcar or plane can carry as many goods as a train does.

3.The writer thinks that the railways, far from being dead, are very much alive because      .

A．we can have a smooth and untroubled journey

B．we’ll not have enough money to fly in planes

C．we can now travel in super-fast train

D．a(chǎn)ll of the above

4.The best title for this passage may be”        ”

A．Not the End but the Beginning

B．Which is the Best: Train, Motorcar or Plane

C．Trains are More Competitive than Motorcars or Planes

D．Oh, Super-fast Trains

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：作者列舉了一些現(xiàn)代火車的長處和飛機(jī)及汽車的一些短處，只是說明在油價昂貴的今天，火車跟飛機(jī)相比還是具有高度競爭力的.

1.細(xì)節(jié)題：從語篇第一段第2、3句中as if motorcars and planes have made the railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, and that they’re dying . 即可判斷ACD是正確的，選項B為正確答案。

2.細(xì)節(jié)題：選項C符合試題要求，因為它跟第1段第9、10句It doesn’t leave you up as a plane does, miles and miles from the city center.相悖。至于其他選項均可在語篇中找到依據(jù)，選C。

3.細(xì)節(jié)題：文章第二段提到：Modern railway lines give you a smooth, untroubled journey.和because we have not enough money to buy the oil and planes we can’t fly for the same reason.以及for we have just entered the age of super-fast trains,

說明ABC都對，所以選D

4.主旨題：從第二段的句子： Far from being dead, the railways are very much alive.和And we are only at the beginning,可知作者認(rèn)為火車沒有結(jié)束才剛剛開始。選 A

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點評：這篇文章有些抽象，考查題型多樣細(xì)節(jié)題，推理題，主旨題都有，需要結(jié)合上下文提供的語境和信息進(jìn)行概括和判斷。要求較高。