[单项选择]Who objected to the closing of the railway branch line


A. Only people living in Barnstaple.
B. Workers of the Southern Railway.
C. People of both Barnstaple and Lynton.
D. The management of the Southern Railway.

[单项选择]One of the arguments against closing the railway line was that______.


A. a few tourists would come into the area
B. people from outlying districts would be unable to attend religious services
C. the economy of the people would suffer greatly
D. it would be difficult to go from Lynton to Barnstaple

[单项选择]The people who objected to the new approach were told that since work had already started there was no point in______.


A. protesting
B. overthrowing
C. reeling
D. growling

[单项选择]The people who objected to the new road were told that since work had already started, there was no point in______.


A. objecting
B. opposing
C. fighting
D. protesting

[单项选择]According to those who support mergers, railway monopoly is unlikely because ______.
A. cost reduction is based on competition
B. services call for cross-trade coordination
C. outside competitors will continue to exist
D. shippers will have the railway by the throat

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Text 4
Those who welcomed the railway saw it as more than a rapid and comfortable means of passing. They actually saw it as a factor in world peace. They did not foresee that the railway would be just one more means for the rapid movement of aggressive armies. None of them foresaw that the more we are together—the more chances there are of war. Any boy or girl who is one of a large family knows that.
Whenever any new invention is put forward, those for it and those against it can always find medical men to approve or condemn. The anti-railway group produced doctors who said that tunnels would be most dangerous to public health: they would produce colds, catarrhs(黏膜炎) and consumptions. The deafening noise and the glare of the engine fire, would have a bad effect on the nerves. Further, being moved through the air at a high speed would do grave injury to delicate lungs. In those with high blood pressure, the movement of the train might produce apoplexy.
A. the author belongs to the anti-railway group
B. the author belongs to the pro-railway group
C. the author speaks highly of the railway
D. the author may never take train because of its potential dangers