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[单项选择]The author refers to the impact of railroads before the late 1860's as "limited" because ______.
A. the track did not take the direct route from one city to the next
B. passengers and freight had to transfer to other means of transportation to reach western destinations
C. passengers preferred stagecoaches
D. railroad travel was quite expensive
[单项选择]The author refers to his clearest memory of Samarkand as "humble" because ______.
A. it was an ordinary scene that he remembered
B. it was his last night in the city and his last memory
C. the elm trees were older than Genghis Khan
D. the trees looked impressive in the evening light
[单项选择]The author refers to straw embeded in fence posts in order to show ______.
A. where tornadoes occur
B. who makes reports about tornadoes
C. when tornadoes take form
D. how tornadoes affect physical objects
[单项选择]According to the author, "class divisions" refers to" ______ "
A. the rich and the poor
B. different opportunities for people
C. oppressor and the oppressed
D. genius and idiot
[单项选择]You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one,
you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer
each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to
check your answer. You will hear each piece once only.
Judy Blume writes mostly about ______.
A. adults
B. struggles in the work place
C. struggles for survival
D. struggles for growing up
[单项选择] In recent years, railroads have been combining with each other, merging into super systems, causing heightened concerns about monopoly. As recently as 1995, the top four railroads accounted for under 70 percent of the total ton-miles moved by rails. Next year, after a series of mergers is completed, Just four railroads will control well over 90 percent of all the freight moved by major rail carriers.
Supporters of the new super systems argue that these mergers will allow for substantial cost reductions and better coordinated service. Any threat of monopoly, they argue, is removed by fierce competition from trucks. But many shippers complain that for heavy bulk commodities traveling long distances, such as coal, chemicals, and grain, trucking is too costly and the railroads therefore have them by the throat.
The vast consolidation within the rail industry means that most shippers are served by only one rail company. Railroads typically charge such "captive" shippers 20 to 30
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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In recent years, railroads have been combining with each other, merging into super systems, causing heightened concerns about monopoly. As recently as 1995, the top four railroads accounted for under 70% of the total ton-miles moved by rails. Next year, after a series of mergers is completed, just four railroads will control well over 90% of all the freight moved by major rail carders.
Supporters of the new super systems argue that these mergers will allow for substantial cost reductions and better coordinated service. Any threat of monopoly, they argue, is removed by fierce competition from trucks. But many shippers complain that for heavy bulk commodities traveling long distances, such as coal, chemicals, and grain, trucking is too costly and the railroads therefore have them by the throat.
The vast consolidation within the rail industry means that most shippers are served by only one Rail Company/Railroads typically charge such "capti
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
[单项选择]You can go out, ______you promise to be back before 11 o'clock.
A. even though
B. ever since
C. as far as
D. as long is
