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[填空题]Large cities prefer light rail to "heavy" rapid-rail systems because light rail requires less construction material.
[填空题]In America a light-rail vehicle consumes more energy than a city bus does per passenger per kilometer.
[单项选择]第三篇 London’s First Light Rail System
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) took just three years to build at a cost of ￡77 million. It is London’s first Light Rail System, but its route follows that of a number of older lines, which carried the nineteenth century railways through the crowed districts of the East End.
The section of the line from the Tower Gateway Station to Poplar follows the line of one of London’s earliest railways, the London & Blackwell (1840), a cable-drawn railway (later converted to steam) which carried passengers to steam ships at Blackwell Pier, and provided transport for the messengers and clerks who went backwards and forwards between the docks (码头) and the city every day.
From Poplar to Island Gardens, a new line crosses high above the dock waters, and then joins the old track of the Millwall Extension Railway, built to service the Millwall Docks (1868) and to provide transport for workers in the local factories. This line was horse-drawn for part of its rou
A. was constructed in the nineteenth century.
B. will be finished in three years’ time.
C. follows some of the original lines.
D. took three years longer than expected to complete.
[填空题]We have gained a large ______ (grow) of light industry during these years.
[填空题]There has been a large (grow) ______ of light industries during these years.
