Question

完型填空,通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中選出一個最佳選項。

years and years people have been saying that railways are dead. “We can do railways,” people say， cars and planes have made railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, money and are dying. But this is far from the . In these days of expensive , railways have become highly competitive（競爭的）with cars and planes. If you want to carry people or things from place to place, they’re than planes. And they have much in with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and does a railway. What is more, a railway takes you from the heart of a city center. It doesn’t stop as a car does on crowded roads. And no plane or car can ever carry as many goods(貨物) as one train .

Far from being dead, railways are much . Modern railway lines give you a comfortable journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep comfortably, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling ? And we are only the beginning, for we have just the age of super-fast trains, which can travel almost 200 an hour or more. Soon we will be wondering we spent so much on highways and planes we can’t fly in because we don’t have enough money to buy the oil.

1.A. For B. Since C. In D.Of

2.A.instead of B. out of C. with D. without

3.A.as if B. even if C. even though D.such as

4.A.win B. make C. lose D.shut

5.A. background B. truth C. secret D.business

6.A.electricity B. water C. oil D.time

7.A. cheaper B. more expensive C. faster D.slower

8.A.same B. similar C. total D.common

9.A. so B. as C. this D.also

10.A. carry B. do C. does D.did

11.A.spare B. painful C. sad D.alive

12.A.from time to time B.at the same time C. Once upon a timeD.all the time

13.A.entered B. gone C. left D.got

14.A.meters B. kilograms C. miles D.pounds

15.A. that B. whether C. how D.why

Answer 1