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One day in 1935 the management of Britian’s Southern Railway (as it was then called) announced its intention to close the blanch
One day in 1935 the management of Britian’s Southern Railway (as it was then called) announced its intention to close the blanch
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One day in 1935 the management of Britian’s Southern Railway (as it was then called) announced its intention to close the blanch line from Lynton to Barnstable in North Devon. The proposal was received by the local inhabitants with angry protest. For them, the tall-chimneyed locomotives and the little flower-bordered stations of Devon had become as much of an institution as the village church or tavern. Moreover, the line ran through the heart of a popular tourist district. What would the holidaymaker do without it? Closing down the railway line had been unthinkable, yet now some busybody official in remote London was threatening to destroy it with a stroke of the pen
Mounting local opposition resulted in a meeting at Barnstable, where the crowd was joined by very vocal protestors from the other end of the line at Lynton. The meeting seemed to be going well for the railway supporters until the chairman politely inquired how many people from Lynton had traveled to Barnstable by train. Out of the embarrassed silence that followed emerged the painful truth that, to a man, those who had come from Lynton to fight for the railway had come by highway. The fact of the Lynton and Barnstable branch line was sealed.
This sad little story is typical of the attitude of many Englishmen toward their railways. Dissatisfied with the age of sheet metal, plastics, and reinforced concrete in which we find ourselves, we long more and more for the substantial, self-confident, and respired products of the Victorian era. Of that age, Britain’s railways are the most eloquent and enduring reminders.
What is the meaning of to a man" in Line 4, Paragraph 2?
选项
A、A man.
B、Every person.
C、As far as a man is concerned.
D、To a human being.
答案
B
解析
词义理解题。文章第二段“to a man”意为“every man”全部。如:They agreed to a man.他们全体—致同意。
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