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For years and years people have been saying that the railways arc dead. "We can do without railways," people say, as if motorcar
For years and years people have been saying that the railways arc dead. "We can do without railways," people say, as if motorcar
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2010-06-03
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For years and years people have been saying that the railways arc dead. "We can do without railways," people say, as if motorcars and planes have made the railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, and that they are dying. But this is far from the truth. In those days of expensive oil, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they are cheaper than planes. And they have much in common with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and so does a railway. What is more, it takes from the heart of a city into the heart of another. It doesn’t leave you as a plane does, miles and miles from the city center. It doesn’t hold you up as a car does, in endless traffic jams. And a single train can carry goods which a plane or motorcar could never do.
Far from being dead, the railways are very much alive. Modern railway lines give you a smooth, untroubled journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep in comfort, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling at speed at the same time? And we are only at the beginning. For we have just entered the age of super fast trains, trains traveling at 150 miles an hour and more. Soon we will be wondering why we spent so much on motorcars we can’t use because we have not enough money to buy the oil and planes we can’t fly for the same reason.
According to the writer, it seems that .
选项
A、we can do without railways
B、trains have much in common with motorcars and planes
C、motorcars and planes are not as good as trains
D、trains are as good as motorcars and planes
答案
D
解析
根据文章第一段第六句至最后一句、第二段第一句至第三句可知,火车与汽车和飞机一样舒适,而且还有另两者所不具备的优点,因此选D
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