2. 外语
  3. The railroads【C1】______ a key role in the settlement of the West. They provided relatively easy【C2】______ to the region for the

The railroads【C1】______ a key role in the settlement of the West. They provided relatively easy【C2】______ to the region for the

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问题     The railroads【C1】______ a key role in the settlement of the West. They provided relatively easy【C2】______ to the region for the first time, and they also actively received farmers to settle there. The railroads are criticized【C3】______ their part in settling the West too rapidly.【C4】______ , there were abuses【C5】______ with building and operating the railroads, but it must be pointed out that they performed a useful service in【C6】______ the frontier and helping to achieve national【C7】______ .
    The real tragedy of the rapid settlement of the Great Plains 【C8】______ the shameful way in which the American Indians were treated. Threatened with the destruction of their whole【C9】______   of life, the Indians fought back savagely【C10】______ the white man’s final thrust(强行推进). Justice was almost entirely  【C11】______ the Indians’ side. The land was clearly theirs; frequently their title was legally【C12】______ by a treaty negotiated with the federal government. The Indians,【C13】______ , lacked the military force and political power to protect this right. Not only did white men encroached 【C14】______ the Indians’ hunting ground, but they rapidly destroyed the Indians’ principal【C15】______ of existence--the buffalo. It has been【C16】______ that some 15 million buffalo roamed the plains in the 1860s. By 1869 the railroads【C17】______ the herd in half, and by 1875 the southern herd was 【C18】______ eliminated. By the middle of the 1880s the northern herd was also a thing of the past. Particularly irritating to the Indians was the fact【C19】______  the white man frequently killed the buffalo merely for sport, leaving the valuable animal to rot【C20】______ .
【C20】
选项 A、under the sun
B、in the sun
C、in the world
D、on the world
答案B
解析 考查介词短语的意义和用法。in the sun意为“在阳光下”，如：The cat likes to sit in the sun．(猫喜欢晒太阳。)under the sun指“世界上，究竟”，常用来加强语气，如： His dream is to go to every country under the sun．(他的梦想就是要到世界上的每一个国家去。)in the world指“天下，到底”，常用来加强语气，如：He is a sullen person，and nothing in the wor
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