首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against a company, public opinion tended to protect that com
A century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against a company, public opinion tended to protect that com
admin
2019-08-27
70
问题
A century ago in the United States, when an individual brought suit against a company, public opinion tended to protect that company. But perhaps this phenomenon was most striking in the case of the railroads. Nearly half of all negligence cases decided through 1896 involved railroads. And the railroads usually won.
Most of the cases were decided in state courts, when the railroads had the climate of the times on their sides. Government supported the railroad industry; the progress railroads represented was not to be slowed down by requiring them often to pay damages to those unlucky enough to be hurt working for them.
Court decisions always went against railroad workers. Mr. Farwell, an engineer, lost his right hand when a switchman’s negligence ran his engine off the track. The court reasoned that since Farwell had taken the job of an engineer voluntarily at good pay, he had accepted the risk. Therefore the accident, though avoidable had the switchmen acted carefully, was a "pure accident". In effect a railroad could never be held responsible for injury to one employee caused by the mistake of another.
In one case where a Pennsylvania Railroad worker had started a fire at a warehouse and the fire had spread several blocks, causing widespread damage, a jury found the company responsible for all the damage. But the court overturned the jury’s decision because it argued that the railroad’s negligence was the immediate cause of damage only to the nearest buildings. Beyond them the connection was too remote to consider.
As the century wore on, public sentiment began to turn against the railroads — against their economic and political power and high fares as well as against their callousness (无情) toward individuals.
What does the word "negligence" mean in the passage?
选项
A、Ignorance.
B、Arrogance.
C、Carelessness.
D、Depression.
答案
C
解析
根据文中第三段的“Mr.Farwell,an engineer, lost his right hand when a switchman’s negligence ran his engine off the track.”可知,法威尔先生是铁路部门的一名工程师。当一名扳道工因疏忽而导致车头脱离轨道时,法威尔失去了右手。从中可以推知,negligence意为“疏忽,过失”。四个选项中,ignorance意为“无知,愚昧”,arrogance意为“傲慢”,carelessness意为“粗心,疏忽”,depression意为“沮丧,经济大萧条”。据此可知,C项正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/izTO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Socialchangeismorelikelytooccurinsocietieswherethereisamixtureofdifferentkindsofpeoplethaninsocietieswhere
Socialchangeismorelikelytooccurinsocietieswherethereisamixtureofdifferentkindsofpeoplethaninsocietieswhere
Findingsfromseveralstudiesoncorporatemergersandacquisitionsduringthe1970sand1980sraisequestionsaboutwhyfirmsi
Thesenatorwasmadetodigresstimeandagainfromthemainpointofhisspeechbecauseofthered______constantly______byhis
Everytimeapersoneatssomethinghemakesanutritionaldecision.Heacceptsorrejectsthefoodavailabletohimathomefor
"GangnamStyle",the______popularsongfromSouthKoreanrecordingartistPSYhasjustbecomethemostwatchedvideoonYouTube
The______ofsuchI.Q.testsfullofquestionsonAmericanculturewasnotquestionedatthattime.
It’sallannualback-to-schoolroutine.Onemorningyouwavegoodbye,andthat【C1】______eveningyou’reburningthelate-nightoi
Allanimalsmustrest,butdotheyreallysleepasweknowit?Theanswertothisquestionseemsobvious.Ifananimalregularly
明末清初之际,中国与欧美国家之间开始了具有近代意义的文化交流,这就是西方近代科学知识的东渐和以儒学为中心的中国传统文化的西传。对中国来说,这是继印度佛教文化传入中国之后,中国文化又一次大规模地对外来文化的吸收时期。在明末清初的100多年间,伴随着西方传教士
随机试题
1912年元月南京临时政府在总统府设立秘书处根据的是
简述行政单位领拨经费的两种方式以及这两种方式的区别。
慢性血吸虫肝病最常见的CT特征是
下列各项中,属于工资管理模块提供的主要报表有()。
英译汉:“fowl cholera;rinderpest;swine fevet”,正确的翻译为( )。
()也被称为“酸性测试比率”。
简述概化理论研究中G研究和D研究的含义及其研究内容。
依据我国现行宪法规定,公民在行使自由和权利时不得损害()。(2011多53)
访问控制列表(ACL)配置如下,如果来自因特网的HTTP报文的目标地址是162.15.10.10,经过这个ACL过滤后会出现什么情况?(58)
A、Theback.B、Theabdomen.C、Theknees.D、Thelegs.A事实细节的找寻和判断。根据原文Toliftsomethingfromthefloorcorrectly,firstbendyour
最新回复
(
0
)