.A recent poll found that over 80 percent of the residents of Nalmed Province favored a massive expansion of the commuter rail system as a means of significantly easing congestion on the province’s highways and were willing to help pay for the expansion through an increase in their taxes. Nevertheless, the poll results indicate that expansion of the rail system, if successfully completed, would be unlikely to achieve its goal of easing congestion, because . A. most of people in favor of expanding the rail system reported less congestion during their highway commute as the primary benefit they would experience. B. of the less than 20 percent of residents not counted as favoring the expansion, about half claimed to have no opinion one way or the other. C. the twice-daily periods of peak congestion caused by people commuting in cars have grown from about an hour each to almost two and a half hours each in the past 20 years. D. expanding the commuter rail system will require the construction of dozens of miles of new railroads. E. the proposed expansion to the commuter rail system will make it possible for some people who both live and work at suburban locations to commute by rail.
文章目的:ease congestion On the highway。 A. most of people in favor of expanding the rail system reported less congestion during their highway commute as the primary benefit they would experience. 注意during their highway commute as the primary benefit they would experience. 大概解释:作为他们能得到的主要好处在高速路上的时候。 也就是说这些人本来就不想走railway,所以就算railway建好了,他们也是不走的,只是希望railway的建造能减少一些人跟他们挤highway,所以ease congestion on highway的目的不能达到。
B. of the less than 20 percent of residents not counted as favoring the expansion, about half claimed to have no opinion one way or the other. 无关其他人是否有意见 C. the twice-daily periods of peak congestion caused by people commuting in cars have grown from about an hour each to almost two and a half hours each in the past 20 years. 无关过去20年讨论将来。 D. expanding the commuter rail system will require the construction of dozens of miles of new railroads. 造这个system会要求新路的建造。也与题干没有关系。看成congestion~~桑心~~ E. the proposed expansion to the commuter rail system will make it possible for some people who both live and work at suburban locations to commute by rail. 无关受益人群