GWD03 - Q33 没想明白，火车那道题。

Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the passage?

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 _______.

1. most people in favor of expanding the rail system reported less congestion during their highway commute as the primary benefit they would experience
           
2. 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
           
3. 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
           
4. expanding the commuter rail system will require the construction of dozens of miles of new railbed
           
5. 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

选A，这题说的是调查的对象大多有利益关系，即使是如此高（80%）的支持率，调查得出的结论也是不可靠的。

还是不太明白啊。

这道题选A

当前有车的人想不拥挤，于是赞成盖铁路 为什么就叫有利益关系呢？

人们建铁路的目的就是要减少交通拥挤啊。

bu ming bai bu ming bai.

是那些喜欢公路交通的人，大喊着要扩建铁路系统，但是铁路系统扩建好后，他们还是喜欢自己可以开车子的公路系统。

所以选a.

我是排除法做得选的a，

通过题目，要选出一个建铁路不好的选项，c,d,e很明显不对，因为没有反对建立火车道；

再看b分析了20%的人为什么不支持，但是从语气上更多的是补充说明，而不与上面形成一个强烈的转折语气。

再看a说了80%的人中其实有相当一部分是走高速公路的。与之前80%的人形成呼应，语义确实有转折意味。

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

Originally, we assume the construction of commuter rail would provide a more convenient means of transportation for the public and many people would take advantage of public transportation.

the poll results indicate that expansion of the rail system, if successfully completed, would be unlikely to achieve its goal of easing congestion,

Unfortunately the railway system will not accomplish its goal.

most people in favor of expanding the rail system reported less congestion during their highway commute as the primary benefit they would experience

“less congestion during their highway commute as the primary benefit”, the quote indicates that most of the people in purporting commuter rail has an assumption in their mind that other people will switch to the commuter rail from driving. Indeed, most of the 80% people regarding “less congestion during their highway commute” as their primary benefit. If every one is expecting other people would take commuter rail rather than drive, the plan is obvious failing.

D expanding the commuter rail system will require the construction of dozens of miles of new railbed. The commuter rail does occupy some existing road area, however, it still take better usage of the road than the same area of road left for driving. In addition, D is not a logic reasoning from the pool result.