【跪求高手答疑】TPO33 第二篇阅读19题

fadeday

网上查了很多链接和资料，而且无论做几次，我都会选择D。请大神帮忙看看解释一下。附原文相关片段和题目如下：Paragraph 3
The new railroad networks shifted the direction of western trade. In 1840 most  
northwestern grain was shipped south down the Mississippi River to the bustling port  of New Orleans. But low water made steamboat travel hazardous in summer, and ice  shut down traffic in winter. Products such as lard, tallow, and cheese quickly spoiled if  stored in New Orleans‟ hot and humid warehouses. Increasingly, traffic from the  Midwest flowed west to east, over the new rail lines. Chicago became the region‟s  hub, linking the farms of the upper Midwest to New York and other eastern cities by  more than 2,000 miles of track in 1855. Thus while the value of goods shipped by  
river to New Orleans continued to increase, the South‟s overall share of western trade  dropped dramatically.

题目：
5.  According to paragraph 3, what was a disadvantage of shipping goods from  northwestern areas to New Orleans?
A.    There was no reliable way to get goods from New Orleans to eastern cities.
B.    The cost of shipping goods by river to New Orleans continued to increase.
C.    Goods shipped from New Orleans‟ neighboring areas had a significant  competitive advantage because of their lower transportation costs.
D. The temperatures and humidity.


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我查到的答案解析：
答案  B
解析  细节题: Thus while the value of goods shipped by river to New Orleans  continued to increase, the South‟s overall share of western trade dropped
dramatically.  意思是说因为虽然货物本身的价值在增加,  但是南部的市场 份额却在下降,  就暗示了越来越少人的人愿意通过该途径运货,  即要么速 度太慢要么成本太高。因此这道题的答案是 B


我的问题是： the value of goods continued to increase,那是货物本身的价值好嘛，不是运输成本。文段根本没有提到运输成本的细节，为什么会选这个？？？？？？？

xffree

goods 后面还有shipped by river修饰呢，是通过河流运输的货物，不就是货物的运输成本吗。个人意见。

fadeday

xffree 发表于 2015-10-16 12:40
goods 后面还有shipped by river修饰呢，是通过河流运输的货物，不就是货物的运输成本吗。个人意见。 ...

这句话的重心不是在value上面吗 value这个词的含义有成本的意思吗？

8717858sho

同问 我也选D