GWD 3-33 好像没有问过

顿顿的微笑

Q33:             

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

答案是A，可以帮我解释一下A是什么意思吗？谢谢

simonshen

A的意思是:大多数支持扩建铁路的人都说,他们觉得扩建铁路对他们最大的好处是,(扩建以后),他们在高速公路上开车往返时交通就不会再这么拥挤了.隐含的意思是,他们其实自己不想坐火车,只是希望铁路建成后别人都去坐火车,这样高速公路上的车就会少,他们开车就不会挤了.大家都是这么想的,那么就是说,即使铁路扩建了,也还是没多少人会选择坐火车,大家还是在高速公路上开汽车,交通状况还是不会缓解,这个逻辑关系大致就是这样.

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-11-6 22:39:13编辑过]

顿顿的微笑

你这么解释我明白了，谢谢

可是考试的时候这么点时间，看一遍这句话真得挺难理解到这个程度的

simonshen

如果这句话是中文写的,相信你就不会这么吃力了吧?呵呵,所以说到底,还是要多培养自己的英语阅读能力,提高英语的基本功啊.

顿顿的微笑

我也是那么觉得的，关键还是阅读的能力。逻辑做得不好不是思维能力不好，是没看懂

scotfield

lxhf0406

这样的阿？要疯掉了。

jz1986111

这个阅读真难~