请教:天山真题VERBAL-Q33

飘飞的叶子

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 _______.

A. most 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 railbed
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

答案A,可我不太明白.less congestion不等于ease congestion,所以没有achieve its goal,对吗?请解释一下,谢谢.

qww

这题实际上增加了一环的理解。从推论看需要完成的意思为：因为较少的人会坐火车，所以扩大铁路的运输量不会达到缓解高速公路的拥堵状况。
A的意思是大部分支持扩展铁路的人是那些希望高速公路拥堵减少的人。（也就是说，大部分现在在高速上跑的人不会转到铁路上，所以扩建铁路没有意义。）
不知你现在清楚了没有。

cranberry

如果都去高速路,高速路又会拥挤了

qww

顺便问一下什么是天山真题，从那里来的？

飘飞的叶子

明白了,谢谢.我不知怎样把天山真题连在这个贴上,不好意思啦.但你可在"GMAT机经专区+MATH讨论"中搜索到,似乎置顶了.据说是机考真题,和现在的机考难度接近,值得做.