Many captive shippers also worry they will soon be hit with a
round of huge rate increases. The railroad industry as a whole,
despite its brightening fortunes, still does not earn enough to
cover the cost of the capital it must invest to keep up with its
surging traffic. Yet railroads continue to borrow billions to
acquire one another, with Wall Street cheering them on. Consider
the $10.2 billion bid by Norfolk Southern and CSX to acquire
Conrail this year. Conrail''s net railway operating income in 1996
was just $427 million, less than half of the carrying costs of the
transaction. Who''s going to pay for the rest of the bill? Many
captive shippers fear that they will, as Norfolk Southern and CSX
increase their grip on the market.
试题
According to the text, the cost increase in the rail industry is
mainly caused by________.
[A] the continuing acquisition
[B] the growing traffic
[C] the cheering Wall Street
[D] the shrinking market
根据本文，铁路行业的成本增加的主要原因是_______
[A]不断的收购。
[B]逐渐增长的运输量。
[C] 欢呼的华尔街。
[D] 逐渐缩小的市场。
【答案】A
【解题思路】
本题考查文中因果关系，而且特别注意题干中加了mainly，表明文中有可能出现多个原因。根据题干关键词the cost
increase in the rail industry和依次而下顺序出题原则定位在文章最后一段。本段第三句Yet
railroads continue to borrow billions to acquire one
another中，yet表转折，是常见的出题点。Continue和 acquire是A选项中的匹配信息。
【错误干扰】
文中第二句提到铁路公司还没有足够的钱去增加投资，以满足快速发展的交通（surging
traffic）的需要，但是，这并不是引起成本提高的主要原因，因此B是错误选项。C选项的信息出自第三句后面with Wall
Street cheering them on，是伴随状语，不是主要原因。D选项在文中根本没有提及，是无中生有。
【高频词汇】
shrink v.下降；缩水（同义词decline, descend, decrease, minimize,
diminish）
The vast rainforests of West Africa have shrunk.
西非的大片热带雨林面积已缩小了。
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