【简答题】Directions : In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the secon...
【单选题】IN 1871 America added about 6,000 miles of track to its railways, an endeavor that occupied a tenth of its industrial labour force. But by 1875 track-building had fallen by more than two-thirds, and e...
A.
to serve as a background of the passage.
B.
to illustrate the wild ups and downs of the railway industry
C.
to introduce the fatalistic view that recession, however unpleasant, is necessary.
D.
to display the relationship between industrial development and employment rate.