2013年6月英语六级考试备考深度阅读试题模拟与解析（6）_大学英语阅读

2013年6月英语六级考试备考深度阅读试题模拟与解析（6）

　　B) all shippers are served by only one rail company

　　C) overcharged shippers are unlikely to appeal for rate relief

　　D) a government board ensures fair play in railway business

　　55. The word arbiters most probably refers to those ______.

　　A) who work as coordination B) who function as judges

　　C) who supervises transactions D) who determine the pricewww.examw.com

　　56. According to the passage, the rate increase in the rail industry is caused by ______.

　　A) the continuing acquisition B) the growing traffic

　　C) the cheering Wall street D) the shrinking market

　　参考答案：

　　52--56 CDCBA

　　52.因果推断题。第二段开篇就描述了铁路合并支持者们认为合并有助于减少成本以及更好地合作服务，不用担心垄断，因为还有来自卡车等运输方式的强烈竞争，即...these mergers will allow for substantial cost reductions and better coordinated service.Any threat of monopoly，they argue，is removed by fierce competition from trucks。因此。正确答案为C项。

　　53.态度揣摩题。关于captive shipper文中提及很多次，多次表达了他们对铁路合并的态度，如i)many shippers complain that for heavy bulk commodities traveling long distances， trucking is too costly;ii)Shippers who feel that they are being overcharged...iii)Many captive shippers also worry they will soon be hit with a round of huge rate increases;iv)Many captive shippers fear that they will，as Norfolk Southern and CSX increase their grip on the market.，总体而言，captive shippers是不满、抱怨、担忧和担心的态度，因此正确答案为D项。