Beginning in about 1910, however, the electric inter-urban trains began to lose business, and now they no longer exist. The automobile offered quicker passenger service and cheaper transportation of freight. So the automobile was responsible for ending the era of electric inter-urban trains.

　　1. The first railroads were mainly used to transport coal or industrial products.

　　2. Topography was the determinant of the routes of the earliest railroads.

　　3. The first steam train of America moved faster than that of England.

　　4. The early locomotives were rather uncomfortable and few passengers would like to be served by them.

　　5. Owing to automobile and air transportation, the railroads are suffering a lot at present.

　　6. Farmers were eager to invest their savings in railroads because they wanted their local governments to grant them more lands.

　　7. The passage gives a general description of the historical development of railroads.

　　8. In the decade of 1830-1840, _______miles of railroad tracks were built in the United

　　States.

　　9. It took_______years to build the transcontinental railroad of America.

　　10. With the emergence of_______, the age of electric inter-urban trains come to an end.

　　答案：1. Y 2. Y 3. N 4. N 5. NG 6. N 7. Y 8. 2805 9. 5 10. the automobile

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