A.For the same reasonB.For that purposeC.As a resultD.On the contrary
A.For the same reason
B.For that purpose
C.As a result
D.On the contrary
A.For the same reason
B.For that purpose
C.As a result
D.On the contrary
第1题
In the nineteenth century Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly (1)_____ a stage-coach, pulled along by a team of horses, that could (2)_____ more than twenty miles of road within sixty minutes. To us in the twentieth century in (3)_____ man is able to move and to communicate with such rapidity, the (4)_____ of the stage-coach seems no speed at all. Aeroplanes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour; express trains (5)_____ four times the speed of the stage-coach; and even without (6)_____ we can, by wireless or telegraph, communicate within seconds with people on (7)_____ side of the' globe. The (8)_____ of these increased speeds are numerous. Business (9)_____ say, from Europe to America or to the Far East can save much time. (10)_____ a journey that would once have taken weeks, it (11)_____ now, by air, only twenty-four hours. Fruit, vegetables and other goods that would decay (12)_____ a long, slow journey can now be safely sent to far-distant places. Members of one family (13)_____ each other by vast distances can have conversations with each other by telephone (14)_____if they were all sitting in the same room.
Not ail the effects of speed, however, are (15)_____ People who are in the habit of using a motor car (16)_____ they want to move half a mile become physically lazy and lose the (17)_____ of enjoying a vigorous walk. Those who travel through a country at eighty miles a hour do not see much of the life of that country, of its people and animals and plants, as they flash (18)_____ They become so anxious about moving quickly from one place to another that they are (19)_____ able to relax and enjoy a (20)_____ journey.
A.for
B.in
C.at
D.of
第3题
A.For example
B.Accordingly
C.On the average
D.Nevertheless
第4题
A.for the better
B.in the least
C.at the most
D.at the best
第6题
A.For instance
B.As a result
C.In brief
D.On the whole
第7题
A.for themselves
B.by themselves
C.themselves
D.on their own
第9题
A.For the future
B.In the future
C.For future
D.To future