What is many captive shippers’ attitude towards the consolidation in the rail industry、

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• 1According to those who support mergers, railway monopoly is unlikely because ________.

  A.cost reduction is based on competition

  B.services call for cross-trade coordination

  C.outside competitors will continue to exist

  D.shippers will have the railway by the throat

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• 2From the text we learn that Stephen Cooper is ________.

  A.a well-known humanist

  B.a medical practitioner

  C.an enthusiast in animal rights

  D.a supporter of animal research

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• 3The author believes that, in face of the challenge from animal rights advocates, scientists should ________.

  A.communicate more with the public

  B.employ hi-tech means in research

  C.feel no shame for their cause

  D.strive to develop new cures

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• 4The example of the grandmotherly woman is used to show the public’s ________.

  A.discontent with animal research

  B.ignorance about medical science

  C.indifference to epidemics

  D.anxiety about animal rights

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• 5Misled people tend to think that using an animal in research is ________.

  A.cruel but natural

  B.inhuman and unacceptable

  C.inevitable but vicious

  D.pointless and wasteful

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• 6It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that ________.

  A.shippers will be charged less without a rival railroad

  B.there will soon be only one railroad company nationwide

  C.overcharged shippers are unlikely to appeal for rate relief

  D.a government board ensures fair play in railway business

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• 7The word “arbiters” (Line 7, Paragraph 4) most probably refers to those ________.

  A.who work as coordinators

  B.who function as judges

  C.who supervise transactions

  D.who determine the price

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• 8According 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

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• 9What is implied in the first sentence、

  A.Americans are better prepared for death than other people.

  B.Americans enjoy a higher life quality than ever before.

  C.Americans are over-confident of their medical technology.

  D.Americans take a vain pride in their long life expectancy.

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• 10The author uses the example of cancer patients to show that ________.

  A.medical resources are often wasted

  B.doctors are helpless against fatal diseases

  C.some treatments are too aggressive

  D.medical costs are becoming unaffordable

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