首页
登录
职称英语
Before the mid 1860’s, the impact of the railroads in the United States was
Before the mid 1860’s, the impact of the railroads in the United States was
游客
2023-11-22
36
管理
问题
Before the mid 1860’s, the impact of the railroads in the United States was limited, in the sense that the tracks ended at this Missouri River, approximately the center of the country. At the point the trains turned their freight, mail, and passengers over to steamboats, wagons, and stagecoaches. This meant that wagon freighting, Stage coaching, and steam boating did not come to an end when the first train appeared; rather they became supplements or feeders. Each new "end of track" became a center for animal drawn or waterborne transportation. The major effect of the railroad was to shorten the distance that had to be covered by the older, slower, and more costly means. Wagon freighters continued operating throughout the 1870’s and 1880’s and into the 1890’s. Although over constantly shrinking routes, coaches and wagons continued to crisscross the West wherever the rails had not yet been laid. The beginning of a major change was foreshadowed in the later 1860’s, when the Union Pacific Railroad at last began to build westward from the Central Plains city of Omaha to meet the Central Pacific Railroad advancing eastward from California through the formidable barrier of the Sierra Nevada. Although President Abraham’ Lincoln signed the original Pacific Railroad bill in 1862 and a revised, financially much more generous version in 1864, little construction was completed until 1865 on the Central Pacific and 1866 on the Union Pacific. The primary reason was skepticism that a railroad built through so challenging and thinly settled a stretch of desert, mountain, and semiarid plain could pay a profit. In the words of an economist, this was a case of "premature enterprise", where not only the cost of construction but also the very high risk deterred private investment. In discussing the Pacific Railroad bili, the chair of the congressional committee bluntly stated that without government subsidy no one would undertake so unpromising a venture; yet it was a national necessity to link East and West together. [br] Why does the author mention the Sierra Nevada in line 12?
选项
A、To argue that a more direct route to the West could have been taken.
B、To identify a historically significant mountain range in the West.
C、To point out the location of a serious train accident.
D、To give an example of an obstacle faced by the central pacific.
答案
D
解析
语义理解题。根据“the Sierra Nevada”所在句可知作者提到它是因为它是修建横跨东西铁路的一个巨大的障碍。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3208272.html
相关试题推荐
Whatwillfuturehistoriansrememberabouttheimpactofscience【C1】______
Whatwillfuturehistoriansrememberabouttheimpactofscience【C1】______
Whatwillfuturehistoriansrememberabouttheimpactofscience【C1】______
Whatwillfuturehistoriansrememberabouttheimpactofscience【C1】______
Whatwillfuturehistoriansrememberabouttheimpactofscience【C1】______
Whatwillfuturehistoriansrememberabouttheimpactofscience【C1】______
Whatwillfuturehistoriansrememberabouttheimpactofscience【C1】______
Whatwillfuturehistoriansrememberabouttheimpactofscience【C1】______
Whatwillfuturehistoriansrememberabouttheimpactofscience【C1】______
Whatwillfuturehistoriansrememberabouttheimpactofscience【C1】______
随机试题
Tobeabletofillleisureintelligentlyisthelastproductofcivilization
使用不合格的计量器具或者破坏计量器具准确度,给国家和消费者造成损失的,将被责令赔
患者女,50岁。缺失,余牙正常,口底至舌侧牙龈距离为10mm,设计铸造可摘局部义
中枢性呕吐的常见病因是A.急性胆囊炎 B.脑出血 C.胆石症 D.急性胰腺
旋覆代赭汤中的君药是A.旋覆花B.半夏C.代赭石D.人参E.生姜
下列能较全面地反映岩土工程监理的依据内容的是()。 A.承包单位管理规定B
1999-64.下列哪项不是痫证发作时治标之法 A.疏肝解郁B.
(2019年真题)某女,15岁,1月前因急性阑尾炎而住院手术治疗,刀口愈合良好。
医师注册后应当由卫生行政部门注销注册的情形是A.受罚款行政处罚的 B.受警告行
导致路基行车带压实不足,甚至局部出现“弹簧”现象的主要原因有()。A.压路
最新回复
(
0
)