戴爾美語--托福考滿分秘訣- Detailed Factual Information 解題示範

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   The new railroad networks shifted the direction of western trade.  In 1840 most northwestern grain was shipped south down the Mississippi River to the bustling port of New Orleans.  But low water made steamboat travel hazardous in summer, and ice shut down traffic in winter.

   Products such as lard, tallow, and cheese quickly spoiled if stored in New Orleans’ hot and humid warehouses.  Increasingly, traffic from the Midwest flowed west to east, over the new rail lines. Chicago became the region’s hub, linking the farms of the upper Midwest to New York and other eastern cities by more than 2,000 miles of track in 1855. Thus while the value of goods shipped by river to New Orleans continued to increase, the South’s overall share of western trade dropped dramatically.

1. According to paragraph 3, in what way did the new rail networks change western trade?

(A) Northwestern farmers almost completely stopped shipping goods by

steamboat.

(B) Many western goods began to be shipped east by way of Chicago rather than south to New Orleans.

(C) Chicago largely replaced New York and other eastern cities as the final market for goods for the West.

(D) The value of goods shipped west soon became greater than the value of

goods shipped east.

1. 題目: 根據段落, 新的鐵路網絡以何種方法改變西部地區之貿易?

關鍵字詞---  rail networks change western trade   

原文定位--- The new railroad networks shifted the direction of western trade.  In 1840 most northwestern grain was shipped south down the Mississippi River to the bustling port of New Orleans.  But low water made steamboat travel hazardous in summer, and ice shut down traffic in winter.  Products such as lard, tallow, and cheese quickly spoiled if stored in New Orleans’ hot and humid warehouses.  Increasingly, traffic from the Midwest flowed west to east, over the new rail lines.  Chicago became the region’s hub, linking the farms of the upper Midwest to New York and other eastern cities by more than 2,000 miles of track in 1855.

段落首句訊息:  新的鐵路網改變了西方貿易之方向.  在1840, 大多數西北地區的穀物都沿著密西西比河順流而下至繁忙之城市紐奧良(New Orleans).  然而, 夏季時低水位使得蒸汽船航行有其風險, 而冬季時, 因河道結冰使其無法航行.  且受到其高溫與溼氣之故, 儲存於紐奧良穀物與其貨物快速毀壞.  因此, 從西往東之交通就漸漸地藉由鐵路運輸.  在1855時, 芝加哥藉著超過2000 哩之鐵路興建之變為該區域連接中西部與紐約與東部城市之樞紐.

Increasingly, traffic from the Midwest flowed west to east, over the new rail lines.  Chicago became the region’s hub

從上述之論述, 因鐵路之興築, 導致紐奧良(New Orleans) 之貿易地位由芝加哥(Chicago)所取代.

因而答案選擇 B. 

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