2013同等学力申硕英语每日一练 12月10日

　　A . which companies will ( 1 ) _____

　　B . who have the option of ( 2) ______ trucks

　　C . who loses in the ( 3)______

　　Railroads justify rate discrimination against captive shippers on the grounds that in the long run it reduces everyone ' s cost . If railroads charged all customers the same average rate , they argue , shippers ( 4 ) _____ or other forms of transportation would do so , leaving remaining customers to shoulder the cost of keeping up the line . It ' s theory to which many economists subscribe , but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining ( 5 ) _____ and which will fail . " Do we really want railroads to be the arbiters of who wins and ( 6 )_____? " asks Martin Bercovici , a Washington lawyer who frequently represents shipper .

　　答案解析：

　　1.【答案】flourish

　　【解析】 will 后跟动词原形，所以选flourish 。

　　2.【答案】switching to

　　【解析】介词of 后跟名词或动名词，空格后出现了名词trucks ，空格所填伺语后必须能跟名词，所以选switching to 。

　　3.【答案】 marketplace

　　【解析】who loses 后跟某地点，in the marketplace “在市场上”符合。

　　4.【答案】B

　　【 解析】 空格前说如果铁路对所有客户都平均收费，后文提到卡车或其他运输方式，运输方式之间有转换，B 项中的switching to 与之对应。

　　5.【答案】】 A

　　【 解析】 空格后出现的and 表示并列，空格所选项与“which will fail ”结构上并列，所以选A 。

　　6.【答案】B

　　【解析】空格前出现了and ，空格后所选项与空格前的“who wins ”并列，所以选B 。