阅读理解 As the railroads and the highways shaped the American West in the past

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阅读理解 As the railroads and the highways shaped the American West in the past centuries, a new electrical generating(发电)and transmission(输送) system for the 21st century will leave a lasting mark on the West, for better or wor.Much of the real significance of railroads and highways is not in their directphysical effect on the scenery, but in the ways that they affect the surrounding community.The same is true of big solar plants and the power lines that will be laid down to move electricity around. The 19th century saw land grants (政府拨地) offered to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroads, leaving public land in between privately owned land.In much of the West, some of the railroad ctions were developed while others remained undeveloped, and in both cas the landownership has prented unique challenges to land management.With the completion of the interstate highway system, many of the small towns, which sprang up as railway stops and developed well, have lost their lifeblood and died.  Big solar plants and their power lines will also have effects far beyond their direct footprint in the West.This is not an argument against building them.We need alternative energy badly, and to readily take advantage of it we need to be able to move electricity around far more readily than we can now.  So tradeoffs will have to be made.Some scenic spots will be sacrificed.Some species will be forced to move, or will be carefully moved to special accommodations.Deals will be struck to reduce theimmediate effects. The lasting effects of the tradeoffs are another matter.The 21st century development of the American West as an ideal place for alternative energy is going to throw off a lot of power and money in the region.There are chances for that power and money to do a lot of good.But it is just as likely that they will be spent wastefully and will leave new problems behind, just like the railroads and the highways. The money t aside in negotiated tradeoffs and the institutions that control it will shape the West farbeyond the immediate footprint of power plants and transmission lines.So let's remember the effects ofthe railroads and the highways as we construct the new power plants in the West. 1. What was the problem caud by the construction of the railways? A. Small towns along the railways became abandoned.B. Some railroad stops remained underud.C. Land in the West was hard to manage.D. Land grants went into private hands. 2. What is the major concern in the development of alternative energy according to the last two     paragraphs? A. The transmission of power.  B. The u of money and power.C. The conrvation of solar energy.   D. The lection of an ideal place. 3. What is the author's attitude towards building solar plants? A. Cautious.  B. Approving.C. Doubtful.  D. Disapproving. 4. Which is the best title for the passage? A. How the Railways Have Affected the West B. How Solar Energy Could Reshape the West C. How the Effects of Power Plants Can Be Reduced D. How the Problems of the Highways Have Been Settled 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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