A.switching to B.flourish C.marketplace A. which companies will【T7】______ B. who have the option of【T8】______trucks C. who loses in the【T9】______ 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【T10】______ 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【T11】______ and which will fail. "Do we really want railroads to be the arbiters of who wins and【T12】______ ?" asks Martin Bercovici, a Washington lawyer who frequently represents shipper.
单选题 【T7】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:will后跟动词原形,所以选flourish。
单选题 【T8】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:介词of后跟名词或动名词,空格后出现了名词trucks,空格所填词语后必须能跟名词,所以选switching to。
单选题 【T9】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:who loses后跟某地点,in the marketplace“在市场上”符合。
单选题 【T10】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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。
单选题 【T11】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】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。
单选题 【T12】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】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。