2. 外语
  3. The railroads【C1】______ a key role in the settlement of the West. They provided relatively easy【C2】______ to the region for the

The railroads【C1】______ a key role in the settlement of the West. They provided relatively easy【C2】______ to the region for the

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问题     The railroads【C1】______ a key role in the settlement of the West. They provided relatively easy【C2】______ to the region for the first time, and they also actively received farmers to settle there. The railroads are criticized【C3】______ their part in settling the West too rapidly.【C4】______ , there were abuses【C5】______ with building and operating the railroads, but it must be pointed out that they performed a useful service in【C6】______ the frontier and helping to achieve national【C7】______ .
    The real tragedy of the rapid settlement of the Great Plains 【C8】______ the shameful way in which the American Indians were treated. Threatened with the destruction of their whole【C9】______   of life, the Indians fought back savagely【C10】______ the white man’s final thrust(强行推进). Justice was almost entirely  【C11】______ the Indians’ side. The land was clearly theirs; frequently their title was legally【C12】______ by a treaty negotiated with the federal government. The Indians,【C13】______ , lacked the military force and political power to protect this right. Not only did white men encroached 【C14】______ the Indians’ hunting ground, but they rapidly destroyed the Indians’ principal【C15】______ of existence--the buffalo. It has been【C16】______ that some 15 million buffalo roamed the plains in the 1860s. By 1869 the railroads【C17】______ the herd in half, and by 1875 the southern herd was 【C18】______ eliminated. By the middle of the 1880s the northern herd was also a thing of the past. Particularly irritating to the Indians was the fact【C19】______  the white man frequently killed the buffalo merely for sport, leaving the valuable animal to rot【C20】______ .
【C8】
选项 A、lied in
B、consisted of
C、resulted in
D、told of
答案A
解析 考查动词的意义和搭配。lie in表示“在于?，如：The key to easing the situation lies in their stopping their subversion．(缓和局势的关键在于他们停止颠覆活动。)consist of表示“由……组成”，如：The prizes in the games consist of medals and diplomas．(运动会的奖品有奖牌和奖状。)result in表示“造成……的结果”，如：Their efforts resulted
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