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Thosewhowelcomedtherailwaysawitasmorethanarapidandcomfortable meansofpassing.Theyactuallysawitasafactorinworldpeace.Theydidnotforeseethattherailwaywouldbejustonemoremeansfortherapidmovementofaggressivearmies.Noneofthemforesawthatthemorewearetogether—themorechancesthereareofwar.Anyboyorgirlwhoisoneofalargefamilyknowsthat.
Wheneveranynewinventionisputforward,thoseforitandthoseagainstitcanalwaysfindmedicalmentoapproveorcondemn.Theanti-railwaygroupproduceddoctorswhosaidthattunnelswouldbemostd angeroustopublichealth:theywouldproducecolds,catarrhs(黏膜炎)andconsumptions.Thedeafeningnoiseandtheglareoftheenginefire,wouldhaveabadeffectonthenerves.Further,beingmovedthroughtheairatahighspeedwoulddograveinjurytodelicatelungs.Inthosewithhighbloodpressure,themovementofthetr ainmightproduceapoplexy.Thesuddenplungingofatr ainintothedarknessofatannel,andtheequallysuddenrushintofulldaylight,wouldcausegreatd amagetoeyesight.Butthepro-railwaygroupwasofcourseabletoproduceequallyfamousmedicalmentosayjusttheopposite.Theysaidthatthespeedandswingofthetr ainwouldequalizethecirculation,promotedigestion,tr anquilizethenerves,andensuregoodsleep.
Theactualrolling-stockwasanythingbutcomfortable .Ifitwasatestofendurancetositforfourhoursoutsideacoachinrain,orinsideindirtyair,therailwayofferedlittlemoreinthewayofcomfort.Certainlythefirst-classcarriageshadcushionedseats;butthesecond-classhadonlynarrowbareboards,whilethethird-classhadnothingatall;noseatsandnoroof;theywerejustopentr ucks.Sothatthird-classpassengersgainednothingfromthefewmodeexceptspeed.Inthematterofcomfort,indeedtheylost;theydid,onthecoaches,haveaseat,butnowtheyhadtostandalltheway,whichgaveopportunitiestothecomicpress.Thiskindofthing:"Amanwasseenyesterdaybuyingathird-classticketforthenewLondonandBirminghamRailway.Thestateofhismindisbeingenquiredinto".
Awriterintheearlydaysofrailwayswrotefeelinglyofbothsecond-andthird-classcarriages.Hemadethesuggestionthatthedirectorsoftherailwaysmusthavesentallovertheworldtofindthehardestpossiblewood.Oftheopenthird-classtr uckshesaidthattheyhadthepeculiarpropertyofmeetingtherainfromwhateverquarteritcame.Hedescribedthemashorizontalshower-baths,fromwhosesearchingpowertherewasnoescape.
36.Allboysandgirlsinlargefamiliesknowthat______.
A)aboyandagirlusuallyfightwhentheyaretogether
B)peopletendtobetogethermorethantheyusedtobe
C)alotofpeoplebeingtogethermakesfightslikely
D)railwayleadstheworldtopeace
正确答案：C答案：C
[试题分析]细节题。
[详细解答]第一段的最后一句话是"Anyboyorgirlwhoisoneofalargefamilyknowsthat．”，其中that显然指代前一句"Noneofthemforesawthatthemorewearetogether—themorechancesthereareofwar．”的内容，所以，显然本题答案为C。
