完型填空,通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
     years and years people have been saying that railways are dead. “We can do             railways,” people say，         cars and planes have made railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow,        money and are dying. But this is far from the           . In these days of expensive         , railways have become highly competitive（竞争的）with cars and planes. If you want to carry people or things from place to place, they’re          than planes. And they have much in           with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and          does a railway. What is more, a railway takes you from the heart of a city center. It doesn’t stop as a car does on crowded roads. And no plane or car can ever carry as many goods(货物) as one train          .
Far from being dead, railways are much          . Modern railway lines give you a comfortable journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep comfortably, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling         ? And we are only the beginning, for we have just         the age of super-fast trains, which can travel almost 200          an hour or more. Soon we will be wondering        we spent so much on highways and planes we can’t fly in because we don’t have enough money to buy the oil.

A．For B．Since C．In D．Of

A．instead of B．out of C．with D．without

A．as if B．even if C．even though D．such as

A．win B．make C．lose D．shut

A．background B．truth C．secret D．business

A．electricity B．water C．oil D．time

A．cheaper B．more expensive C．faster D．slower

A．same B．similar C．total D．common

A．so B．as C．this D．also

A．carry B．do C．does D．did

A．spare B．painful C．sad D．alive

A．from time to time B．at the same time C．Once upon a time D．all the time

A．entered B．gone C．left D．got

A．meters B．kilograms C．miles D．pounds

A．that B．whether C．how D．why