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简答题 Passage One Knowing why English people always look for an empty compartment and are reluctant to talk to strangers I thought I was going to have a quiet trip to Scotland. That suited me as I had a 1ot of work to do in preparation for my business meeting the following day. I always travel long distance by train as I can sit down and work at a table and in any case I find both driving and flying very nerve-racking and exhausting. The journey turned out to be something of a nightmare. Our train was blocked by heavy snowfalls. When it became clear that rescue would take some time, everybody piled into one carriage to huddle together for warmth. So I spent the night singing and telling and listening to stories. We were airlifted out by helicopter in the morning. Despite the troubles on the way, I am glad I took the train as some of my colleagues, traveling by car never arrived at the meeting. Why was the writer expecting a quiet trip? __________________________________________________________________ Why does he prefer trains to airplanes and cars? __________________________________________________________________ Why did the passengers gather together in one carriage? __________________________________________________________________ Finally the passengers were rescued by __________ _________________________________________________________________ Some of the writers colleagues didnt arrive at the meeting because_________ __________________________________________________________________ Passage Two Many American women are earning money outside their homes today. Among women who are eighteen to sixty-four years old, fifty percent have jobs. In general, working women have had more education than those who stay at home. Of those who work, thirty-two per cent have attended college, compared with twenty per cent of those who do not have jobs. Among women with jobs, eight out of ten drive a car to work, and eight per cent took a vacation away from hom