T-9-Q33.

Which of the following, if true , most logically completes the passage?

A recent poll found that over 80 percent of the residents of Nalmed Province favored a massive expansion of the commuter rail system as a means of significantly easing congestion on the province’s highways and were willing to help pay for the expansion through an increase in their taxes. Nevertheless, the poll results indicate that expansion of the rail system, if successfully completed, would be unlikely to achieve its goal of easing congestion, because        .

1. most of people in favor of expanding the rail system reported less congestion during their highway commute as the primary benefit they would experience.

2. of the less than 20 percent of residents not counted as favoring the expansion, about half claimed to have no opinion one way or the other.

3. the twice-daily periods of peak congestion caused by people commuting in cars have grown from about an hour each to almost two and a half hours each in the past 20 years.

4. expanding the commuter rail system will require the construction of dozens of miles of new railroads.

5. the proposed expansion to the commuter rail system will make it possible for some people who both live and work at suburban locations to commute by rail.

这题选A。A是怎么解释目的达不到的啊？是不是说，大家都希望自己那段告诉能够通畅，轨道交通早在他们那边，最后谁也得不到好处啊？

you should notice 'less congestion' and 'easing congestion'.

it is my understanding about this topic.

first, you'd better understand that "the railway system" are different from the "highway" system

 although 80% of the people are favoring the railway, actually they are not likely to use it

they would probably still use the highway, thus the congestion may continue to occur.

你问的那句话意思是:那些人回答说,修铁路的对于他们的最大好处就是他们走高速路的时候不堵了

换句话说,这些人都觉得修了铁路开车的人就会少,所以他们都还是会继续开车,那么HIGHWAY照样堵,选项还很严密的强调了是most of people