四六级考试

【单选题】 The Erie Canal is mentioned in the passage because ________.
A．it ended just a few years later in a tremendous failure
B．it suffered from competition from railroads and trucks
C．it proved to be less profitable than its investors expected
D．its success led to the great American canal boom in the 1830s

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[解析] 推理判断题。根据第四段第二句，伊利运河的繁荣以惨重的失败而告终，正如大多数其他运河一样，没有让投资者赚到钱。由此可以推断，伊利运河并没有给投资者带来预期的回报。 查看试题解析出处>>