题目内容：

    Ralph Waldo Emerson once quoted that “Nothing great can ever be achieved without enthusiasm.” I have a lot of enthusiasm. This is Northlandz in Flemington, New Jersey. Northlandz is the world’s largest model railroad. Well I guess, you know, everybody has a passion for something, my thing was trains.

I had trains around the Christmas tree as a kid. Wherever I lived I was planning track plans and then over 18 years I added five basements onto the house. And from that I got fairly good at making mountains and bridges and design work and we decided to give it to the world so we tore it all down, bought this land and built Northlandz.

Any given day we run between 85 and 90 trains. Here are some of the details in Northlandz inside—about 40,000 feet of track, and about 4,000 buildings over 400 bridges. Many of the mountains in here are three and a half stories high. Most things in here are scratch built. Underneath the entire superstructure there’s enough lumber to build about 42 large houses. It takes a few hours to go through for the average person to see everything.

We went millions into debt to build this place. Everybody thought we were nuts. The only one that believed in what I wanted to do was my wife and she was totally with me on this big time. It’s an artistic effort. It’s a gift to the world of what I can do and it makes a lot of people happy.

1.In Para. 1 the quote of Ralph Waldo Emerson is used to .

A.show that the author is as outstanding as Ralph Waldo Emerson

B.illustrate the author’s passion for the creation of Northlandz

C.draw readers’ interest in the model railroad called Northlandz

D.explain why the author is successful in his career

2.What can be inferred from Para. 2?

A.The author could drive trains around as a kid.

B.The author decided to donate the house to the world.

C.When he was 18. the author built five basements of the house.

D.The author’s hobby since childhood inspired his building Northlandz.

3.What can we learn about Northlandz?

A.It is the largest real railroad throughout the world.

B.There run 85 trains on the 40,000 feet of track every day.

C.People have to spend much time appreciating every detail of it.

D.Many mountains in it are so high as to reach three and a half meters.

4.What did people think of the author’s devotion to building the place?

A.Crazy and skeptical.

B.Artistic and admirable.

C.Ambitious and pleasant.

D.Frustrating and unbelievable.