Read the excerpt from song, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”Once I built a railroad, made it run, Made it race against time. Once I built a railroad, Now it's done— Which idea is conveyed in the excerpt?
Answer
A
The speaker does not want to build rails anymore.
B
All the necessary railroad tracks have been completed.
C
The American railroads are the fastest in the world.
D
The speaker used to have work, but now there isn’t any.
Explanation
The speaker says, “Once I built a railroad,” which places the work in the past. The line “Now it’s done” suggests that the job is finished and the speaker no longer has that work. This conveys that the speaker used to be employed but now has no work, choice D.
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