Traveling by train is usually not easy in China. It can be hard to get a ticket. When you’re traveling to the railway station you look at your watch, afraid you will miss your train.
But there is good news for people traveling between Beijing and Shanghai. Construction (建設(shè)) on the express railway (高速鐵路) between the two cities started just before the Spring Festival of 2008. When it is finished by 2013, taking a train will be as easy as taking a bus.
“There will be trains every several minutes. Buying a ticket, getting through the checkpoint (檢查站) and taking your seat, will take just 10 minutes,” said an engineer.
There may be high-speed trains running at 350 kilometers an hour. The travel time between the two cities will decease from 10 to about 5 hours. The trains will carry twice the present number of passengers.
The new line will be 1,318 kilometers long and go across specially built bridges. It will run along side the present line. There will be 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu.
“The cost of traveling by the express railway may be around 800 yuan. That will be more expensive than an ordinary train, but cheaper than by air.” Said Zhang Xiaoling, a Jiangsu government official.
According to Zhang, the higher price is caused by the large cost of the railway project. At about 200 billion yuan, the project may be even more expensive than the Three Gorges Project (三峽工程).
小題1:The express railway between Beijing and Shanghai will be finished _______.
A．a(chǎn)t the end of this yearB．before the Spring Festival of 2008
C．a(chǎn)fter 2013D．in about 5 years
小題2:Before taking your seat, you should _____ with your ticket.
A．buy a ticketB．get through the checkpoint
C．pack your thingsD．make some friends
小題3:The word “decrease” in the passage possibly means ______ in Chinese.
A. 延長             B. 縮短         D. 提速             D. 限速
小題4:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Traveling by train is usually difficult in China because tickets are too expensive.
B. The high-speed trains will have 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Hunan and Jiangsu.
C. Tickets for the high-speed trains will be cheaper than those for planes.
D. The cost of the express railway project is as high as that of the Three Gorges Project.
小題5:What can be the best title of the passage?
A．An enormous project.B．Train tickets will get more expensive
C．Specially built bridgesD．Beijing—Shanghai express railway

小題1:D          
小題1:B
小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:D

主旨大意：在中國乘火車買票難是事實，但這一現(xiàn)象很快就會得到解決，北京和上海建立的高速鐵路到2013年竣工，所用時間和速度都會得到很到很大提升。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“started before the Spring Festival of 2008, it is finished by 2013”可知該工程歷時5年。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“buying a ticket, getting through the checkpoint and taking your seat”可知，需要檢票。
小題1:詞義理解題�；疖嚨乃俣燃涌�，那么所需要的時間將會縮短，故decrease意為“縮短”。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“That will be more expensive than an ordinary train, but cheaper than by air”可知，乘火車比乘飛機要便宜。
小題1:主旨理解題。從文章的主題來看，出現(xiàn)次數(shù)最多的就是express railway,故D是正確的。
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