Question

China is a country on the move- especially around its Lunar New Year holiday. This year, the holiday crush（客流量） promises to be even heavier than before。

Government officials estimate that Chinese people will take to the air, roads and railways 3.62 billion times over a 40-day period around the nation's most important holiday this year as people push their way home for family gatherings or to satisfy their new-found passion for travel.

Getting tickets to all those would-be travelers is a discounting challenge that annually tries patience. And it is the railway system that routinely is most unable to cope. Railways are the transport of choice for low-cost long-distance travel, and that's where the ticketing system routinely falls down

Much of the criticism has, focused on the railway's-online purchasing system. Which has been unable to keep pace with the huge demand and also failed to stop scalpers（票販子） from ending up with many of the hard-to-find tickets.

While insisting that online sales were the fairest way to get tickets for travelers, railway officials told

reporters that the public need to be patient. Efforts were being made to provide online identity checks that would reduce the ticket scalping problems. While officials had little good news for rail passengers, they did manage to bring a few smiles to those traveling by car as the country's extremely expensive highway tolls （通行費）will be free of charge for the period of the official holiday.

1.Which of the following words can replace the underlined word "discounting" in Paragraph 3?

A. Promising.

B. Discouraging.

C. Pleasing.

D. Rewarding.

2.According to the text, getting tickets_____. around the official holiday.

A. is just a piece of cake

B. is more costly

C. takes great effort

D. is convenient for travelers

3.We can learn from the text that _______. around the New Year holiday.

A. there will be 3. 62 billion people going home

B the railway system will be facing more stress

C.. people's complaint .focus on the failure of online purchase

D. not railways but cars are the best choices for traveling

4.Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude to the railway service?

A. Objective.

B Doubtful.

C. Satisfied

D．Worried.

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了中國是一個特別圍繞農(nóng)歷新年假日的國家，今年，春節(jié)的客流量將會比往年更多。政府估計春節(jié)期間，中國人們將會乘坐飛機、公路、鐵路36.2億次回家過春節(jié)，或者滿足他們旅游的熱情。鐵路系統(tǒng)最難處理，許多批評聚集在網(wǎng)上鐵路售票系統(tǒng)，無法滿足巨大的需求以及無法阻止票販子結(jié)束很難找到的票。

1. tickets to all those would-be travelers is a discounting challenge that annually tries patience. 定語從句that annually tries patience.意思是：考驗?zāi)托�，可知這是一個不太讓人輕松的挑戰(zhàn)。四個選項中，只有B是“令人沮喪的，使人泄氣的”意思。所以這句話的意思是：對于這些將要出行的來說，獲得票是一件需要耐心的令人沮喪的挑戰(zhàn)。故選B。

2. tickets to all those would-be travelers is a discounting challenge that annually tries patience.意思是：對于這些將要出行的來說，獲得票是一件考驗?zāi)托牡牧钊司趩实奶魬?zhàn)。可知在官方假日期間，獲得票是需要很大的努力。故選C。

3. of the criticism has, focused on the railway's-online purchasing system. Which has been unable to keep pace with the huge demand and also failed to stop scalpers（票販子） from ending up with many of the hard-to-find tickets.意思是：最大的批判，聚集在鐵路網(wǎng)上售票系統(tǒng)，這個系統(tǒng)無法滿足巨大的需求，而且無法阻止票販子結(jié)束很難購買的車票�？芍�春節(jié)期間，鐵路將承受最大的壓力。故選B。

4. were being made to provide online identity checks that would reduce the ticket scalping problems. While officials had little good news for rail passengers, they did manage to bring a few smiles to those traveling by car as the country's extremely expensive highway tolls （通行費）will be free of charge for the period of the official holiday.意思是：正在努力提供網(wǎng)上識別檢測，減少倒賣黃牛票問題。當(dāng)政府對于鐵路乘客沒有好消息的時候，他們成功地給人們帶去一些笑容，通過坐車旅行，當(dāng)國家昂貴的通行費免費，在國家節(jié)假日期間�？芍�作者對于鐵路服務(wù)的態(tài)度是公正的。故選A。

考點：考查說明文閱讀。