Question

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. Construcion(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) to taking your seat will take just a few minutes,”said a message on the government’s website.

There may be high-speed trains running at 350 kilometers an hour. The travel time between the two cities will decrease from 10 to about five 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 alongside 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 Xiaolin, 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).

1.The express railway between Beijing and Shanghai will be finished .

A、at the end of this year

B、before the Spring Festival of 2008

C、in 2013

2.Before taking your seat, you’re supposed to with your ticket.

A、buy a ticket

B、get through the checkpoint

C、pack your things

3.The word “decrease”in the passage possibly means in Chinese.

A、延長 B、縮短 C、提速

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A、Traveling by train is usually diffcult in China because tickets are too expersive.

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.

5.What can be the best title of the passage?

A、Beijing-Shanghai express

B、Train tickets will get more expensive

C、Specially built bridges

Answer 1