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18．The new high speed railway line between Urumqi，capital of the Xinjiang Uygur self-governing region，and Lanzhou，capital of Gansu province，has cut train travel time by half to less than 12 hours．
The dramatic improvement will benefit many families planning reunions for Spring Festival．
"For the first time，I feel home is not that far away after all，"said Liang shaofu as he boarded a high speed train in Urumqi with six members of his family．
The 35 year old left Lanzhou to set up a dry fruit business in Xinjiang eight years ago，and he has now settled in Urumqi．
The 1，776 km line，which passes through Qinghai province and is the country's first high speed railway built in a high altitude region，came into service on Dec 26．
"We normally drive home for Spring Festival to avoid the difficulties of buying seven train tickets for the whole family during the peak season，"Liang said．"Driving can be very tiring and dangerous sometimes，so one year we even decided not to go back to Lanzhou simply to avoid the trip．
More than 600，000 passengers traveled on the line during its first month，and the Urumqi Railway Bureau said the introduction of high speed services will ease transport pressure during the Spring Festival peak season．
The existing usual railway line could no longer support Xinjiang's development．All passenger trains will gradually shift to the new link，leaving the old one to be used for goods．As a result，Xinjiang's annual goods ability could reach 200 million metric tons from the current 70 million．
The line passes through areas that experience high winds，and it also crosses parts of the deserted Qinghai Tibet Plateau and the bone dry sands of the Gobi Desert．
The project could help China to promote its high speed railway technology abroad，said Ma Xizhang，director of the Lanzhou Xinjiang railway project's management department in Xinjiang．
21． How long did it take to go from Urumqi to Lanzhou by the usual train before？D
A．about 12 hours．
B．About 6 hours．
C．About 18 hours．
D．About 24 hours．
22．What's the main advantage of the new high speed railway？D
A．It takes more time to go to Urumqi to Lanzhou．
B．It will be more convenient for people all over the country to Xinjiang．
C．All the people in Lanzhou can return home on festivals．
D．It helps to improve Xinjiang's development．
23．From the passage we can learnB．
A．Xinjiang's annual goods ability can increase nearly four times
B．the new railway technology may help more railway lines to be built abroad
C．the high speed railway lines can't be built across the bone dry sands
D．the old railway lines can only carry goods now
24．Which of the following is true according to the passage？C
A．The new high speed railway line is good for all people to go home．
B．The new high speed railway line benefits businessmen to carry goods．
C．Taking the new train is safer than driving home from Urumqi to Lanzhou．
D．Businessmen seldom went home for Spring Festival before．

Answer 1

分析 本文講述了新疆到蘭州高速鐵路的修建使得時間縮短一半后，需要不到12小時的時間．鐵路過渡到貨運，貨運量得以增加，從而支持了新疆的發(fā)展，另外對于春節(jié)回家的人來說也是非常方便．

解答 21：D  推理判斷題．根據第一段中的"…h(huán)as cut train travel time by half to less than 12 hours．"可知，時間縮短一半后，還需要不到12小時的時間，故可知原來需要大概24小時．故正確答案為D．
22：D 細節(jié)理解題．根據第八段前兩句"The existing usual railway line could no longer support Xinjiang's development．All passenger trains will gradually shift to the new link，leaving the old one to be used for goods．"可知，原來的老鐵路不再能支持新疆的發(fā)展，高速鐵路的修建使得舊鐵路過渡到貨運，貨運量得以增加，從而支持了新疆的發(fā)展．其它選項均不符合文意．故正確答案為D．
23：B 細節(jié)理解題．根據最后一段中的"The project could help China to promote its high-speed railway technology abroad"可知，這個項目可以促進中國的高鐵技術走向世界，即中國的高鐵新技術可以幫助其他的一些國家修建更多的鐵路．故正確答案為B．
24：C  細節(jié)理解題．根據第六段中的"'Driving can be very tiring and dangerous sometimes，so one year we even decided not to go back to Lanzhou simply to avoid the trip．'"可知乘坐新的高鐵和自己駕車相比要安全，C項正確；根據第二段內容可知，此處說的是高鐵對春節(jié)回家的人來說，更為便捷，此處的"all the people"錯誤，因此A項錯誤；根據第六段第一句"We normally drive home for Spring Festival to avoid the difficulties of buying seven train tickets for the whole family during the peak season"，可知D項錯誤；根據倒數第三段第二句"All passenger trains will gradually shift to the new link，leaving the old one to be used for goods"可知B項錯誤．故正確答案為C．

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