According to those who welcomed the railway, the railway itself should include all the following except that ______.A) the railway enables people travel fastB) the railway brings comfort to peopleC) the railway makes the world peacefulD) the railway leads

According to the passage，the greatest challenge to the new high-speed railway plan is ．

A．technical issues

B．safety of the system

C．financial problems

D．maintenance of railway tracks

Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A．New Railway Standards

B．Big Railway Dreams

C．High—speed Bullet Trains

D．International Railway Network

Comparing British railway with those of Europe, the author thinks

[A] trains in Britain can run at 100 mph at least.

[B] Britain should build more express lines.

[ C] rails in Britain need further privatization.

[D] British railway is left a long way behind.

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The world's longest high -speed railway route, running from Beijing to Guangzhou, has been in operation for a few years. It cuts travel time between the two cities from 22 hours to only 8 hours. With comfortable seats and quiet cabins, this high -speed line offers a pleasant journey for thousands of travelers.

The high speed railway connects Beijing with five provincial capitals. Part of the line, from Zhengzhou to Guangzhou, was in operation before the whole line was connected. The opening of the Beijing to Zhengzhou section has connected the entire line. It covers a total length of 2,298 kilometers.

The Beijing -Guangzhou line connects one third of China's population and more than 40 percent of its economic power. Travelers benefit from the efficient network, and find that their hometowns are not that far away.

As the American publication Newsweek puts it: China is now engaged in a“railway revolution”. These350 kilometer per hour high -speed railway trains have made the country's vast territory “substantially smaller”,and changed the country economically.

()26. The world's longest high-speed railway route is from Beijing to Guangzhou.

()27. It takes only 10 hours from Guangzhou to Beijing by train.

()28. The opening of the Beijing to Zhengzhou section has linked with the total route.

()29. The Beijing-Guangzhou line connects one third of China's population and more than 40 percent of its economic power.

()30. These 350 kilometer per hour high-speed railway trains have made the country's vast territory “considerably smaller”,and changed the country economically.

He ran to the railway station and _____the last train.

A、catch

B、catches

C、caught

D、catched

According to the anti -railway group, all the followings are true but ______.

A) tunnels are dangerous to public health

B) the noise and the glare of the engine fire may affect people' s nerves

C) the rapid speed through the air does damage to people's lungs

D) to those with high blood - pressure, the rapid speed of the train causes them to die

I travel to the Binhai New Area by light railway every day, _____ do many businessmen who live in downtown Tianjin.

A. as B. which C. when D. though

Which of the following words best describes the author’s attitude towards China’s high-speed railway plan?

A．Critical．

B．Reserved．

C．Doubtful

D. Positive．

According to Gerald Corbett, British railway is structured

[A] for the benefit of commuters.

[B] to the advantage of the government.

[C] for the effect of better coordination.

[ D] as a replacement of the private system.

一What time will the next train leave ?

一 .

A. Five people

B. At 8.19

C. At the railway station

The train had left( ) Apce hurried to the railway station.

A. after

B. as

C. while

D. when

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Those who welcomed the railway saw it as more than a rapid and comfortable means of passing. They actually saw it as a factor in world peace. They did not foresee that the railway would be just one more means for the rapid movement of aggressive armies. None of them foresaw that the more we are together—the more chances there are of war. Any boy or girl who is one of a large family knows that.

Whenever any new invention is put forward, those for it and those against it can always find medical men to approve or condemn. The anti-railway group produced doctors who said that tunnels would be most dangerous to public health: they would produce colds, catarrhs(黏膜炎) and consumptions. The deafening noise and the glare of the engine fire, would have a bad effect on the nerves. Further, being moved through the air at a high speed would do grave injury to delicate lungs. In those with high blood pressure, the movement of the train might produce apoplexy. The sudden plunging of a train into the darkness of a tannel, and the equally sudden rush into full daylight, would cause great damage to eyesight. But the pro-railway group was of course able to produce equally famous medical men to say just the opposite. They said that the speed and swing of the train would equalize the circulation, promote digestion, tranquilize the nerves, and ensure good sleep.

The actual rolling-stock was anything but comfortable. If it was a test of endurance to sit for four hours outside a coach in rain, or inside in dirty air, the railway offered little more in the way of comfort. Certainly the first-class carriages had cushioned seats; but the second - class had only narrow bare boards, while the third - class had nothing at all; no seats and no roof; they were just open trucks. So that third - class passengers gained nothing from the few mode except speed. In the matter of comfort, indeed they lost; they did, on the coaches, have a seat, but now they had to stand all the way, which gave opportunities to the comic press. This kind of thing: "A man was seen yesterday buying a third - class ticket for the new London and Birmingham Railway. The state of his mind is being enquired into".

A writer in the early days of railways wrote feelingly of both second - and third - class carriages. He made the suggestion that the directors of the railways must have sent all over the world to find the hardest possible wood. Of the open third -class trucks he said that they had the peculiar property of meeting the rain from whatever quarter it came. He described them as horizontal shower - baths, from whose searching power there was no escape.

36. All boys and girls in large families know that ______.

A) a boy and a girl usually fight when they are together

B) people tend to be together more than they used to be

C) a lot of people being together makes fights likely

D) railway leads the world to peace

We may safely conclude that ______.

A) the author belongs to the anti-railway group

B) the author belongs to the pro-railway group

C) the author speaks highly of the railway

D) the author may never take train because of its potential dangers