Superfast doubledecker (双层) trains will be taking passengers from London to six big cities in the UK by 2033. The first phase (阶段) linking London to the West Midlands with a connection to HS1 is expected to open in 2026, and the second phase to Manchester and Leeds in 2032.
The government set out a plan for the highspeed rail network in 2012. When the project is finished, it will take less time to get to London from major cities like Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. Traveling at a speed of up to 250 mph, passengers will be able to come and go from Birmingham to London in 49 minutes, reducing the journey time by almost half from one hour and 24 minutes.
A journey from Birmingham to Leeds will be reduced from two hours to 57 minutes and a journey from Manchester to London will be reduced from two hours and 8 minutes to one hour and 8 minutes.
“HS2 is an important part of transport's lowcarbon future,” Transport Secretary Justine Greening said. Some people aren't happy about the plan, though. HS2 will cost around ￡33 billion. It will also be built near some towns and villages, disturbing the people that live there.
But the Chancellor of the Exchequer (财政大臣) George Osborne thinks it will help build the future for Britain. “It's a longterm decision，” he said.
HS2 is designed for everything around the needs of the passengers. It will provide a new and exciting travel experience. There will be plenty of room, intelligent ticketing, a good service and high quality comfort and access to trains. This is a transport network for the new century and beyond.
1.What's the UK's plan according to the passage?
A. To buy some doubledecker trains.
B. To take passengers to Manchester from London.
C. To build a highspeed train network.
D. To collect ￡33 billion for the highspeed train network.
2.How long does it usually take you to travel from Birmingham to London by the ordinary train?
A. 49 minutes. B. One hour and 24 minutes.
C. 57 minutes. D. Two hours and eight minutes.
3.What can NOT be inferred from what Justine Greening and George Osborne said?
A. HS2 is more important than HS1.
B. Not all British people are happy about the plan.
C. The British will benefit from the project in the future.
D. The ￡33 billion will not be enough for the plan.
4.The passage is most probably taken from ________.
A. a novel B. a geography book
C. a personal diary D. a newspaper
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Superfast doubledecker (双层) trains will be taking passengers from London to six big cities in the UK by 2033. The first phase (阶段) linking London to the West Midlands with a connection to HS1 is expected to open in 2026, and the second phase to Manchester and Leeds in 2032.
The government set out a plan for the highspeed rail network in 2012. When the project is finished, it will take less time to get to London from major cities like Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. Traveling at a speed of up to 250 mph, passengers will be able to come and go from Birmingham to London in 49 minutes, reducing the journey time by almost half from one hour and 24 minutes.
A journey from Birmingham to Leeds will be reduced from two hours to 57 minutes and a journey from Manchester to London will be reduced from two hours and 8 minutes to one hour and 8 minutes.
“HS2 is an important part of transport's lowcarbon future,” Transport Secretary Justine Greening said. Some people aren't happy about the plan, though. HS2 will cost around ￡33 billion. It will also be built near some towns and villages, disturbing the people that live there.
But the Chancellor of the Exchequer (财政大臣) George Osborne thinks it will help build the future for Britain. “It's a longterm decision，” he said.
HS2 is designed for everything around the needs of the passengers. It will provide a new and exciting travel experience. There will be plenty of room, intelligent ticketing, a good service and high quality comfort and access to trains. This is a transport network for the new century and beyond.
1.What's the UK's plan according to the passage?
A. To buy some doubledecker trains.
B. To take passengers to Manchester from London.
C. To build a highspeed train network.
D. To collect ￡33 billion for the highspeed train network.
2.How long does it usually take you to travel from Birmingham to London by the ordinary train?
A. 49 minutes. B. One hour and 24 minutes.
C. 57 minutes. D. Two hours and eight minutes.
3.What can NOT be inferred from what Justine Greening and George Osborne said?
A. HS2 is more important than HS1.
B. Not all British people are happy about the plan.
C. The British will benefit from the project in the future.
D. The ￡33 billion will not be enough for the plan.
4.The passage is most probably taken from ________.
A. a novel B. a geography book
C. a personal diary D. a newspaper
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A double-decker sleeper coach fell off Changjiang Bridge in Jingzhou. It was because it tried to turn ___________away from a motorcycle that it crashed killing 14 passengers.
A．merely B．abruptly C．exactly D．cautiously
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All flights ____ because of the snowstorm, many passengers could do nothing but take the train.
A．had been canceled B．have been canceled
C．having been canceled D．being canceled
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The passengers were angry for the train being ______ without a notice in advance.
A. called in B. called up
C. called for D. called off
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Domestic airline passengers will be able to make phone calls and send e-mails from the sky from next year, a local carrier has said.
Shenzhen Airlines said on Monday it has signed an agreement with Geneva-based On-Air to provide passengers with in-flight communications services on all its planes by the end of 2009. The service will be introduced on three aircraft ahead of the 2008 Olympics, on two routes----from Shenzhen to Beijing and Shenzhen to Shanghai, the airline said.
Passengers will be able to use their own electronic devices to send e-mails and short messages, make calls and surf the Internet, it said. The service is expected to be of particular interest to business travelers.
According to a survey at the end of last year, China had 4.55 million mobile-phone subscribers. Ninety-three percent of those polled said they wished they could send and receive e-mails and messages while on a plane.
Despite the introduction of the new service, passengers will still be prevented from using their cell phones and laptops when the plane is taking off and landing, or flying at less than 3,000 m above sea level, the official said.
The official said the new service would not lead to an increase in ticket prices, but users of Chinese mobile-phone services will be charged the international roaming rate for any calls made from the sky.
Shenzhen Airlines is the first Chinese carrier to provide such in-flight communications services. Its president, Li Kun, said installing the facilities will cost 4.5 million yuan ($596,000) per aircraft. However, the project still needs to be approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, a source said.
1. According to the report, passengers can on the plane by the end of 2009.
A. make phone calls B. surf the Internet
C. send short messages D. all of the above
2. We can learn that the new service will be introduced .
A. on two routes B. in two cities C. after the Beijing Olympics D. on two aircrafts
3. Passengers will still be prevented from using their cell phones in the following situations except_______.
A. when the plane is taking off B. when the plane is landing
C. when the plane is flying at less than 3,000 m in above sea level
D. when the plane is flying at 4,000 m above sea level
4. It can be inferred that the new service will probably cause .
A. higher ticket prices B. lower ticket prices C. higher cell phone fee D. lower cell phone fee
5. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Domestic airline needs to improve their service.
B. Domestic airline will make phone calls and e-mails available.
C. Chinese mobile-phone services will help domestic airline.
D. Chinese mobile-phone will charge more.
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The dog, ______, will be made a good watchdog.
A. to train properly B. being trained properly
C. properly to train D. trained properly
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--John will probably be late for the train, won’t he?
--_________. There’s little time left.
A No way B. No wonder
C. No problem D. No doubt
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There’s still 5 minutes before the train leave. If we hadn’t taken a taxi, we _______ late.
A will be B. would have been C. have been D would be
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I had five hours in the company of First Great Western(FGW) last weekend, on a train full of passengers, all the way from Cornwall to London. I got to know some of my fellow passengers rather well. Not through talking to them, you understand.
There was the youth who was explaining to his friend exactly how he enjoyed a party with his friends last night. Opposite him was a young woman who was very excited to be going to Lanzarote for her summer holiday. And then there was the man who I took to be a car mechanic(汽车修理工); so detailed and technical was his conversation about a second-hand Audi. Everyone had a different, noisy ringtone, and none of the mobile phone conversations I was forced to hear was interesting.
By the end of the journey, I was silently complaining about the modern world, and feeling mad with FGW who, at the very moment when our carriage fell silent, would make an announcement about the buffet car (a carriage where food and drinks are sold) either opening or closing.
FGW seems to be campaigning against peace and quietness, having removed quiet carriage spaces where passengers were requested not to use mobiles so that their trains could carry more passengers. How so? I cannot understand why FGW takes no notice of passengers like me, who have suffered a lot from hearing endless telephone conversations. I have no interest in the smallest details of others’ lives. Making people listen to boring mobile phone conversations should be regarded as a rude act.”
Every train carriage should, in theory, be quiet. Why can’t that be the standard? It is possible to change public custom and practice. It was not so long ago that sidewalks were littered with dog waste：now it’s a general rule that dog owners clean it up after their pets. And once we restore peace and quietness to trains, we can then move on and stop people bringing fast food onto them, too.
1.How did the author get to know the three passengers?
A．From their phone conversations.
B．Through introductions.
C．In informal conversations.
D．By using a mobile phone.
2.At the end of the journey, the author ______.
A．became satisfied with FGW’s service
B．felt uneasy about the silence
C．was filled with anger
D．went to the buffet car
3.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?
A．He is in support of the decision of FGW.
B．He believes FGW will have more passengers.
C．He dislikes hearing others’ phone conversations.
D．He thinks it’s rude to listen to others’ conversations.
4.The author mentioned the rule of cleaning up dog mess to show ____.
A．dog mess has become a serious problem
B．quiet carriages can become the standard
C．noise in carriages is as troubling as dog mess
D．changing public custom and practice is difficult
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When I arrived at the station, I found the train _________ for passengers.
A. waited B. had been waiting C. would wait D. wait
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