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Four great railway journeys
Travelling by rail holds a romantic and old-fashioned appeal that can’t be matched by flying or driving. By taking the slow route, you get to experience and interact with an area in a completely different way.
The Rocky Mountaineer
Where: Canada, from Vancouver to Banff, Jasper and Calgary.
When: In June, which is springtime in the Rockies, complete with blooming flowers and abundant wildlife.
Duration: between two and eight days, travelling only in daylight, staying in luxury hotels.
Highlights: Splendid views of Rocky mountains, incredible luxury at every stage of the trip, traditional native storytelling, wine classes and natural history workshop.
The Chepe
Where: Mexico. It begins its journey in the mountains of Chihuahua and finishes on the Sinaloa coast.
When: In the rainy season, from June to October, you’ll get lush vegetation(丰富的植被) and blooming cacti(仙人掌),although mid-summer (July) temperatures can reach 44 °C.
Duration: Doing the route straight through takes 14 hours, but you’ll want to stop off overnight and explore traditional towns along the way.
Highlights: The train winds its way down through 656 km of the spectacular Copper Canyon (which is deeper than the Grand Canyon), over 37 precarious-looking bridges and through 86 tunnels. Local people sell crafts and foods along the route.
The Ghan
Where: Australia, from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs.
When: Going during the wet season (December, January) will allow you to see more wildlife and tropical splendour in the north, though peak season is usually the winter.
Duration: Going straight through takes 52 hours. There are disembarkation points(登陆点) from which you can take tours.
Highlights: Going through Australia’s Red Centre with cobalt-blue skies, red earth and not much else — a beautiful and serene(宁静的) experience.
The Royal Scotsman
Where: Travels around the Scottish Highlands or all the way around Great Britain.
When: Warmer weather and up to 20 hours of daylight in June makes it the perfect time to watch ospreys soaring (鱼鹰飞翔) over mirror-like lochs(湖), or go in October for autumn colours and the rather vocal stag-rutting season.
Duration: Trips can be as short as two days or as long as seven. Highlights: Possibly the most expensive train journey in the world. You’ll be treated like a member of the monarchy(皇室). Indulgent(放纵的) cuisine, fine wines and carriages that look like rooms at Balmoral Castle await those willing to part with a minimum of £2350 per person for a two-night trip.
1.Which of the following journey has the shortest duration?
A. The Chepe. B. The Ghan.
C. The Rocky mountaineer. D. The Royal scotsman.
2.Visitors may have the opportunity to try some wine in ________.
A. The Royal scotsman and The Chepe
B. The Royal scotsman and The Ghan
C. The Rocky mountaineer and The Chepe
D. The Rocky mountaineer and The Royal Scotsman
3.If a Chinese family wants to have a travel during the Spring Festival, which one would be suitable for them?
A. The Chepe. B. The Ghan. C. The Rocky mountaineer. D. The Royal scotsman.
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It was _____ by the railway board that the cost of rail fares would be increased by ten percent.
A．noticed
B．stated
C．suggested
D．noted
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The girl was hanging by her hands from the railings of a balcony(阳台的栏杆). The balcony was on the twelfth floor of the high-rise block next to his. His flat was on the ninth floor and he had to look up to see her. It was half-past six in the morning. He had been awakened by the sound of an aircraft flying dangerously low overhead, and had got out of bed to look. His sleepy eyes, moved from the blue sky which was empty of cloud, empty of anything but the bright disappearing arrow of the aircraft, and then rested on the hanging figure.
He really thought he must be dreaming, for this sunrise time was the hour for dreams. Then, when he knew he wasn’t, he decided it must be a scene in a film. There were cameramen down there, a whole film unit, and all the correct safety precautions had been taken. Probably the girl wasn’t even a real girl, but a dummy(假人). He opened the window and looked down. The car park, paved courts, grass spaces between the blocks, all were deserted. On the balcony rail one of the dummy’s hands moved, desperately. He had to believe then what was obviously happening. The girl was trying to kill herself. She had lost her courage and now was trying to stay alive. All these thoughts and conclusions of his occupied about thirty seconds. Then he acted. He picked up the phone and dialed the emergency number for the police.
The arrival of the police cars and the rescue of the girl became the focus of talk for the people of the two blocks. Someone found out that it was he who had called the police and he became an unwilling hero. He was a modest, quiet young man, and was in relief when the talk began to die away. Again he was able to enter and leave his flat without being pointed at as a kind of St George and sometimes even congratulated.
About a fortnight after that morning, he was getting ready to go to the theatre, just putting on his overcoat, when the doorbell rang. He didn’t recognize the girl who stood outside. He had never seen her face. She said, “I’m Lydia Simpson. You saved my life. I’ve come to thank you.”
1.What did the man do first after he got up?
A. He looked down from the window.
B. He went to see the noisy aircraft.
C. He called the police to save the girl.
D. He hurried to check who was outside.
2.The moment the man saw the girl hanging there, he felt it was _________.
A. scaring B. desperate
C. unbelievable D. dangerous
3.We can learn from the passage that __________.
A. the man disliked to be talked about
B. the girl was unwilling to be rescued
C. the police arrived quickly on the scene
D. the girl was actually an actress in a film
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The Shepherd's Life by James Rebanks
Reviewed by Helena
No lyrical, romantic account, but a hard-bitten, dull and down-to-earth story of a family, a community and an environment. A story of cycles—of seasons, years, people, generations, stretches back centuries.
A story of farming which only exists now in the remoter, wilder region of the UK, where the land is too hard and the environment too harsh for farming to be an "agribusiness". Where success, survival of farms, their sheep are dependent on knowledge passed down through generations and shared between farmers and shepherds in a small, close-knit and mutually-dependent community. A story of people hefted to their land every bit as much as their sheep are hefted to their fells.
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Reviewed by T. Bently
Having read all of Bill Bryson's travel books, this was the last one left. I hadn't read this because I had been told it was one of his weakest one. But I decided, through no other reason that I needed a hit of Bryson, to read it. People couldn’t have been more wrong. From the very beginning of assessing the feasibility, arranging for Katz to accompany him to the purchasing of his equipment and the purchasing of “a large knife for killing bears and hillbillies”, Bryson is at his absolute best. His cute eye-is a wise witness to this beautiful but fragile but fragile trail. His encounters along the trail and Katz anti-social, childish antics(滑稽动作) make the first 150 pages more than a laugh-out-loud-hike. I couldn't have been more surprised. An adventure, a comedy, and a celebration, A Walk in the Woods is destined to become a modem classic.
1.In The Shepherd's Life, James Rebanks takes readers through a shepherds' life .
A. little noticed, and deeply attached to the harsh land
B. alternated by the seasons and changed by the generations
C. featuring a hard struggle in the remote and beautiful area
D. spent in a profitable agricultural and friendly community
2.What does the reviewer wants to convey by saying "People couldn't have been more wrong"?
A. Bryson's travelling experience is laughable.
B. Bryson's travel book is the best seller in travelling literature.
C. A Walk in the Wood combines artistic quality well with natural beauty.
D. It's a pity that people turn a blind eye to Bryson's travelling experience.
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High-speed railways, electronic payments, shared bicycles and online shopping are China’s four new ways of life. They are most appealing to youths from 20 countries participating 1. the Belt and Road Initiative. The new four great inventions are all related to China’s gigh0tech innovation, 2. has improved the quality of people’s lives, “my wallet is no longer in use. I can buy and eat whatever I want 3. (simple) with a tap of my phone,” said Lin Jinlong, an overseas Chinese student from Cambodia, 4. (add) that even pancake sellers are using Alipay (mobile payment).
In 5. word, China is leading in many ways. Bike sharing, for example, is not new itself. But China has made it much more convenient and 6. (enjoy) both in China and overseas. Leading Chinese bike-sharing 7. (company), Mobike and Ofo are now operating in foreign countries such as Singapore and Britain. Users in the countries 8. (feel) excited and posted photos of 9. (they) riding the Chinese bikes on social media. A growing number of foreigners hope 10. (promote) economic development in their home countries by paying more attention to the achievement of China.
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A romantic message-in-a-bottle discovered by a mother and daughter at a Scottish beach has sparked（触发） a mystery about whether it could have travelled 5,000 miles across the seas from China.
Nicola MacFarlane, 41, and daughter Lucy, four, from Portobello, near Edinburgh, were looking for driftwood（浮木） on Portobello Beach when they came across an old glass bottle containing a note inside written in Mandarin. Now the family are trying to work out if the letter has managed the extraordinary journey across the Philippine Sea, into the Indian Ocean and through both the South Atlantic and the North Atlantic Ocean’s before washing up on the shores of Great Britain.
It was written on Chinese Valentine’s Day or Qixi Festival as it is more traditionally known, lunar July 7, 2012, so it sent off as recently as six days ago because it followed the modern calendar, which celebrated the occasion on August 23. Nicola was still excited to read about the Chinese love story after having it translated.“I really do hope that it is from China but even it is from nearer to home, it’s still a lovely gesture and an inspiring find. It’s a love story regardless of where it came from. Nicola, who runs a beach art business in Portobello, added: “I’m always at the beach looking for bits of driftwood but I’ve never come across anything like this before. We knew it was Chinese, but we had no idea what it said.’
Unable to read the Mandarin text, Nicola turned to the internet and her Australian friend, Julie Gould, whose daughter attended a Chinese school in Sydney.
Several hours later Julie returned with the news that it was in fact a love letter.
The translated letter reads: “Da Hai(Ocean), I hope no-one will get this bottle, as we just wish you can hear our voice, and get your blessing. Today is the Chinese Valentine’s Day, we pray that our relationship will last forever and we will have a long happy life together…”
Nicola said: “It sounds to me like the couple are in love but cannot be together so they have sent the message to tell the world of their love.”
1.When did Nicola and her daughter come across the message-in-bottle?
A. On July 15, 2012. B. On August 29, 2012.
C. On August 31, 2012. D. On September 2, 2012.
2.What were Nicola and her daughter probably doing when they found the bottle?
A. They were walking on the beach.
B. They were washing hands and feet.
C. They were looking for the driftwoods.
D. They were lying on the beach resting.
3.The underlined word “Mandarin” probably means “ ” .
A. Scottish B. British
C. English D. Chinese
4.We can learn from the passage that Nicola__________.
A. thinks the letter was written to show love
B. had expected to get something unusual
C. knows a little Chinese
D. found the bottle was from a nearby place
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Guang Zhou’s traffic facilities have been greatly improved _____ an advanced new light railway for the Asian Games.
A. as a result B. thanks to C. in case of D. in response to
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How will the woman get back from the railway station?
A. By train. B. By car. C. By bus.
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BEIJING - China's railway rates for freight and passenger transport will continue to be set by the government, announced a senior official with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner, on Friday.
Cao Changqing, head of the NDRC's department of price, said that the country will continue to implement government-set or government-guided prices for the railway sector after the China Railway Corporation (CRC), a State-owned company that takes over the commercial functions of the former Ministry of Railways (MOR), went into business on March 17.
Cao said the railway sector, constituting China's main public transport facilities, is a key basic industry. Its pricing scheme is concerned with both the sector's normal operation and development, as well as the daily traveling and vital interests of the general public.
The state will be very cautious in making any price adjustment in the railway sector, taking into account various factors including operation, construction, public acceptance and coordinated development with other modes of transport, according to the NDRC official.
Under Chinese law and regulations, hearings will be held before adjustments in the basic passenger train ticket fare, Cao said.
In China's latest railway reform, endorsed at the just-concluded annual session of the country's top legislature, the former MOR was dismantled into two parts, with the newly created CRC carrying out business functions and a state railways administration fulfilling administrative functions.
1.What does this passage mainly talk about?
A．China’s railway pricing scheme unchanged
B．A State-owned company takes over the commercial functions of MOR.
C．China’s latest railway reform
D．The former MOR was divided into two parts
2.What does Cao mean according to the passage?
A．There will be adjustment in the basic passenger train ticket
B．China’s railway rate for passenger will not be changed forever
C．Hearing will be held before adjustment of railway price
D．The price adjustment are being considered
3.What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?
A．The public will be very curious about the price adjustment
B．Various factors are taken into account by the state before adjustment
C．Public acceptance is the most important factor
D．NDRC should coordinate railway development with other modes of transport
4.Why will hearings be held before adjustments in the basic passenger train ticket fare?
A．The public request it
B．Under Chinese laws and regulations
C．According to the order from leaders
D．Because it will cause a lot of problem
5.We would most probably read this passage on the newspaper about________
A．News B．Entertainment C．Society D．Financial
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The railway station should be ______ from anywhere in the city within 90 minutes by bus, subways and special taxis.
A. adoptable B. acceptable C. available D. accessible
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