Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.[A]To win over the majority of passengers from airlines in twenty years.
[B]To reform railroad management in western European countries.
[C]To electrify the railway lines between major European cities.
[D]To set up an express train network throughout Europe.
27.[A]Major European airlines will go bankrupt.
[B]Europeans will pay much less for traveling.
[C]Traveling time by train between major European cities will be cut by half.
[D]Trains will become the safest and most efficient means of travel in Europe.
28.[A]Train travel will prove much more comfortable than air travel.
[B]Passengers will feel much safer on board a train than on a plane.
[C]Rail transport will be environmentally friendlier than air transport.
[D]Traveling by train may be as quick as,or even quicker than,by air.
29.[A]In 1981.[B]In 1989.
[C]In 1990.[D]In 2000.
原文:
Passage One
In January 1989,the Community of European Railways presented their proposal for a high speed pan?European train network【第26題答案位置】extending from Sweden to Sicily,and from Portugal to Poland by the year 2020.If their proposal becomes a reality,it will revolutionize train travel in Europe.Journeys between major cities will take half the time they take today.【第27題答案位置】Brussels will be only one and a half hours from Paris.The quickest way to get from Paris to Frankfurt,from Barcelona to Madrid will be by train,not plane.
When the network is complete,it will integrate three types of railway line:totally new high speed lines with trains operating at speeds of 300 kilometers per hour,upgraded lines which allow for speeds up to 200 to 225 kilometers per hour,and existing lines for local connections and distribution of freight.If businesspeople can choose between a three?hour train journey from city center to city center and a one?hour flight,they'll choose the train,says an executive travel consultant.They won't go by plane any more.If you calculate flight time,check?in and travel to and from the airport,you'll find almost no difference.And if your plane arrives late due to bad weather or air traffic jams or strikes,then the train passengers will arrive at their destination first.【第28題答案位置】Since France introduced the first 260?kilometer?per?hour high speed train service between Paris and Lyons in 1981,【第29題答案位置】the trains have achieved higher and higher speeds.On many routes,airlines have lost up to 90% of their passengers to high speed trains.If people accept the Community of European Railways' plan,the 21 century will be the new age of the train.
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.What is the proposal presented by the Community of European Railways?
27.What will happen when the proposal becomes a reality?
28.Why will businesspeople prefer a three?hour train journey to a one?hour flight?
29.When did France introduce the first high speed train service?
譯文:
1989年1月,歐洲鐵路局提出了建設(shè)全歐洲高速鐵路網(wǎng)的建議,建議到2020年建成從瑞典到西西里島、從葡萄牙到波蘭的高速鐵路網(wǎng)。如果他們的提議成為現(xiàn)實(shí),它將給歐洲的鐵路運(yùn)輸帶來(lái)革命性的改變。主要城市間的旅行時(shí)間將比現(xiàn)在減少一半。布魯塞爾距離巴黎將僅有一個(gè)半小時(shí)的車程。從巴黎到法蘭克福、從巴塞羅那到馬德里最快的交通工具將不再是飛機(jī),而是火車。
當(dāng)鐵路網(wǎng)絡(luò)建成后,它將融合三種鐵路線:運(yùn)營(yíng)時(shí)速可達(dá)300千米的全新高速鐵路線,可容許最高時(shí)速為200至225千米的升級(jí)后的鐵路線以及現(xiàn)有用于地區(qū)間連接和貨運(yùn)分配的線路。一位旅行顧問(wèn)主管說(shuō):如果商人可以在歷時(shí)3小時(shí)從市中心到市中心的火車旅行和歷時(shí)1小時(shí)的飛機(jī)旅行間做選擇,他們將不會(huì)再乘坐飛機(jī)出行。假如你計(jì)算一下飛行的時(shí)間、辦理登機(jī)手續(xù)、到達(dá)機(jī)場(chǎng)及離開(kāi)機(jī)場(chǎng)的時(shí)間,你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)坐飛機(jī)和坐火車幾乎沒(méi)什么差別。而且如果你乘坐的飛機(jī)由于天氣惡劣、空中交通堵塞或工人罷工而延誤,那么火車乘客就會(huì)先到達(dá)目的地。自從1981年法國(guó)引入了巴黎和里昂間的第一條時(shí)速達(dá)260千米的高速鐵路服務(wù)以來(lái),火車運(yùn)行的速度越來(lái)越快。在很多線路上,航空公司已經(jīng)失去了多達(dá)90%的乘客,而這些乘客都選擇了高速鐵路。如果人們接受歐洲鐵路局的計(jì)劃,那么21世紀(jì)將會(huì)是火車的新時(shí)代。
解析:
歷史文化類說(shuō)明文。
26.D事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。首句群出題。文中提到In January 1989,the Community of European Railways presented their proposal for a high speed pan?European train network...即歐洲鐵路局提議建設(shè)a high speed pan?European train network,答案為D,其中express,throughout Europe分別為high speed,pan?European的同義替換。
27.C事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題?？疾闂l件從句(if)。原文文中提到If their proposal becomes a reality,it will revolutionize train travel in Europe.Journeys between major cities will take half the time they take today.視聽(tīng)基本一致,結(jié)合同義替換(will take half the time they take today與will be cut by half),得知答案為C。
28.D推斷歸納題。原文提到If you calculate flight time,check?in and travel to and from the airport,you'll find almost no difference.And if your plane arrives late due to bad weather or air traffic jams or strikes,then the train passengers will arrive at their destination first.由此推斷考慮到飛機(jī)飛行時(shí)間、辦理登機(jī)手續(xù)的時(shí)間再加上往返機(jī)場(chǎng)的時(shí)間,乘坐飛機(jī)和火車的時(shí)間幾乎沒(méi)有差別;如果飛機(jī)延誤,火車反而會(huì)比飛機(jī)快,所以答案為D。
29.A事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。尾句群出題?？疾闀r(shí)間。文中提到Since France introduced the first 260?kilometer?per?hour high speed train service between Paris and Lyons in 1981.答案為A。
