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1、高考英语二轮题海特训营(14)阅读理解主旨大意二1、 Imagine,oneday,gettingoutofbedinBeijingandbeingatyourofficeinShanghaiinonlyacoupleofhours,andthereafterafulldayofwork,goingbackhometoBeijingandhavingdinnerthere. Soundsunusual,doesntit?Butit’snotthatunrealistic,withthedevelopmentofChina'shighspeedrailwaysyst
2、em.Andthat’snotall.Chinahasanevengreaterhigh-speedrailwayplan----toconnectthecountrywithSoutheastAsia,andeventuallyEasternEurope. Chinaisnegotiatingtoextenditsownhigh-speedrailwaynetworktoupto17countriesin10to15years,eventuallyreachingLondonandSingapore.Chinahasproposedthreesuchprojects.
3、ThefirstwouldpossiblyconnectKunmingwithSingaporeviaVietnamandMalaysia.AnothercouldstartinUrumqiandgothroughKazakhstanandUzbekistan,andpossiblytoGermany.ThethirdwouldstartinthenortheastandgonorththroughRussiaandthenintoWesternEurope. IfChina'splanforthehigh-speedrailwaygoesforward,peoplec
4、ouldzipoverfromLondontoBeijinginundertwodays.ThenewsystemwouldstillfollowChina'shigh-speedrailwaystandard.Andthetrainswouldbeabletogo346kilometersanhour,almostasfastassomeairplanes.China'sbullettrain(高速客车),theoneconnectingWuhantoGuangzhou,alreadyhastheworld'sfastestaveragespeed.Itcovers1,06
5、9kilometersinaboutthreehours.Ofcourse,therearesometechnicalchallengestoovercome.Therearesomanyissuevsthatneedtobesettled,suchassafety,railgauge(轨距),maintenanceofrailwaytracks.So,it'simportanttopayattentiontoeverydetail. Butthekeyissueisreallymoney.Chinaisalreadyspendinghundredsofbillionsy
6、uanondomesticrailwayexpansion.Chinaprefersthattheothercountriespayinnaturalresourcesratherthanwithcapitalinvestment.ResourcesfromthosecountriescouldstreamintoChinatosustaindevelopment.It’llbeawin-winproject.Forothercountries,therailwaynetworkwilldefinitelycreatemoreopportunitiesforbusiness,
7、tourismandsoon,nottomentionthebettercommunicationamongthosecountries. ForChina,suchaprojectwouldnotonlyconnectitwiththerestofAsiaandbringsomemuch-neededresources,butwouldalsohelpdevelopChina’sfarwest.Weforeseethatinthecomingdecades,millionsofpeoplewill