2014高考英语阅读理解冲刺全程训练(15)及答案

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1、2014高考英语阅读理解冲刺全程训练（15）及答案阅读理解Imagine，oneday，gettingoutofbedinBeijingandbeingatyourofficeinShanghaiinonlyacoupleofhours，andthen，afterafulldayofwork，goingbackhometoBeijingandhavingdinnerthere．Soundsunusual，doesn'tit?Butit'snotthatunrealistic，withthedevelopmentofCh

2、ina’shigh—speedrailwaysystem．Andthat’snota11．Chinahasanevengreaterhigh—speedrailwayplan—toconnectthecountrywithSoutheastAsia，andeventuallyEasternEurope．Chinaisnegotiatingtoextenditsownhigh·-speedrailwaynetworktoupto17countriesin10to15years，eventuallyreachingLond

3、onandSingapore．[来源:Z&xx&k.Com]Chinahasproposedthreesuchprojects．ThefirstwouldpossiblyconnectKunmingwithSingaporeviaVietnamandMalaysia．AnothercouldstartinUrumqiandgothroughKazakhstanandUzbekistan，andpossiblytoGermany．Thethirdwouldstartinthenortheastandgonorththro

4、ughRussiaandthenintoWesternEurope．IfChina’splanforthehigh-speedrailwaygoesforward，peoplecouldzipoverfromLondontoBeijinginundertwodays．ThenewsystemwouldstillfollowChina’shigh—speedrailwaystandard．Andthetrainswouldbeabletogo346kilometersanhour，almostasfastassomeai

5、rplanes．China’sbullettrain(高速客车)，theoneconnectingWuhantoGuangzhou，alreadyhastheWorld’sfastestaveragespeed．Itcovers1,069kilometersinaboutthreehours．Ofcourse，therearesometechnicalchallengestoovercome．Therearesomanyissuesthatneedtobesettled，suchassafety，railgauge(轨

6、距)，maintenanceofrailwaytracks．So，it’simportanttopayattentiontoeverydetail．[来源:学科网ZXXK]Butthekeyissueisreallymoney．Chinaisalreadyspendinghundredsofbillionsofyuanondomesticrailwayexpansion．Chinaprefersthattheothercountriespayinnaturalresourcesratherthanwithcapital

7、investment．ResourcesfromthosecountriescouldstreamintoChinatosustaindevelopment．It’11beawin-winproject.Forothercountries，therailwaynetworkwilldefinitelycreatemoreopportunitiesforbusiness，tourismandsoon，nottomentionthebettercommunicationamongthosecountries．ForChin

8、a，suchaprojectwouldnotonlyconnectitwiththerestofAsiaandbringsomemuch-neededresources，butwouldalsohelpdevelopChina’sfarwest．Weforeseethatinthecomingdecades，millionsofp