Many people take trains for their trips in China, because the train is fast and cheap. But there are many problems when people take trains. It’s not easy to take trains when it is a festival. Lots of people hope someone can solve (解决) the problems.
Then, the CRH (和谐号列车) trains come out. The first CRH train from Beijing to Tianjin runs in August, 2008. CRH1 and CRH2 can go up to 200 km/h, and CRH3 can run 300 km/h. Taking CRH trains is more expensive than taking a traditional train, but cheaper than taking a plane. Some people think the CRH trains and their workers are good, and they enjoy the trips by CRH train.
China starts to make a CRH train, 350 kilometres an hour from Beijing to Shanghai. It can save people more time than taking the traditional trains.
Can CRH trains solve the problems? “Of course not. There is still a long way to go,” about 80% of the people answer.
【小题1】The first CRH train runs __________.

A.in August, 2009B.in May, 2008
C.in August, 2008D.in June, 2010
【小题2】 How fast does the CRH train from Beijing to Shanghai?
A.100 km/hB.200 km/hC.300 km/hD.350 km/h
【小题3】 The word “save” means __________ in Chinese.
A.浪费B.节省C.积攒D.拖延
【小题4】 Which of the following is right about the CRH trains?
A.The workers on the first CRH train are not kind.
B.It costs people more money to take CRH trains than to take planes.
C.CRH3 train runs slower than CRH1 and CRH2.
D.Taking CRH train is expensive but it is fast.
【小题5】Can CRH trains solve all the traffic problems?
A.Of course they can.B.Yes, all the people think they can.
C.Of course they can not.D.About 80% of the people think they can.

The American expression “shoo-in” means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue about which side will win.
Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.. The stronger team is a shoo-in. There is no way that it can lose.
The expression “shoo-in” comes from horse racing. It comes from the world “shoo”. That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It’s another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.
The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such about such race. They began to call the winners of such a race a “shoo-in”
These days, people use shoo into describe any athlete or competition that seems certain to win, even without cheating.
American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lost. And they were right. He won the gold medal.
阅读上面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案
【小题1】One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because_______.

A.be used to be the best in riding
B.the pubic had belief in him
C.he could not control his horse easily
D.the other riders had agreed to fail in the race
【小题2】The reason why American runner Edewin Moses was regarded as a
“Shoo-in” is _________.
A.due to his honest in the races he ran in
B.duo to his great effort(努力) shown in more than one hundred races
C.that he won over 100 competitions before the 1984 Olympic Games
D.that the old meaning of “shoo-in’ had changed
【小题3】Which is the following statement is not true?
A.“Shoo-in” came from the word “shoo”.
B.The US runner Moses was worthy of (配得上 ) a shoo-in.
C.The public did not know they were being cheated
D.Some riders bet a lot of money on the chosen horse.
【小题4】The main idea of the passage is that “shoo-in” is_______.
A.used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game
B.used to admire( 钦佩 ) a person who seems to be sure to win a race
C.A word used to describe a dishonest person
D.used for any athlete or competitor that too clever to be cheated
【小题5】In the last paragraph the author means to tell us ________.
A.who Edewin Moses was
B.Moses won a lot of races
C.Moses was the best runners in America
D.We can use “shoo-in” to describe an excellent runner.

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