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18．EXPERTS have put forward detailed plans for a tunnel to join Taiwan with the Chinese mainland．
The shortest proposed route would be 126 kilometers-more than twice the length of the English Channel Tunnel．And the longest proposed route would be 207 kilometers．
A recent conference in Xiamen，Fujian Province brought together more than 70 experts．The event was co-sponsored by universities from Taiwan and the Chinese mainland．
Fujian is the province where both proposed routes would begin．There is no direct passenger access between the mainland and Taiwan by road or sea at the moment．Experts say that it is better to start research sooner rather than later，despite the current lack of government funding．There are no technical problems to build a Taiwan tunnel．But it will require an improved political relationship across the Straits．
Tsinghua University Professor Wu said，"A special feature of huge projects is that the period of preparation is longer than the period of construction．"For instance，Wu said，the English Channel Tunnel took 14 years of planning and had been discussed for two centuries．And preparations for the huge Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River began in the 1950s．
The Xiamen conference focused on the longest southern route，which would use the Taiwan-controlled islands of Jinmen and Penghu as stepping stones．
The first stage of the new project could be a bridge to cover the five kilometers between Xiamen and Jinmen．This would mean that travelling from Xiamen to Jinmen by car would only take five minutes．
The longest tunnel now being planned anywhere in the world is the 54-kilometre land tunnel to link Lyon in France with Turin in Italy．The tunnel will not be completed until 2015-2020．

56．What is mainly talked about？C
A．The longest tunnels of the globe．                 B．The English Channel Tunnel．
C．Bridge for Taiwan and mainland．                   D．Preparations of two centuries．
57．Why is it better to start research sooner rather than later？D
A．Currently，there is a lack of government supporting．
B．No direct passenger access between Taiwan and the mainland．
C．There are some technical problems to build a tunnel．
D．The period of preparation is longer than that of construction．
58．What can be learned from the passage？A
A．2020 will see the longest tunnel between France and Italy．
B．It took two centuries to prepare for the Three Gorges Dam．
C．A tunnel has been constructed between Xiamen and Jinmen．
D．Experts are sure about an improved political relationship across the Straits．
59．How long will it take to go from Xiamen to Taiwan by car when the tunnel is completed？D
A．5 minutes．      B．14 hours．
C．54 minutes．     D．The passage doesn't mention it．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要讨论的是两岸专家就台湾与大陆之间建设海底隧道的问题进行研讨，隧道的建设希望与困难并存．

解答 CDAD
56．C 根据全文可知，本文主要讨论的是两岸专家就台湾与大陆之间建设海底隧道的问题进行研讨，隧道的建设希望与困难并存．故答案为C
57．D 根据A special feature of huge projects is that the period of preparation is longer than the period of construction．"可知，如此浩大的工程的准备期比建设期要长的多，故选D
58．A 根据文章最后一段The longest tunnel now being planned anywhere in the world is the 54-kilometre land tunnel to link Lyon in France with Turin in Italy．The tunnel will not be completed until 2015-2020．可知，最迟2020年将建成世界最长的海底隧道，故选A
59．D 根据The first stage of the new project could be a bridge to cover the five kilometers between Xiamen and Jinmen．This would mean that travelling from Xiamen to Jinmen by car would only take five minutes文章只提到从金门到厦门的时间是五分钟，并没有提到台湾到厦门的所用时间，故答案为D

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