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Generally speaking,you need to arrive at the railway station an hour before the train leaves. However, if you take a train during the Spring Festival or other holidays,you are advised to be two hours early. Here are the basic steps for boarding.

Enter the railway station

There are X-ray machines at the entrance of each railway station. All the lug?gage (行 李) has to be passed through to examine for dangerous things. Once you put your luggage on the machine, please go to the other side and fetch it quickly in case that your luggage is taken either by mistake or on purpose.

Find the right waiting room

After you enter the railway station, you should find the terminal hall (候车厅) where your train is going to leave from. There are always electronic boards at the railway station with information shown in Chinese. You can find your waiting room according to the information given on your train ticket,or you can ask a member of staff for help if you are in trouble with Chinese.

Get onto the platform (月台)

In most cases, check-in starts 30 minutes before the train leaves if it is the starting station. So you are advised to arrive at the station one hour early. If it is not a starting station,check-in starts when the train arrives,then you just need to be 30 minutes early. You will be informed by radio then. Remember to take all your lug?gage!

Board the train

The train number and the carriage(车厢)number are shown outside the train clearly; therefore it is easy to find your carriage. There is a member of staff at the door of each carriage to whom you are required to show your ticket. If you board on the wrong carriage*he/she will guide you to the right one.

1.  This passage is mainly to tell us_____ .

  A.  how to take the train

B.  when to get to the railway station

C.  when to get onto the platform

D.  why we should take the train

2.  If you want to take the train during the Spring Festival, you'd better reach the railway station_______ .

  A.  two hours ahead of time

B.  one hour and a half ahead of time

C.  an hour ahead of time

D.  thirty minutes ahead of time

3.  X-ray machines at the entrance are probably used to______ .

  A.  help passengers to take away their heavy luggage

B.  show passengers the right way to the waiting room

C.  make sure passengers' luggage is not lost

D.  check the luggage passengers take with them

4.     When you get on the train________ .

  A.  you should tell the staff your carriage number

B.  you have to buy a ticket for your luggage

C.  the railway staff will offer to help you

D.  you'd better read the information on electronic boards

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Singapore was just a sleepy city in South-east Asia more than 50 years ago. But the small dot on the world map has since developed into one of the richest nations thanks to its founder and first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, the father of the state, who passed away on March 23, 2015 at the age of 91.

Lee grew up in the Singapore that was part of the British Empire. As a law major who graduated from Cambridge University and the founder of the People's Action Party, he became Singapore's first Prime Minister in 1959 when British agreed to the island's self-rule.

Lee was a leader with vision(远见).He knew that without agriculture and natural resources, Singapore could only find a way out by developing it?self into a place perfect for business. So he began with a few simple ideas : Singapore needed respect for elders and the law, hard work, and the idea that the needs of society are greater than the individual's. He united Chi?nese, Indians and Malays, making English a common language. He fought corruption and even banned chewing gum. That helped change Singapore from a poor city in the 1950s to a world business centre with a GDP per ca?pita of $ 55 ,000, reported the Financial Times.

Lee left the office of Prime Minister in 1990 but remained a member of parliament. He resigned as "Minister Mentor" in 2011. He was happy with his work; "I have no regrets. I have spent my life, so much of it, building up this country. There's nothing more that I need to do."

To the world, Lee was one of Asia's most popular politicians. He was one of the first to spot the potential of China under a former leader Deng Xiaoping and contributed to China's reform and opening up. "No small num?ber of this and past generations of world leaders have asked for his advice on governance and development," said the US President Obama. "Lee is a vi?sionary and a true giant of history."

5.  How long did Lee Kuan Yew serve as Singapore's Prime Minister?
A. 52 years.                      B.31 years.

C.56 years.                     D.50 years.

6.  From the passage, we can see Lee Kuan Yew was a(n) per?son.

  A.  confident and hard-working

B.  honest and determined

C.  wise and devoted

D.  modest and optimistic

7.  We can draw a conclusion from the passage that .

  A.  under British rule, Singapore developed very fast

B.  Lee made no difference to China's development

C.  Lee foresaw that China would rise and become powerful

D.  Lee wasn't very content with his efforts and achievements

8.  The last paragraph mainly tells us_____ .

  A.  Lee's contributions to other countries

B.  Lee's relations with China

C.  Lee's popularity in Asia

D.  Obama's admiration for Lee

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