题目内容
15.Half a century ago,Japan built the world's first high-speed rail network-a network that remains the gold standard in train travel today.Currently the country is now helping Texas build its own bullet train,a potential game-changer for transportation in the state.When it launched on October 1,1964,the world's first high-speed rail network was known as the"super-express of dreams."The first line in Japan's now world-famous shinkansen network was built against all odds,in the face of fierce public opposition,technical difficulties and astronomical costs.
Half a century ago,the system was far humbler.In 1964,the first track was a 320-mile-long link between Tokyo and Osaka that reduced the trip from six-and-a-half hours (on conventional trains) to three hours and 10minutes,traveling at a maximum speed of 200miles per hour.For the first time,workers could get to meetings in one city during the day and be back home drinking a beer in the local pub that night.
Not only did the train expand mobility profoundly,but also businesses appeared around the major stops as a growing emphasis on productivity swept across Japan.Today,the shinkansen network has 1,487miles of track,with more set to open in the coming years.It seems that everything the shinkansen touches turns to city,and regions that are off the beaten track,so to speak,benefit greatly from the economic jumpstart brought by the train.New shinkansen lines are often proceeded by aggressive marketing campaigns promoting tourism in those areas,a strategy that seems to work.
Despite its astronomical costs,it actually has saved more.Today,over 350,000annual trips transport tens of millions of passengers all over Japan with efficiency-the average delay time is less than a minute.A research report titled 30Years of High-Speed Railways:Features and Economic and Social Effects of The Shinkansen by Hiroshi Okada,estimates that the economic impact from the shinkansen train network,based on the time saved from faster travel,is approximately¥500billion ($4.8billion USD) per year.Okada stresses that the cultural impact is also significant,a shinkansen offers people living far from urban centers"easy access to concerts,exhibitions,theaters,etc.,enabling them to lead fuller lives."
Japan has a plan,known as the One-Day Travel Initiative.Its goal:regardless of where you are in Japan,it should only take you three hours to get to the nearest major regional city (Tokyo,Osaka,Nagoya,Sapporo or Fukuoka).The planned impact of this hyper-mobility is to discourage the tide of migration toward urban centers,like Tokyo,and encourage decentralization.
58.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 2 probably means"B".
A.opposed to traditional beliefs
B.despite some major barriers
C.based on impractical fantasies
D.in spite of poor planning
59.According to Okada,what benefit does a shinkansen bring to people living far from urban centers?C
A.Saving more travelling time.
B.Creating massive employment.
C.Enjoying a more colorful life.
D.Accumulating vast wealth.
60.What is the main purpose of the One-Day Travel Initiative?A
A.To promote even distribution of population.
B.To advocate urban lifestyle among migrants.
C.To satisfy the increasing needs of urban centers.
D.To include more citizens in urban centers.
分析 本文是一篇广告布告类阅读.文章主要讲述了日本的super-express of dreams.虽然新干线面临着很大的困难,但最后取得了成功.新干线可以使那些远离城市中心的人享受到更加丰富的生活.而且后来的One-Day Travel Initiative计划促进人口的均匀分布.
解答 58-60 BCA
58.B.词义辨析题.根据"in the face of fierce public opposition,technical difficulties and astronomical costs"可知划线部分的意思是战胜一些主要困难.故选B.
59.C.细节理解题.根据"Okada stresses that the cultural impact is also significant,a shinkansen offers people living far from urban centers"easy access to concerts,exhibitions,theaters,etc.,enabling them to lead fuller lives.""可知新干线可以使那些远离城市中心的人享受到更加丰富的生活.故选C.
60.A.推理判断题.根据"The planned impact of this hyper-mobility is to discourage the tide of migration toward urban centers,like Tokyo,and encourage decentralization."可知One-Day Travel Initiative的主要目的是为了促进人口的均匀分布.故选A.
点评 本文是一篇广告布告类阅读.文章主要讲述了日本的super-express of dreams.此类题型主要考查学生的细节理解、词义辨析以及推理判断能力.细节理解题是针对文中某个细节、某句话或某部分具体内容设置问题,所以在做细节理解题时要结合原文和提干有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,再结合选项选出正确答案.在做词义辨析题时要联系上下文并结合选项准确猜测词义.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要联系上下文根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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