Question

China is a country on the move- especially around its Lunar New Year holiday. This year, the holiday crush（客流量） promises to be even heavier than before。

Government officials estimate that Chinese people will take to the air, roads and railways 3.62 billion times over a 40-day period around the nation's most important holiday this year as people push their way home for family gatherings or to satisfy their new-found passion for travel.

Getting tickets to all those would-be travelers is a discounting challenge that annually tries patience. And it is the railway system that routinely is most unable to cope. Railways are the transport of choice for low-cost long-distance travel, and that's where the ticketing system routinely falls down

Much of the criticism has, focused on the railway's-online purchasing system. Which has been unable to keep pace with the huge demand and also failed to stop scalpers（票贩子） from ending up with many of the hard-to-find tickets.

While insisting that online sales were the fairest way to get tickets for travelers, railway officials told

reporters that the public need to be patient. Efforts were being made to provide online identity checks that would reduce the ticket scalping problems. While officials had little good news for rail passengers, they did manage to bring a few smiles to those traveling by car as the country's extremely expensive highway tolls （通行费）will be free of charge for the period of the official holiday.

1.Which of the following words can replace the underlined word "discounting" in Paragraph 3?

A. Promising.

B. Discouraging.

C. Pleasing.

D. Rewarding.

2.According to the text, getting tickets_____. around the official holiday.

A. is just a piece of cake

B. is more costly

C. takes great effort

D. is convenient for travelers

3.We can learn from the text that _______. around the New Year holiday.

A. there will be 3. 62 billion people going home

B the railway system will be facing more stress

C.. people's complaint .focus on the failure of online purchase

D. not railways but cars are the best choices for traveling

4.Which of the following can best describe the author's attitude to the railway service?

A. Objective.

B Doubtful.

C. Satisfied

D．Worried.

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了中国是一个特别围绕农历新年假日的国家，今年，春节的客流量将会比往年更多。政府估计春节期间，中国人们将会乘坐飞机、公路、铁路36.2亿次回家过春节，或者满足他们旅游的热情。铁路系统最难处理，许多批评聚集在网上铁路售票系统，无法满足巨大的需求以及无法阻止票贩子结束很难找到的票。

1. tickets to all those would-be travelers is a discounting challenge that annually tries patience. 定语从句that annually tries patience.意思是：考验耐心，可知这是一个不太让人轻松的挑战。四个选项中，只有B是“令人沮丧的，使人泄气的”意思。所以这句话的意思是：对于这些将要出行的来说，获得票是一件需要耐心的令人沮丧的挑战。故选B。

2. tickets to all those would-be travelers is a discounting challenge that annually tries patience.意思是：对于这些将要出行的来说，获得票是一件考验耐心的令人沮丧的挑战。可知在官方假日期间，获得票是需要很大的努力。故选C。

3. of the criticism has, focused on the railway's-online purchasing system. Which has been unable to keep pace with the huge demand and also failed to stop scalpers（票贩子） from ending up with many of the hard-to-find tickets.意思是：最大的批判，聚集在铁路网上售票系统，这个系统无法满足巨大的需求，而且无法阻止票贩子结束很难购买的车票。可知春节期间，铁路将承受最大的压力。故选B。

4. were being made to provide online identity checks that would reduce the ticket scalping problems. While officials had little good news for rail passengers, they did manage to bring a few smiles to those traveling by car as the country's extremely expensive highway tolls （通行费）will be free of charge for the period of the official holiday.意思是：正在努力提供网上识别检测，减少倒卖黄牛票问题。当政府对于铁路乘客没有好消息的时候，他们成功地给人们带去一些笑容，通过坐车旅行，当国家昂贵的通行费免费，在国家节假日期间。可知作者对于铁路服务的态度是公正的。故选A。

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