Much of European train is about efficiency and comfort --- leaving and arriving on time and having a comfortable seat. But the following European trains don’t necessarily offer the fastest journeys --- just the most memorable.
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Sweet Switzerland: The Chocolate Train Route: Montreux to Broc, Switzerland Time: 9 hours, 45 minutes, roundtrip www.raileurope.com This charming train, running in summer and fall, climbs from Montreux overlooking Lake Geneva to the old town of Gruyeres, population 1,600, home to the cheese of the same name. Tour the cheese factory and the local castle, have lunch, then reboard the train and continue on to Broc. There you’ll be bussed to the Cailler-Nestle chocolate factory, lying between Lake Gruyeres and mountains. |
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Tunnels Galore: The Bernina Express Route: Chur, Switzerland, to Tirano, Italy Time: 4 hours, 14 minutes www.visitflam.com This train takes on seven-percent inclines (斜坡), 55 tunnels, and 196 bridges --- reaching a height of 7,391 feet and then dropping to 5,905 feet before coming to a stop. It travels through the Alps south from Switzerland’s oldest town to an Italian town of just under 10,000 people. |
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A Hotel on Wheels: Francisco de Goya Route: Paris, France, to Madrid, Spain Time: 13 hours, 30 minutes www.elipsos.com Leave Paris in the evening, enjoy a three-course dinner and the increasingly rural scenery, sleep with the rhythm of the rails, and wake the next day as you arrive in Madrid, rested and ready to tour the most populous (人口密集的) city in Europe. First class includes a welcome drink, good dinner, breakfast, and an in-room bathroom with shower. |
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The Epic Journey: Trans-Siberian Railway Route: Moscow to Vladivostok, Russia Time: 19 days www.trans-siberia.com This route, a symbol of Russian culture, crosses eight time zones to connect the Russian capital with a port on the Pacific Ocean. On board, poor stay with rich, young with old, foreigners with locals. Social differences disappear as passengers share a unique rail experience. |
1.Travelling from Montreux to Broc on the Chocolate Train, you ____________.
A. will spend about five hours
B. have to go in winter and spring
C. will see a famous chocolate factory
D. can have lunch on the train
2.Which of the following websites offers more information about Francisco de Goya?
A. www.trans-siberia.com B. www.visitflam.com
C. www.raileurope.com D. www.elipsos.com
3.Which of the following trains can help you learn about Russian culture?
A. Trans-Siberian Railway. B. The Chocolate Train.
C. Francisco de Goya. D. The Bernina Express.
4.The passage is most probably taken from a _____________.
A. news report B. book review
C. travel magazine D. geography textbook
1.A
2.D
3.A
4.C
【解析】
試題分析：文章主要介紹了四條歐洲的旅游線路，這四條線路雖然不一定是最快的列車，但它們會給游客提供一些難忘的記憶。
1.根據“Time: 9 hours, 45 minutes, roundtrip”可知，來回需要9小時45分鐘，根據“ running in summer and fall...Tour the cheese factory and the local castle, have lunch, then reboard the train”可知，B、C、D錯誤，故選A。
2.根據“A Hotel on Wheels: Francisco de Goya”和“www.elipsos.com”可知，登陸www.elipsos.com可以得到更多有關Francisco de Goya的信息。故選D。
3.根據“This route, a symbol of Russian culture, crosses eight time zones to connect...”可知，The Epic Journey: Trans-Siberian Railway這條旅游路線是俄羅斯文化的象征，故選A。
4.文章主要介紹了四條旅游線路，根據“But the following European trains don’t necessarily offer the fastest journeys --- just the most memorable.”可知，這四條路線都是關于旅游的，應該摘自旅游雜志，故選C。
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In today’s throw away society, dealing with the city’s growing mountain of waste is an inereasing challenge for the city countil(市議會)。
Recently. Edinburgh is faced with the problem of dssposing of(處理)about250,000
Million tons of waster a year . Despite different ways to dispose of much of it in a green manner---largely through encouraging tecycling---its aging facilities such as the Powderhall landfill do not have the ability to deal with it.
The European Union(EU) has issued a new policy, regulating how such mountains of waster are to hr disposed of. The five councils (Edinburgh. East Lothian. West Lothian. Midlethian and Borders) face fine around $18million a year from 2013 it they don’t inerease recycling levels and rely less on landfill. With this in mind, the coumlls got together with the idea of building a lage incinerator plant (垃圾焚燒廠)to burn half of the waste produced in their districts. But the plan fell apart after the change of target levels by a new UK government waste policy which required that no more than 25% of the city’s waste should be disposed of in this way by 2025.
After the plan was abandoned, a private company which already transported millions of tons of the city’s wast by train to a landfill site near Dunbar, offered an alternative soution when it suggested opening a huge waste site near Portobello.
Since Powderhall is supposed to close in 2015, it seemed necessary for the members of the Edinburgh Council to accept the suggestion. But soon they turned it down—after 700 local objections reached them—because it would have meant hundreds of lorries a day making loud noise through heavily populated areas.
That still leaves eth council with a problem. By 2013,only50%of 1995 levels of waste will benllewed to be sent to landfill. Even if recveling large are met, there will still be a large amount of rubbish to be burnt up. Due build an Edinburgh and Midlothian councils have now decided to work together to build an ineinerator plant as time to find a solution is fast running out.
【小題1】The main way of handling waste in a green manmer in Edinburgh is .
| A．recyeling | B．restoring | C．burying | D．burning |
| A．reduce the roast of burying waste |
| B．meets the EU requirements |
| C．speed up waste recycling |
| D．tempter landfill sites |
| A．a name from a private company |
| B．the comelier was not interested in it |
| C．it was not supports by EU |
| D．the local poodle was waist it |
| A．To open a new landfill nearby |
| B．To close the powder hall landfill in 2015 |
| C．To set up a plan for burning waste |
| D．To persuade people to deduce their waste. |
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In today’s throwaway society，dealing with the city’s growing mountain of waste is an increasing challenge for the city council (市議會)．
Recently，Edinburgh is faced with the problem of disposing of (處理) about 250,000 million tons of waste a year.Despite different ways to dispose of much of it in a green manner—largely through encouraging recycling—its aging facilities such as the Powderhall landfill do not have the ability to deal with it.
The European Union (EU) has issued a new policy，regulating how such mountains of waste are to be disposed of.The five councils (Edinburgh，East Lothian，West Lothian，Midlothian and Borders) face fines around ￡18 million a year from 2013 if they don’t increase recycling levels and rely less on landfill.With this in mind，the councils got together with the idea of building a large incinerator plant (垃圾焚燒廠) to burn half of the waste produced in their districts.But this plan fell apart after the change of target levels by a new UK government waste policy which required that no more than 25% of the city’s waste should be disposed of in this way by 2025.
After the plan was abandoned，a private company which already transported millions of tons of the city’s waste by train to a landfill site near Dunbar，offered an
alternative solution when it suggested opening a huge waste site near Portobello.
Since Powderhall is supposed to close in 2015，it seemed necessary for the members of the Edinburgh Council to accept the suggestion.But soon they turned it down—after 700 local objections reached them—because it would have meant hundreds of lorries a day making loud noise through heavily populated areas.
That still leaves the council with a problem.By 2013，only 50% of 1995 levels of waste will be allowed to be sent to landfill.Even if recycling targets are met，there will still be a large amount of rubbish to be burnt up.Due to this，Edinburgh and Midlothian councils have now decided to work together to build an incinerator plant as time to find a solution is fast running out.(2011·湖北，C)
1.The main way of handling waste in a green manner in Edinburgh is ________.
A．recycling? B．restoring
C．burying? D．burning
2.The five councils worked out a plan to build an incinerator plant to ________.
A．reduce the cost of burying waste
B．meet the EU requirements
C．speed up waste recycling
D．replace landfill sites
3.The city council of Edinburgh rejected the suggestion to open a huge landfill site near Portobello because ________.
A．it came from a private company
B．the council was not interested in it
C．it was not supported by EU
D．the local people were against it
4.What is the final decision of Edinburgh and Midlothian councils?
A．To open a new landfill nearby.
B．To close the Powderhall landfill in 2015.
C．To set up a plant for burning waste.
D．To persuade people to reduce their waste.
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In today’s throw away society, dealing with the city’s growing mountain of waste is an inereasing challenge for the city countil(市議會)。
Recently. Edinburgh is faced with the problem of dssposing of(處理)about250,000
Million tons of waster a year . Despite different ways to dispose of much of it in a green manner---largely through encouraging tecycling---its aging facilities such as the Powderhall landfill do not have the ability to deal with it.
The European Union(EU) has issued a new policy, regulating how such mountains of waster are to hr disposed of. The five councils (Edinburgh. East Lothian. West Lothian. Midlethian and Borders) face fine around $18million a year from 2013 it they don’t inerease recycling levels and rely less on landfill. With this in mind, the coumlls got together with the idea of building a lage incinerator plant (垃圾焚燒廠)to burn half of the waste produced in their districts. But the plan fell apart after the change of target levels by a new UK government waste policy which required that no more than 25% of the city’s waste should be disposed of in this way by 2025.
After the plan was abandoned, a private company which already transported millions of tons of the city’s wast by train to a landfill site near Dunbar, offered an alternative soution when it suggested opening a huge waste site near Portobello.
Since Powderhall is supposed to close in 2015, it seemed necessary for the members of the Edinburgh Council to accept the suggestion. But soon they turned it down—after 700 local objections reached them—because it would have meant hundreds of lorries a day making loud noise through heavily populated areas.
That still leaves eth council with a problem. By 2013,only50%of 1995 levels of waste will benllewed to be sent to landfill. Even if recveling large are met, there will still be a large amount of rubbish to be burnt up. Due build an Edinburgh and Midlothian councils have now decided to work together to build an ineinerator plant as time to find a solution is fast running out.
1.The main way of handling waste in a green manmer in Edinburgh is .
A. recyeling B. restoring C. burying D. burning
2.The five councils worked out a plan to build an incinerator plant to .
A. reduce the roast of burying waste
B. meets the EU requirements
C. speed up waste recycling
D. tempter landfill sites
3.The city council of Edinburgh rejected the suggestion to open a huge landfill site near Portobello because .
A. a name from a private company
B. the comelier was not interested in it
C. it was not supports by EU
D. the local poodle was waist it
4.What is the final dream an Edinburgh and Midlothian Country?
A. To open a new landfill nearby
B. To close the powder hall landfill in 2015
C. To set up a plan for burning waste
D. To persuade people to deduce their waste.
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1．Who was fined for not doing things as promised?
A．Rain. B．The Seattle Post- Intelligencer.
C．Sony Corp. D．The New York-based Hearst corp.
2．The Japanese electronics firm has decided to .
A．drop the workers’ bonuses by 20% at most
B．lower the workers’ bonuses to 4 months’ pay
C．freeze its managers’ salaries starting from April 1
D．reduce the managers’ yearly bonuses to 6 months’ pay
3．The Seattle Post- Intelligencer Probably will .
A．try to sell itself at a lower price
B．cut the number of its employees
C．increase the price of its print edition
D．stop its online edition next Tuesday
4．From Mr. Obama’s message we know .
A．relations between Japan and US will be strengthened
B．US will open “a new chapter” for relations with Korea
C．US will improve its relations with Iran in economy
D．Iran has good relations with the rest of the world
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