2007年12月英语六级考试题卷及答案

   2007.12.22英语六级试卷 - 篇章段落
   
 此部分为B卷

 Section B Short Passages

 Passage One

 In January 1989, the Community of Europear Railways presented their

proposal for a high speed pan-European train network, extending from Sweden to Sicily
 and from Portugal to Poland by the year 2020. If their proposal
 becomes a reality, it will revolutionize train travel in Europe.
 Journeys between major cities will take half the time they take
 today. Brussels will be only one and half hours from Paris. The
 quickest way to get from Paris to Frankfurt, from Barcelona to
 Madrid will be by train, not plane.

 When the network is complete, it will integrate three types of
 railway line, totally new high-speed lines, with trains operating
 its speeds of 300kms per hour; upgraded lines, which allow for
 speeds up to 200 to 225 kms per hour and existing lines, for local
 connections and distribution of freight. If business people can
 choose between a 3-hour train journey from city center to city
 center and 1-hour flight, they'll choose the train, said an
 executive travel consultant. They won't go by plane anymore. If you
 calculate flight time, check in and travel to and from the airport,
 you’ll find almost no difference and if your plane arrives late due
 to bad weather or air traffic jams or strikes, then the train
 passengers will arrive at their destination first.

 Since France introduced the first 260-km per hour high speed train
 service between Paris and Lyons in 1981, the trains have achieved
 higher and higher speeds. On many routes, airlines have lost up to
 90 percent of their passengers to high speed trains. If people
 accept the community of European Railways’ plan, the 21st century
 will be the new age of the train.

 Questions 26-29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
 26. What is the proposal presented by the Community of the European
 Railways?
 27. What will happen when the proposal becomes a reality?
 28. Why will business people prefer a 3-hour train journey to a
 1-hour flight?
 29. When did France introduce the first high speed train service?

 26.
 a) to win over the majority of passengers from airlines in twenty
 years.
 b) to reform railroad management in western European countries.
 c) to electrify the railway lines between major European cities.
 d) to set up an express train network throughout Europe.

 27.
 a) Major European airlines will go bankrupt.
 b) Europeans will pay much less for traveling.
 c) Traveling time by train between major European cities will be cut
 by half.
 d) Trains will become the safest and most efficient means of travel
 in Europe.

 28.
 a) Train travel will prove much more comfortable than air travel.
 b) Passengers will feel much safer on board a train than on a plane.
 c) Rail transport will be environmentally friendlier than air
 transport.
 d) Traveling by train may be as quick as, or even quicker than, by
 air.

 29.
 a) In 1981. b) In 1989. c) In 1990. d) In 2000.