六級短文聽力題:【2007年12月真題】

【2007年12月真題】

　　 Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　 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.

【2007年12月真題解析】

　　 原文:

　　 Passage One

　　 In January 1989,the Community of European Railways presented their proposal for a high speed pan?European train network【第26題答案位置】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.【第27題答案位置】Brussels will be only one and a 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 at speeds of 300 kilometers per hour,upgraded lines which allow for speeds up to 200 to 225 kilometers per hour,and existing lines for local connections and distribution of freight.If businesspeople can choose between a three?hour train journey from city center to city center and a one?hour flight,they'll choose the train,says an executive travel consultant.They won't go by plane any more.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.【第28題答案位置】Since France introduced the first 260?kilometer?per?hour high speed train service between Paris and Lyons in 1981,【第29題答案位置】the trains have achieved higher and higher speeds.On many routes,airlines have lost up to 90% of their passengers to high speed trains.If people accept the Community of European Railways' plan,the 21 century will be the new age of the train.

　　 Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　 26.What is the proposal presented by the Community of European Railways?

　　 27.What will happen when the proposal becomes a reality?

　　 28.Why will businesspeople prefer a three?hour train journey to a one?hour flight?

　　 29.When did France introduce the first high speed train service?

　　 譯文:

　　 1989年1月,歐洲鐵路局提出了建設(shè)全歐洲高速鐵路網(wǎng)的建議,建議到2020年建成從瑞典到西西里島、從葡萄牙到波蘭的高速鐵路網(wǎng)。如果他們的提議成為現(xiàn)實,它將給歐洲的鐵路運輸帶來革命性的改變。主要城市間的旅行時間將比現(xiàn)在減少一半。布魯塞爾距離巴黎將僅有一個半小時的車程。從巴黎到法蘭克福、從巴塞羅那到馬德里最快的交通工具將不再是飛機,而是火車。

　　 當(dāng)鐵路網(wǎng)絡(luò)建成后,它將融合三種鐵路線:運營時速可達300千米的全新高速鐵路線,可容許最高時速為200至225千米的升級后的鐵路線以及現(xiàn)有用于地區(qū)間連接和貨運分配的線路。一位旅行顧問主管說:如果商人可以在歷時3小時從市中心到市中心的火車旅行和歷時1小時的飛機旅行間做選擇,他們將不會再乘坐飛機出行。假如你計算一下飛行的時間、辦理登機手續(xù)、到達機場及離開機場的時間,你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)坐飛機和坐火車幾乎沒什么差別。而且如果你乘坐的飛機由于天氣惡劣、空中交通堵塞或工人罷工而延誤,那么火車乘客就會先到達目的地。自從1981年法國引入了巴黎和里昂間的第一條時速達260千米的高速鐵路服務(wù)以來,火車運行的速度越來越快。在很多線路上,航空公司已經(jīng)失去了多達90%的乘客,而這些乘客都選擇了高速鐵路。如果人們接受歐洲鐵路局的計劃,那么21世紀將會是火車的新時代。

　　 解析:

　　 歷史文化類說明文。

　　 26.D事實細節(jié)題。首句群出題。文中提到In January 1989,the Community of European Railways presented their proposal for a high speed pan?European train network...即歐洲鐵路局提議建設(shè)a high speed pan?European train network,答案為D,其中express,throughout Europe分別為high speed,pan?European的同義替換。

　　 27.C事實細節(jié)題?？疾闂l件從句(if)。原文文中提到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.視聽基本一致,結(jié)合同義替換(will take half the time they take today與will be cut by half),得知答案為C。

　　 28.D推斷歸納題。原文提到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.由此推斷考慮到飛機飛行時間、辦理登機手續(xù)的時間再加上往返機場的時間,乘坐飛機和火車的時間幾乎沒有差別;如果飛機延誤,火車反而會比飛機快,所以答案為D。

　　 29.A事實細節(jié)題。尾句群出題?？疾闀r間。文中提到Since France introduced the first 260?kilometer?per?hour high speed train service between Paris and Lyons in 1981.答案為A。