Hong Kong, major commercial center for Asia, and with a population which has grown at an alarming rate to over 5 million, is a city highly dependent on mass transit of all sorts, both local and long distance. The average Hong Kong worker or businessman, going about his daily activities, simply must use public transportation at one time or another.
Because Hong Kong is in two parts, Kowloon, on the mainland side, and Hong Kong, the island, with Hong Kong s harbor in between, Hong Kong s mass transit systems, in addition to going over land must also cross water.
Going from home to work, or going shopping from one side of the harbor to the other, the Hong Kong resident has three choices. One way is to take a bus, which will cross the harbor through an underwater traffic tunnel moving slowly through bumper-to-bumper traffic. Another way is by ferryboat, a pleasant ride which crosses the harbor in from seven to fifteen minutes.
But by far the fastest way of crossing the harbor is the newly built underground electric railway, the Hong Kong Metro. If one boards the train in the Central District, the commercial area of Hong Kong on the island side, he can speed across the harbor in an astonishing three minutes. On the other side of the harbor the railway continues, snaking back and forth through the outlying districts of Kowloon, allowing one to get off a short distance from his destination.
The story of the Metro is an encouraging one for supporters of mass transit. Although building the system was certainly a challenging task, the Japanese firm hired to construct it did so in record time. Construction got underway in 1979 and it was completed in 1980.
For the average commuter the system has only one disadvantages: it is more expensive than by bus or ferry. One can ride the bus across the harbor for half as much, or he can ride the ferry across for less than one-fifth as much.
1. Hong Kong ___.
A. can do without mass transit.
B. finds public transportation too expensive.
C. needs public transportation.
D. has an insufficient mass transit system.
2. Hong Kong Public transportation extends ___.
A. over hills and valleys.
B. across land and water.
C. through mountains.
D. throughout the Kowloon area.
3. The traffic in the underwater traffic tunnel is ___.
A. heavy
B. light
C. fast
D. dangerous
4. Crossing the harbor by train is ___.
A. by far the most economical method.
B. the most pleasant method.
C. the least pleasant method.
D. the fastest method.
5. The business area on the island side of Hong Kong is referred to be as ___.
A. Kowloon
B. the Central District
C. the Hong Kong Metro
D. the Hong Kong s harbor.
参考答案:CBADB
2015年2月英语六级改革题型听力训练(十)
大学英语六级听力考试必背习语(2)
2015年2月英语六级听力易混淆词汇辨析(1)
2015年英语六级听力训练VOA标准英语(2)
分析英语六级听力失分根源对症下药攻克六级听力
大学英语六级听力考试必背习语(3)
2015年英语六级考试听力笔记(5)
2015寒假英语新六级听力备考规划
大学新英语六级听力技巧讲义(第一讲)
2015年2月英语六级听力易混淆词汇辨析(3)
2015年英语六级听力训练VOA标准英语(3)
2015年英语六级听力训练VOA标准英语(4)
2015年英语六级考试听力笔记(8)
大学新英语六级听力技巧讲义(第三讲)
英语六级听力提高突破六大步
2015年2月英语六级改革题型听力训练(六)
2015年英语六级听力易混淆词辨析(二)
2015年2月新英语六级听力怎么练
2015年2月英语六级改革题型听力训练(九)
2015年英语六级听力易混淆词辨析(三)
2015年2月英语六级改革题型听力训练(二)
2015年英语六级听力训练VOA标准英语(8)
2015年2月英语六级改革题型听力训练汇总
大学新英语六级听力技巧讲义(第四讲)
2015年3月英语六级听力长对话解题技巧
2015年2月英语六级改革题型听力训练(三)
2015年1月英语六级改革题型听力听写训练(五)
2015年最新英语六级听力练习材料VOA标准英语(6)
2015年英语六级听力训练VOA标准英语(1)
2015年2月英语六级改革题型听力训练(八)
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |