18．EXPERTS have put forward detailed plans for a tunnel to join Taiwan with the Chinese mainland．
The shortest proposed route would be 126 kilometers-more than twice the length of the English Channel Tunnel．And the longest proposed route would be 207 kilometers．
A recent conference in Xiamen，F(xiàn)ujian Province brought together more than 70 experts．The event was co-sponsored by universities from Taiwan and the Chinese mainland．
Fujian is the province where both proposed routes would begin．There is no direct passenger access between the mainland and Taiwan by road or sea at the moment．Experts say that it is better to start research sooner rather than later，despite the current lack of government funding．There are no technical problems to build a Taiwan tunnel．But it will require an improved political relationship across the Straits．
Tsinghua University Professor Wu said，"A special feature of huge projects is that the period of preparation is longer than the period of construction．"For instance，Wu said，the English Channel Tunnel took 14 years of planning and had been discussed for two centuries．And preparations for the huge Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River began in the 1950s．
The Xiamen conference focused on the longest southern route，which would use the Taiwan-controlled islands of Jinmen and Penghu as stepping stones．
The first stage of the new project could be a bridge to cover the five kilometers between Xiamen and Jinmen．This would mean that travelling from Xiamen to Jinmen by car would only take five minutes．
The longest tunnel now being planned anywhere in the world is the 54-kilometre land tunnel to link Lyon in France with Turin in Italy．The tunnel will not be completed until 2015-2020．

56．What is mainly talked about？C
A．The longest tunnels of the globe．                 B．The English Channel Tunnel．
C．Bridge for Taiwan and mainland．                   D．Preparations of two centuries．
57．Why is it better to start research sooner rather than later？D
A．Currently，there is a lack of government supporting．
B．No direct passenger access between Taiwan and the mainland．
C．There are some technical problems to build a tunnel．
D．The period of preparation is longer than that of construction．
58．What can be learned from the passage？A
A．2020 will see the longest tunnel between France and Italy．
B．It took two centuries to prepare for the Three Gorges Dam．
C．A tunnel has been constructed between Xiamen and Jinmen．
D．Experts are sure about an improved political relationship across the Straits．
59．How long will it take to go from Xiamen to Taiwan by car when the tunnel is completed？D
A．5 minutes．      B．14 hours．
C．54 minutes．     D．The passage doesn't mention it．

分析 本文主要討論的是兩岸專家就臺灣與大陸之間建設海底隧道的問題進行研討，隧道的建設希望與困難并存．

解答 CDAD
56．C 根據(jù)全文可知，本文主要討論的是兩岸專家就臺灣與大陸之間建設海底隧道的問題進行研討，隧道的建設希望與困難并存．故答案為C
57．D 根據(jù)A special feature of huge projects is that the period of preparation is longer than the period of construction．"可知，如此浩大的工程的準備期比建設期要長的多，故選D
58．A 根據(jù)文章最后一段The longest tunnel now being planned anywhere in the world is the 54-kilometre land tunnel to link Lyon in France with Turin in Italy．The tunnel will not be completed until 2015-2020．可知，最遲2020年將建成世界最長的海底隧道，故選A
59．D 根據(jù)The first stage of the new project could be a bridge to cover the five kilometers between Xiamen and Jinmen．This would mean that travelling from Xiamen to Jinmen by car would only take five minutes文章只提到從金門到廈門的時間是五分鐘，并沒有提到臺灣到廈門的所用時間，故答案為D

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