Would you like to go to Beijing, our capital? It's far away from Guangdong. It's 2313 kilometers from Beijing to Guangdong. The city of Kunming is 2216 kilometers away from Guangdong. It's always very warm there. But it's very hot in summer in Wuhan. It's 1084 kilometers from Guangdong to Wuhan. Changsha is near Guangdong. It’s 726 kilometers from Changsha to Guangdong. Do you know which city is the biggest in China? It’s Shanghai. It’s 1811 kilometers from Guangdong to Shanghai. If you travel (旅行) by air, you'll find it very interesting and fast enough to fly from Guangdong to Beijing. It only takes you about four hours and you’ll get there easily, safely and unhurriedly(從容不迫)．But traveling by train is quite different. You have to stay on the train for over thirty hours to arrive in Beijing. More and more people like to travel by air. You can see why, can't you?
【小題1】How far is it from Changsha to Guangdong?

Would you like to go to Beijing, our capital? It's far away from Guangdong. It's 2313 kilometers from Beijing to Guangdong. The city of Kunming is 2216 kilometers away from Guangdong. It's always very warm there. But it's very hot in summer in Wuhan. It's 1084 kilometers from Guangdong to Wuhan. Changsha is near Guangdong. It’s 726 kilometers from Changsha to Guangdong. Do you know which city is the biggest in China? It’s Shanghai. It’s 1811 kilometers from Guangdong to Shanghai. If you travel (旅行) by air, you'll find it very interesting and fast enough to fly from Guangdong to Beijing. It only takes you about four hours and you’ll get there easily, safely and unhurriedly(從容不迫)．But traveling by train is quite different. You have to stay on the train for over thirty hours to arrive in Beijing. More and more people like to travel by air. You can see why, can't you?

1.How far is it from Changsha to Guangdong?

A．1084 kilometers                        B．2216 kilometers

C．726 kilometers                         D．706 kilometers

2.If you go to Beijing, our capital, you'll know _________.

A．It's not far away from all the other cities in China.

B．You have to travel long by train from Guangdong to Beijing.

C．It's not far away from us all.

D．It's not far away from Guangdong.

3.From the passage, we know ______ has the longest way to Guangdong except Beijing.

A．Wuhan           B．Changsha          C．Shanghai          D．Kunming

4.Which one is WRONG?

A．Wuhan is very hot in summer.

B．It's as warm in winter in Kunming as Beijing.

C．It's 1084 kilometers from Wuhan to Guangdong.

D．It's warm in winter in Guangdong.

5.It takes more than 30 hours to arrive in Beijing from ______ by train.

A．Guangdong        B．Kunming          C．Changsha          D．Shanghai

Beijing-Shanghai Railway was completed in l968．The line runs 1,462 km between China’s two main cities and passes through five provinces and the city of Tiajin．

Since opening，it has been one of the busiest routes in our country．The Beijing-Shanghai route is now served by lo trains a day，five of which are non-stop．The journey time is just under l2 hours．Now trains are allowed to travel at 250 kph (kilometers per hour)and the journey time is only10 hours．

With the sixth railway speedup，China has joined the ranks(行列)of countries with high-speed rail services．Trains are able to run at speeds of 200 kph on some 6,003 km of track(軌道)，and on some sections，the highest speed can increase to250 kph．The 6,003 km of track serves both high-speed passenger trains and low-speed cargo(貨物)trains．

Railway operators have to deal with the problem of the speed gap(差距)between the two kinds of trains to make sure they both run safely．

1．The Beijing-Shanghai Railway line runs 1,462 kilometers，doesn’t it?

A．Yes，it does．                                        B．No，it doesn't．

C．It’s very far．                                         D．We don’t know．

2．How many times have the trains been speeded up so far?

A．Five．           B．Six．            C．Seven．                 D．Eight．

3．When the Beijing-Shanghai train runs at 250 kph，the passengers spend         on the train．

A．ten hours             B．twelve hours        C．one day                  D．two days．

4．Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A．Only one train is served on the 6,003 km of track．

B．Beijing-Shanghai Railway passes through six provinces．

C．All of the trains run without any stops on Beijing-Shanghai Railway．

    D．Since opening，Beijing-Shanghai Railway has been one of the busiest routes in China．

5．The passage above is probably from            ．

A．a story-book                                            B．a dictionary

C．a newspaper                                            D．an advertisement