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“Choo，Choo！”Here comes the Chunnel train. Get aboard if you want to learn more about this underground transportation system. This is an unusual form of transportation, because it is a tunnel that trains travel through and not an actual form of transportation.

The Chunnel is actually the English nickname for the Channel Tunnel. In French，it is called le tunnel sous la Manche. It is a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. It connects Cheriton in Kent, England with Sangatte in northern France. It is the second longest rail tunnel in the world.

Did you know that the British and the French had a race while they were building the Chunnel? The race was to see who could get to the middle of the tunnel first. The British won by a little bit. It took 15,000 workers over seven years to dig the tunnel. The tunnel was finished in 1994.

The completed Chunnel cost about $21 billion. But it all paid off, because it became very popular, very quick. Millions of people use it. Now it is getting even more popular.

There are three complete tunnels in the Chunnel. The two outside ones are the passenger trains. The small inner one is a guidance train. The guidance train is not used for transportation. Each track is exactly parallel to each other.

There are four different train systems in the Chunnel. The Eurostar is a high speed passenger service that connects London, Paris, Brussels and Lille. The Eurotunnel shuttle is a rail ferry service. These shuttles carry cars and vans. These are railcars that allow drivers to drive their vehicles on and off. There are also two Eurotunnel goods service trains.

Now you know more about the Chunnel. Everybody off，this is the last stop.

1.The Channel Tunnel links   ________with________.

A. London; Paris                        B. Cheriton; Sangatte

C. Lille; Brussels                                D. Dover; Kent

2.Which of the following shows the structure of the tunnels in the Chunnel?

 

3.The Eurotunnel shuttle is intended to carry________.

A. passengers B. drivers and their vehicles

C. goods                                D. staff members of the Chunnel

4.The text can most probably be ________.

A. found in a guidebook    B. read in a magazine

C. broadcast on a train      D. heard in a railway station

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是列車上的廣播內容。介紹英吉利海峽隧道，又稱海峽隧道或歐洲隧道，它的規模之大，耗時之長，費用之巨，設計之巧，讓世人嘆為觀止。

1.細節理解題。根據第二段倒數第二句. It connects Cheriton in Kent, England with Sangatte in northern France.中的內容可知英吉利海峽隧道連接的是英國的Cheriton 和法國的Sangatte。 選B

2.細節理解題。根據第五段中的“three complete tunnels; two outside ones; The small inner one”可判斷A 項是隧道的構造圖。

3.細節理解題。根據倒數第二段第三句、第四句和第五句中的內容可知這種隧道用來運載司機和車輛。選B

4.推理判斷題。結合第一段第二句中的內容以及最后一段中的內容可推斷本文是列車上的廣播內容。選C

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