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  3. You are going to read a magazine article in which five people talk about railway journeys. For questions 22-35, choose from the

You are going to read a magazine article in which five people talk about railway journeys. For questions 22-35, choose from the

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问题    You are going to read a magazine article in which five people talk about railway journeys. For questions 22-35, choose from the people (A-E). The people maybe chosen more than once. When more than one answer is required, these maybe given in any order. There is an example at the beginning (0).
                      Which person or people
found on returning years later that nothing had changed?              0   E   
was unable to count on the train service?                             【S1】______
enjoyed the company of fellow passengers?                             【S2】______
found the views from the train dramatic?                              【S3】______  【S4】______
welcomed a chance to relax on the trip?                               【S5】______
was never disappointed by the journey?                                【S6】______
has a reason for feeling grateful to one special train?               【S7】______
traveled on a railway which is no longer in regular service?          【S8】______
regretted not going on a particular train trip?                       【S9】______
used to travel on the railway whenever possible?                      【S10】______
learnt an interesting piece of information on a train journey?        【S11】______
took a train which travelled from one country to another?             【S12】______
says that the railway had been looked after by unpaid helpers?        【S13】______
was once considered not old enough to travel by train?                【S14】______  

                                     On the rails
   Five celebrities tell Andrew Morgan their favourite memories of railway journeys.
   A  Andrea Thompson—Newsreader
I fell in love with the south of France a long time ago and try to get back there as often as I can. There’s a local train from Cannes along the coast which crosses the border with Italy. It takes you past some of the most amazing seascapes. It never matters what the weather is like, or what time of the year it is, it is always enchanting. Out of the other window are some of the best back gardens and residences in the whole of France. You feel like someone peeping into the property of the rich and famous. The travelers themselves are always lively because there is an interesting mix of tourists and locals, all with different itineraries but all admirers of the breath taking journey.
   B  Rod Simpson—Explorer
   I have enjoyed so many rail journeys through the years, but if I had to pick a favourite it would be the Nile Valley Express, which runs across the desert of northern Sudan. The one misfortune in my youth, growing up in South Africa, was missing out on a family train journey from Cape Town to the Kruger National Park. I was regarded as being too young and troublesome and was sent off to an aunt. When I came to live in England as a teenager, I still hadn’t travelled by train. London Waterloo was the first real station I ever saw and its great glass dome filled me with wonder.
   C  Betty Cooper—Novelist
   I am indebted to one train in particular: the Blue Train, which took my husband and me on our honeymoon across France to catch a boat to Egypt. It was on the train that my husband gave me a pink dress, which I thought was absolutely wonderful. Someone happened to mention that pink was good for the brain, and I’ve never stopped wearing the colour since. What I remember about the journey itself, however, is how lovely it was to travel through France and then by boat up the Nile to Luxor. It was, without a doubt, the perfect way to wind down after all the wedding preparations.
   D  Martin Brown —Journalist
   We were working on a series of articles based on a round-the-world trip and had to cross a desert in an African country. There wasn’t a road, so the only way we could continue our journey was to take what was affectionately known as the Desert Express. The timetable was unreliable --we were just given a day. We also heard that, in any case, the driver would often wait for days to depart if he knew there were passengers still on their way. When it appeared, there was a sudden charge of what seemed like hundreds of people climbing into and onto the carriages   passengers were even allowed to travel on the roof free. During the night, the train crossed some of the most beautiful landscapes I have ever seen. It was like a dream, like travelling across the moon.
   E  Jennifer Dickens—Actress
   I imagine most people’s favourite impressions of trains and railways are formed when they are young children, but that’s not my case. I was brought up in Singapore and Cyprus, where I saw very few trains, let alone travelled on them. It wasn’t until I was a teenager that trains began to dominate my life. I made a film which featured a railway in Yorkshire. Most of the filming tool< place on an old, disused stretch of the line which had been lovingly maintained by volunteers. That’s where my passion for steam trains began. When we weren’t filming, we took every opportunity to have a ride on the train, and, when I went back last year, it was as if time had stood still. Everything was the same, even the gaslights on the station platform !
【S1】______
选项
答案D
解析 第22题的问题为：“Which person or people was unable to count on the train service?”  (谁不能指望火车上的服务?)D段中描写道：”The time table was unreliable…”(火车时刻表不可靠…)。  因此，答案为D。
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