首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It’s a hard work and it makes you short of breath. To fly over the
To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It’s a hard work and it makes you short of breath. To fly over the
admin
2012-08-03
53
问题
To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It’s a hard work and it makes you short of breath. To fly over the Channel takes only twenty minutes (as long as you’re not held up at the airport), but it’s an expensive way to travel. You can travel by hovercraft if you don’t mind the noise, and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise, you can go by boat, if you remember your seasickness pills. All these means of transport have their problems and the weary traveler often dreams of being able to drive to France in his own car. "Not possible, " you say. Well, wait a minute. People are once again considering the idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge.
This time, the Greater London Council is looking into the possibility of building a Channel link straight to London. (79)
A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel, but you would be able to go by rail or by car on a bridge, whereas a tunnel would provide a rail link only.
Why is this idea being discussed again? Is Britain becoming more conscious of the need for links with Europe as a result of joining the EEC (欧共体)? Well, perhaps. The main reason, though, is that a tunnel or bridge would reach the twenty square kilometers of London’s disused docklands. A link from London to the continent would stimulate trade and revitalize the port, and would make London a main trading center in Europe. (80)
With a link over the Channel, you could buy your fish and chips in England and be able to eat them in France while they were still warm!
Channel link would______.
选项
A、allow us to buy fish and chips in France
B、make the journey from Europe to England dangerous but easier and faster
C、decrease more trade for London’s dockyards
D、make London more prosperous again
答案
D
解析
本题考查的是考生对细节的把握及推理能力。答案对应于文章的第三段,其中倒数第二句提到“伦敦与欧洲大陆连接将刺激贸易,使港口恢复生机,使伦敦成为欧洲重要的贸易中心”,即使伦敦更加繁荣。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/aZJO777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
TheconversationswhichEnglishpeopleholdabouttheweatherdonotasaruleleavetheparticipantsanythewiser;onlyonrar
Mr.Walker’snew______fittedsobadlyacrosstheshouldersthathetookitbacktotheshoptocomplain.
TheEnglishweatherdefiesforecastandhenceisasourceofinterestand______toeveryone.
MoreandmoreChinesearelearningforeignlanguages,______English.
Wouldyouplease______theseinvitationstoalltheteachersoftheEnglishdepartment?
Thelittlegirlisignorant______thebasicrulesofEnglishgrammar.
Withthepossibleexceptionofequalrights,perhapsthemost【C1】______issueacrosstheUnitedStatestodayisthedeathpenalt
Withthepossibleexceptionofequalrights,perhapsthemost【C1】______issueacrosstheUnitedStatestodayisthedeathpenalt
随机试题
人工智能听起来很遥远,其实已经________到我们的日常工作和生活中了。人工智能的应用,让生活更便捷、更有乐趣,节约时间、解放体力,甚至未来机器将________人类进行一些基础性的劳作,这个场景令人憧憬。填入画横线部分最恰当的一项是(
若要在开机后就自动运行Excel应用程序,应将Excel应用程序图标放到“开始/程序”菜单中的()菜单项中。
A.急性再生障碍性贫血B.慢性再生障碍性贫血急性变C.先天性再生障碍性贫血D.急性造血停滞E.纯红再生障碍性贫血范科尼贫血又称为
王某与赵某系某乡农民,一日两人发生争执,王某趁赵某不备冲其腰间踢了一脚。赵某被送往医院后经诊断,认定软组织损伤.未造成严运后果。乡派出所对此事调查后,对王某作出罚款500元的行政处罚。王某不服,委托其兄长向市公安局提出行政复议。市公安局以行政复议不能由他人
打桩机正确的打桩顺序为()。
计算机网络的主要功能有()。
按重量计,由35%的亚麻、25%的黄麻和40%的棉花织成的匹状印花机织物()
教育法律关系的主体是()。
三项建设做到三同步,是协调发展的具体要求。其中有两个重要环节是()。
C英国文学之作家概况。JohnKeats(1795—1821),第二代浪漫主义诗人代表,代表作为OdetoaNightingale(《夜莺颂》),写作风格推崇“Beautyistruth,truthbeauty’’。
最新回复
(
0
)