Passage 3

Questions 11-15 are based on the passage

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 only 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 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 dockland(船坞地). A link from London to the continent would stimulate trade and re-vitalize(使…重新具有活力)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!

11. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Swimming across the Channel takes less than four hours.

B. The idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge is a very new one.

C. It is considered to be more difficult to swim across the channel than any other means.

D. A tunnel or bridge would only reach as far as the coast.

12. A tunnel would be .

A. less expensive to be built than a bridge

B. more expensive to be built than a bridge

C. less expensive to be built than a rail

D. more expensive to be built than a rail

13. If they built a Channel tunnel, you would .

A. neither take a train nor go by car

B. either take a train or go by car

C. only take a train

D. only take a bus

14. It can be concluded that many of London's dockyards are .

A. not used

B. fully used

C. seriously blocked

D. opened again

15. Channel link would .

A. allow us to by 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

Passage 3

游泳穿越英吉利海峡至少需要九小时，非常辛苦而且使你气喘吁吁。飞越英吉利海峡只要没有在机场滞留，只需二十分钟，但是费用昂贵。如果你不介意噪音，可以乘坐气垫船，需要四十分钟。另外，也可乘船。你是否梦想能够开着自己的车去法国。"根本不可能"，你说。别急，人们正在重新考虑建造海底隧道或海底桥。

此次伦敦委员会正在调查建造直达伦敦的通道的可能性。建桥的成本比建隧道高得多，但是在桥上你可以乘火车或者开车，而隧道却只能行驶火车。

为什么再次讨论这个想法?因为加入欧共体，英国更加意识到与欧洲相通的需要了吗?好吧，可能是这样。但是主要的原因是隧道或者桥将通往伦敦二十平方公里废弃的船坞地。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。借助通道，你可以在英国买鱼和薯条，到法国吃，而它们还是热的!

11、C 第一段介绍"游泳穿越英吉利海峡至少需要九小时"，所以A是错误的。第一段结尾提到"人们正在重新考虑建造海底隧道或海底桥"，说明建在海底隧道的想法不是新的，所以B是错的。比较各种穿越海峡的方式所花费的时间，可以得出游泳穿越海峡是最困难的，所以C是对的。第三段提到"隧道或者桥将通往伦敦二十平方公里废弃的船坞地"，并不只是到达海岸，所以D是错的。

12、A 第二段提到"建桥的成本比建隧道高得多"，所以选A

13、C 第二段提到"隧道却只能行驶火车"，所以选C

14、A 第三段提到"伦敦二十平方公里废弃的船坞地"，所以选A

15、D 第三段提到"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。