题型:阅读理解 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
湖北省天门市、潜江市2018-2019学年高一上学期英语12月月考试卷
If you want to travel from Xi'an to Chengdu by train, it will take about 16 hours. But starting this month, the new Xi'an-Chengdu high-speed railway will shorten this travel time to three hours.
The 643-kilometer line is China's first high-speed railway to run through the Qinling Mountains, which form a natural boundary (分界线) between China's north and south. With a speed of 250 km per hour, it's also the first mountain-heavy train line to provide a 4G network. Along the way, the train passes through two areas for rare (稀有) wild animals — one for pandas and the other for crested ibises (朱鹮).
To reduce the railway's influence on the animals, workers and experts have designed and built the railway to be environmentally friendly. There were 345 wild pandas living in the Qinling Mountains. China currently has 1,864 wild pandas in total, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
To avoid disturbing the pandas, the railway was designed to run through tunnels (隧道) within the area. Protective shields (防护屏) are placed near the entrance of each tunnel to stop animals from going in.
To protect the thousands of crested ibises that fly near one part of the railway, protective nets have been set up to make sure the birds will not fly into a train.
The nets are about 32 km long and 4 meters high. Experts tested different shapes and materials for building the nets before making their final choice.
The 2019 Beijing Horticultural Expo, the largest of its kind, has chosen the theme "Live Green, Live Better". The expo, opened on April 29 in Yanqing District of Beijing, is scheduled to last for 162 days until October 7.
Tickets available
*Standard day ticket
*Designated day ticket
*Discounted ticket
*Group ticket
Designated days
*Labor Day holiday (May 1-4)
*Dragon Boat Festival holiday (June 7-9)
*Mid-Autumn Festival holiday (Sept 13-15)
*National Day holiday (Oct 1-7)
Tickets prices
*Standard day ticket: 120 yuan
*Ordinary designated day ticket: 160 yuan
*Discounted standard day ticket: 80 yuan
*Discounted designated day ticket: 120 yuan
Tickets are free for children under the age of six or shorter than 130 centimeters. Discounted tickets are available for those with disabilities, seniors (people aged at 60 or above), children, students and PLA soldiers.
Where to buy
Visitors can buy or book tickets from two online agents, seven travel agencies, or three event channels—the event WeChat account, the event app or Onsite ticket kiosks.
Opening hours
Opening at | Deadline for ticket sales | Deadline for admission | Closing at |
8 am | 6 pm | 6:30 pm | 9 pm |
Requirements
Buying tickets for Expo 2019 Beijing requires real-name registration, and all visitors are required to input information from their ID cards (or valid passports, mainland travel permits for Hong Kong and Macao residents, and mainland travel permits for Taiwan residents) to buy or book tickets online.
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