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[单项选择]Metro proposes to increase bus and rail fares by about 5 percent, raise parking rates and eliminate a controversial rush-hour surcharge (附加费) this summer to overcome a $116 million shortfall (差额) in its next operating budget.
Riders who use paper Farecards would face the biggest change. Whether going 2 stops or 10, they would pay one-way flat fares: $ 5 during rush hour, $ 4 in off-peak times. For a group traveling together, hailing a taxi might quickly become better.
The last fare increase was two years ago, and it was the broadest in Metro’s history. An increase this year is likely to be unpopular because the system struggles daily with service disruptions—some planned, and others not. Riders face delays because of train malfunctions and other issues. In the past three weeks, brake parts have fallen off two rail cars.
The additional revenue won’t alleviate the system’s chronic problems with its elevators or increase trains on the Red Line. Covering the shortfall will j
A. fights against service interruptions every day
B. requires riders to use paper Farecards to pay the fare
C. hasn’t worked out the problem of train malfunctions
D. has the daily trouble of brake parts falling off rail cars
[填空题]Five dollars are not enough for taxi fares in this region.
[填空题]Pollution from rail transport is usually measured from the motor exhaust.
[填空题]The benefits of rail transportation in both speed and carrying capacity made it superior to other methods of transportation since the 1800s.
[填空题]Urban rail transport mainly includes 4 types of vehicles: subway, trams, light rail and regional trains.
[单项选择]Success of New Rail Links in Europe
The Eurostar company is now running frequent train services using the tunnel built beneath the sea between Britain and France. Millions of passengers have already travelled on Eurostar trains and there are now twenty services a day between London and Paris and nine between London and Brussels.
Eurostar has already won 40% of all passengers from the UK to Paris and Brussels but further growth will depend on the business market. The early morning departure to Paris is proving popular, especially for business people from London who need to do a full day’s work in the French capital.
However. exactly how many of Eurostar’s passengers are business travellers is unknown. While first-class accommodation has been 70% fill, many of these passengers are travelling on holiday: one travel agent estimates Eurostar has only 20% of the business travel market. Meanwhile, tour operators report a sharp rise in the sale of short trips to Par
A. Passengers can travel on its trains through the tunnel.
B. It offers frequent train services front London to Paris.
C. There are many passengers traveling on Eurostar.
D. It offers a variety of services on the train every day.
[单项选择]The development of rapid transit rail lines in cities should parallel local economic development and blind construction of such lines should be avoided, a State Council conference said yesterday.
The meeting, chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao, said the building of rapid-transit rail lines in cities should be carried out according to strict guidelines and management systems of such lines should be improved. It stressed that the amount of domestically made equipment used in such infrastructure projects needs to be increased.
The meeting also deliberated on the draft amendments for laws governing the People’s Bank of China and commercial banks. Also discussed were the draft law on the supervision and management of banking sector and draft regulations on the management of central food reserves. It was agreed at the meeting that the laws governing the People’s Bank of China and commercial banks need to be amended so that the roles and responsibilities of the two are made clear.
The
A. is already quite developed
B. does not exist at all
C. is not good enough
D. needs to include the strict guidelines
