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The Docklands Light Railway(DLR) took just three years to build at a cost of ￡77 million. It is London’s first Light Rail System, but its route follows that of a number of older lines, which carried the nineteenth century railways through the crowded districts of the East End.
①The section of the line from the Tower Gateway Station to Poplar follows the line of one of London’s earliest railways, the London & Blackwell(1840), a cable-drawn railway(later converted to steam) which carried passengers to steam ships at Blackwell Pier, and provided transport for the messengers and clerks who went backwards and forwards between the docks and the city every day.
From Poplar to Island Gardens, a new line crosses high above the dock waters, and then joins the old track of the Millwall Extension Railway, built to service the Millwall Docks(1868) and to provide transport for workers in the local factories. This line was horse-drawn for part of it
A. was constructed in the nineteenth century
B. will be finished in three years’ time
C. follows some of the original lines
D. took three years longer than expected to complete

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[单项选择]According to the passage, on entering a railway compartment, an overseas visitor is expected to ________.
[A] inquire about the code of behavior in the train [C] shake hands with the person he knows
[B] shake hands with all the passengers [D] behave like an Englishman

A. According to the passage, on entering a railway compartment, an overseas visitor is expected to ________.
B. inquire about the code of behavior in the train
C. shake hands with all the passengers
D. shake hands with the person he knows
E. behave like an Englishman

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Passage Three

Rising Prices Cause House "Apartheid"
涨价导致房屋的“种族隔离”
The Government has admitted that soaring house prices have left people on average incomes, such as teachers and nurses, locked out of buying their first homes across large parts of southern England, including London and most of the South East.
A spokeswoman for the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, admitted last night that there was now an effective "housing apartheid", with people in their own homes pulling further and further away from those yet to get on the property ladder.
With house prices rising at betwe
A. houses are only built in specific places
B. houses in some places become too expensive for people to buy
C. black people and white people live in different houses in a place
D. regulations are enforced on house pricing

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[单项选择]Passage ThreeA. At a railway station. B. At a bus center.
C. In the countryside. D. In a coastal town.

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[单项选择]Passage ThreeA. At a railway station. B. At a bus center.
C. In the countryside. D. In a coastal town.