3．The new high-speed railway line between Urumqi，capital of the Xinjiang Uygur self-governing region，and Lanzhou，capital of Gansu province，has cut train travel time by half to less than 12hours．
The dramatic improvement will benefit many families planning reunions for Spring Festival．
"For the first time，I feel home is not that far away after all，"said Liang Shaofu as he boarded a high-speed train in Urumqi with six members of his family．
The 35-year-old left Lanzhou to set up a dry fruit business in Xinjiang eight years ago，and he has now settled in Urumqi．
The 1，776-km line，which passes through Qinghai province and is the country's first high-speed railway to be built in a high-altitude region，came into service on Dec 26．
"We normally drive home for Spring Festival to avoid the difficulties of buying seven train tickets for the whole family during the peak season，"Liang said．"Driving can be very tiring and dangerous sometimes，so one year we even decided not to go back to Lanzhou simply to avoid the trip．
More than 600，000passengers traveled on the line during its first month，and the Urumqi Railway Bureau said the introduction of high-speed services will ease transport pressure during the Spring Festival peak season．
The existing usual railway line could no longer support Xinjiang's development．All passenger trains will gradually shift to the new link，leaving the old one to be used for goods．As a result，Xinjiang's annual goods ability could reach 200million metric tons from the current 70million．
The line passes through areas that experience high winds，and it also crosses parts of the deserted Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the bone-dry sands of the Gobi Desert．
The project could help China to promote its high-speed railway technology abroad，said Ma Xizhang，director of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway project's management department in Xinjiang．
24．How long did it take to go from Urumqi to Lanzhou by the usual train before？D
A．a(chǎn)bout 12hours． B．About 6hours． C．About 18hours． D．About 24hours．
25．What's the main advantage of the new high-speed railway？D
A．It takes more time to go to Urumqi to Lanzhou．
B．It will be more convenient for people all over the country to Xinjiang．
C．All the people in Lanzhou can return home on festivals．
D．It helps to improve Xinjiang's development．
26．From the passage we can learnB．
A．Xinjiang's annual goods ability can increase nearly four times
B．the new railway technology may help more railway lines to be built abroad
C．the high-speed railway lines can't be built across the bone-dry sands
D．the old railway lines can only carry goods now
27．Which of the following is true according to the passage？C
A．The new high-speed railway line is good for all people to go home．
B．The new high-speed railway line benefits businessmen to carry goods．
C．Taking the new train is safer than driving home from Urumqi to Lanzhou．
D．Businessmen seldom went home for Spring Festival before．
分析 本文是一篇說明文，講述了烏魯木齊到蘭州之間的高速鐵路修建，使得距離縮短了12小時(shí)．從此人們的出行變的越來越方便了．
解答 24．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段"The new high speed railway line between Urumqi，capital of the Xinjiang Uygur self-governing region，and Lanzhou，capital of Gansu province，has cut train travel time by half to less than 12 hours．"可知用時(shí)是以前的一半，并說減少到了不到十二小時(shí)，故得知原來用時(shí)不到二十四小時(shí)，故選D．
25．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第八段"As a result，Xinjiang's annual goods ability could reach 200 million metric tons from the current 70 million．"可知新鐵路的建設(shè)是新疆的商品流通量從7千萬噸達(dá)到2億噸，鐵路幫助了新疆的發(fā)展．故選D．
26．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段"The project could help China to promote its high speed railway technology abroad"可知這個(gè)項(xiàng)目能夠幫助國(guó)外鐵路建設(shè)．故選B．
27．C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)梁的話"Driving can be very tiring and dangerous sometimes"可知以前開車從烏魯木齊到蘭州很累而且可能發(fā)生危險(xiǎn)，C項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第一段可知這條高鐵建在烏魯木齊和蘭州之間，所以不是方便所有人回家，故A項(xiàng)不對(duì)；根據(jù)"The dramatic improvement will benefit many families planning reunions for Spring Festival．"可知這條線路是為了緩解春運(yùn)壓力，B項(xiàng)不對(duì)；文中提到人們?cè)诖哼\(yùn)高峰不方便回家，并不是很少回去，D不對(duì)．故選C．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一個(gè)人生感悟類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
