1、高铁（high-speed rail）极大的方便了长沙居民出行，有利于长沙走向全国，走向世界。
2、人们乘坐高铁舒适快捷，安全性能高，票价也可以被接受。
3、高铁可以减少大气和噪音污染，有利于环境保护
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| A．By taxi. | B．By car. | C．By subway. |
3 . Saturday, 22 April, 2017
We are currently on a camp site near Calais, on our way to the UK, and it is pouring with rain. As if gods want to prepare us for the UK at all costs. As if we don't know what rain is... Our ferry to the green isles will leave tomorrow at 10：30 and despite the rain, I am really looking forward to it.
It has taken us a while to get here, as we already left EI Chorro on 4 April. After rushing through Spain in two days, however, we came to an inevitable slow－down when we entered France. Inevitable, as France has simply too much to offer for us, so as soon as we crossed the Pyrenees, our driving sequence became something like driving a few kilometres, visiting a castle, driving a few kilometres, taking pictures of a nice church, driving a few kilometres, having a quick peek at a flea market, driving a few kilometres, visiting a museum etc. When we entered Brittany the real sightseeing started, in Vannes, in Lorient, in Brest and then on to Normandy: Le Mont St Michel, Bayeux and finally, finally the D－Day beaches. I always wanted to visit these, for obvious reasons I would say, but my father, realistic as he was, calculated the chances that it would rain a considerable amount of days of a three－week holiday and always decided against it. But a few days ago I finally stepped onto Gold Beach (where the Brits landed) and I was greeted by the Norman sun. A beautiful day.
1. According to the passage, the Pyrenees must be a place in ________.| A．Spain | B．France |
| C．Netherland | D．UK |
| A．They spent 2 days in Spain travelling. |
| B．The writer thought France has a lot of places to visit. |
| C．The writer thought the real sightseeing was in EI Chorro and Brest. |
| D．The writer's father was a realistic person. |
| A．a travel journal | B．a science fiction |
| C．a news report | D．a film review |
You can rent a variety of motorbikes or bikes in Thailand. It seems to be very popular in most of the beaches and islands along the places in the north. The most popular bikes are the little 125 cc Honda Dream which you can get for about 150 baht (铢) a day or as little as 3,000 baht per month, making it the cheapest way to tour Thailand for the people from other countries.
Sometimes you will have to go somewhere by taxi. When you are in cities in Thailand, especially in Bangkok, always remember to get a taxi that is traveling on the roads. Some drivers outside hotels refuse to use the meter(计程表). They will ask a price which is several times the price when they use the meter!
The quality of the roads in Thailand is generally pretty good, so renting cars is another way to get around. The big car rental companies may offer you slightly older cars at a very reasonable(合理的) price. It is a little surprising considering that the cost of buying a car in Thailand is more than that in the West. Petrol is also reasonably priced in Thailand, more expensive than American prices, but much cheaper than what is paid in Europe. In the past, Bangkok could be a difficult place to drive in—signs were generally in Thai only, making it a hard job to find exactly where you were by looking around. But now, the situation is improved. In a lot of places, even the farthest corners of the country, street signs are in both Thai and English.
1. To a foreigner, the most economical way to get around Thailand is renting a ________．
| A．motorbike | B．car | C．taxi | D．bike |
| A．To make sure there is a meter in it. |
| B．To take a taxi parked outside hotels. |
| C．To take a taxi going on the road. |
| D．To bargain with the driver over the price. |
| A．there were too many traffic jams on the roads |
| B．the signs were written only in their own language |
| C．there were no signs at the farthest corners |
| D．the quality of the roads was not good |
