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Beijing, together with Zhangjiakou, succeeded in getting the chance to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games,   which   speeds   up   the   development   of   Zhangjiakou   City.   Word   came         1       the   Beijing- Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, located in North China, is now       2     construction, and is expected to be completed by 2020 in       3       (prepare) for the cities to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Starting from Beijing North Railway Station and heading west through the Great Wall, the project is     4     (probable) the biggest challenge ever. Its designers say that the explosions needed       5    (dig) the tunnels will not have a negative effect on the structure.

The railway line has a   length of 174 km as a double-track passenger line, with ten stations along its route. Enjoying       6       total investment of 31.17 billion yuan ($5 billion), the trip between the two cities will only take 40 minutes       7       the train will travel at an average of 250 km/h.

According to the plan, the high-speed railway will have two branch       8    line) — one is to Yanqing Station and the other to Taizicheng of Chongli, where the Olympic Village lies. The full railway,    9     (include) a 70-kilometer section through Beijing,       10     (complete) in four and a half years.

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China is a land of bicycles. People use their bicycles to get around. For many, it is the     1    (easy) way to travel around. Bicycles also come in different colors—silver, green, red, blue, yellow     2     you want. It’s fun watching people biking. They rush quickly through crossroads, move skillfully through traffic, and ride even on sidewalks. And bicycles allow people the     3    (free) move about that other vehicles can’t provide.

Last Saturday, I jumped up on my newly-bought bicycle seat and started home. It was the first time that I     4    (ride) a bike here. My first ride home was orderly. To be safe, I stayed with a “pack” of bikers while cars on the streets came     5    (run) swiftly out of nowhere. I didn’t want to get hit. So I took the ride     6    (careful). Crossing the streets was challenging. As you know, the streets were wide. So crossing took time, skill and     7     little bit of luck.

I finally made it home. The feeling     8     the bicycle was excellent     9     felt the air hitting my face and going through my hair, it seemed as if I were on top of the world as I passed by     10    (place) and people. Biking made me feel alive.

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You may ride on your bicycle in a rush to get to school every morning. You may fight to get a bit of space on a bus or on the subway. You may also watch taxis move their way     1     (slow)through traffic jams. No matter where you are, all big     2     (city) around the world have traffic jams these days.

Although they all have their problems, many cities also have a type of transportation that has become a cultural icon.

In London, to avoid the traffic above ground, people use the “underground”. The city has     3     oldest and most complicated underground railway system in the world and it is the pride of many Londoners.

New York is famous for     4     (it) yellow cabs (出租车). They serve as a quick and easy way of     5     (get) across Manhattan, where the subway doesn’t take you everywhere. Stopping a cab is easy: just stick out your arm like you do in any city.     6    , with over 12,000 yellow cabs in the Big Apple (纽约别称), there     7     (be) also a lot of traffic jams.

Since 1873 when the first cable car     8     (start) public service, the slow and noisy vehicle has been a symbol of San Francisco.     9     once damaged by a serious earthquake and challenged by cars, it is never caught in traffic jams and provides     10     (good) views than the subway.

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In 1863 the first underground passenger railway in the world opened in London. It ran for just under seven kilometers and allowed people to avoid terrible     1     (crowd) on the roads above as they travelled to and     2     work. It took three years to complete and was built using an interesting method. This included digging up the road,    3     (lay) the track and then building a strong roof over    4     top. When all those had been done, the road surface was replaced.

Steam engines     5     (use) to pull the carriages and it must have been    6     (fair) unpleasant for the passengers, with all the smoke and noise. However, the railway quickly proved to be a great success and within six months, more than 25,000 people were using     7    every day.

Later, engineers     8     (manage) to construct railways in a system of deep tunnels (隧道）, which became known to the tube. This development was only possible with the     9     (introduce) of electric-powered engines and lifts. The central London Railway was one of the most     10     (success) of these new lines, and was opened in 1900. It had white-painted tunnels and bright red carriages, and proved extremely popular with the public.

6 . When you are in England you must be very careful in the streets     1     the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street you must look to the right first     2     then the left. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from     3    , the streets are very busy. Traffic is most     4    (danger) then.
When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful,     5    . Always remember that the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful.     6    (have) a look first, or else you will go     7     wrong way.
In many English cities, there are big buses     8     two floors. You can sit on the     9    (two) floor, from     10     you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.