2010高考英语江苏卷D阅读翻译
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Imagine, one day, getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours, and then, after a full day of work, going back home to Beijing and having dinner there.
Sounds unusual, doesn’t it? But it’s not that unrealistic, with the development of China’s high-speed railway system. And that’s not all. China has an even greater high-speed railway plan—to connect the country with Southeast Asia, and eventually Eastern Europe.
China is negotiating to extend its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in
10 to 15 years, eventually reaching London and Singapore.
China has proposed three such projects. The first would possibly connect Kunming with Singapore via Vietnam and Malaysia. Another could start in Urumqi and go through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and possibly to Germany. The third would start in the northeast and go north through Russia and then into Western Europe.w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m
If China’s plan for the high-speed railway goes forward, people could zip over from London to Beiling in under two days.
The new system would still follow China’s high-speed railway standard. And the trains would be able to go 346 kilometers an hour, almost as fast as some airplanes.
China’s bullet train (高速客车), the one connecting Wuhan to Guangzhou, already has the world’s fastest average speed. It covers 1,069 kilometers in about three hours.
Of course, there are some technical challenges to overcome. There are so many issues that need to be settled, such as safety, rail gauge (轨距), maintenance of railway tracks. So, it’s important to pay attention to every detail.
But the key issue is really money. China is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on domestic railway expansion.
China prefers that the other countries pay in natural resources rather than with capital investment. Resources from those countries could stream into China to sustain development.
It’ll be a win-win project. For other countries, the railway network will definitely create more opportunities for business, tourism and so on, not to mention the better communication among those countries.
For China, such a project would not only connect it with the rest of Asia and bring some much-needed resources, but would also help develop China’s far west. We foresee that in the coming decades, millions of people will migrate to the western regions, where the land is empty and resources unused. With high-speed trains, people will set up factories and business centers in the west once and for all. And they’ll trade with Central Asian and Eastern European countries.
67. China’s new high-speed railway plan will be a win-win project because _______.
A. China will get much-needed resources and develop its western regions
B. China and the countries involved will benefit from the project in various ways
C. China will develop its railway system and communication with other countries
D. the foreign countries involved will develop their railway transportation, business and tourism
68. According to the passage，the greatest challenge to the new high-speed railway plan is _______.
A. technical issues
B. safety of the systemw_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m
C. financial problems
D. maintenance of railway tracks
69. Which of the following words best describes the author’s attitude towards China’s high-speed railway plan?
A. Critical. B. Reserved. C. Doubtful. D. Positive.
70. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A. New Railway Standards
B. Big Railway Dreams
C. High-speed Bullet Trains
D. International Railway Network
答案:67. B 68. C 69. D 70. B
2013江苏卷高考英语阅读全文翻译D篇翻译
2013年江苏D篇阅读理解解析
他还值得这样一个额外赞美：一个使抨击种族主义的聪明文学变得流行的作家。 有点不同的是，马克吐温把攻击奴隶制和种族歧视的观点融入到他的作品中，尽管这些故事表面上全是关于别的。除了最后一部小说之外，他的其它小说全是以意大利为背景的。 吐温好像不得不面临来自种族的挑战 ,就拿他那至少从今天来看最具争议的《哈克贝利历险记》来说。 只有少数几本书能像《哈克贝利历险记》那样，被人们经常从书架上拿出来阅读。这是吐温最受欢迎的书。 因为它给他们的印象是粗野。
最近人们批评这本书，是因为里面有一个 名叫吉姆的逃亡奴隶，还因为“黑鬼”这个词语出现的次数太多。(正是由于“黑鬼吉姆”这个词语，这本书不断受到人们的严厉批评，但这个词语在小说中从来没有出现过) 但是不管是过去还是现在对它的批评都是愚蠢的，而且没有抓住要点。 尽管吉姆被驱逐出他的家庭，他仍然努力地在各个蓄奴州寻找他的家人。 J.Chadwick 指出，吉姆的形象在美国小说领域属于首创。这是对奴隶具有两种性格的肯定。“在白人奴隶文化里寻求生存的声音和个人主义的声音：吉姆，父亲和男人”
更有甚者，吐温的悬疑小说《傻瓜威尔逊》是对当时许多自由主义者的种族观点的一种挑战。在那个时代，人们认为，黑人比白人低等，尤其在智力上。吐温的故事部分讲述了两个自出生就被交换的婴儿的故事。 奴隶自己的浅肤色的孩子被当成白人对待，并且教育他，主张支持奴隶制。
社会地位是由后天的教育而不是天生的条件决定的，这一点再明确不过了。人们歧视的是奴隶本身的一些特点，比如说话的方式。吐温认为，这些特点正是奴隶制度强加给奴隶的结果。 吐温的种族论调并不完美。比如他的自传里边讲述他年轻时如何喜欢叫做“黑人表演”的长篇大论，这些黑人都是白人带着“黑人脸”表演的。他看到妈妈嘲笑他们，他很开心。 但是我们没有理由认为吐温觉得这种表演反映了现实。他对奴隶制和种族偏见的频频抨击说明他深切地意识到情况是恰恰相反的。 如果我们用现在的道德评价标准来阅读过去的文字和思想，我们只能发现谬误。
吐温在一个蓄奴州长大，曾当过兵，创作了吉姆这个形象，或许比过去任何一个小说家，更能够提醒人们种族间的不公并且唤醒他们的集体良知。
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