浙江苍南县 2016 高考英语阅读理解(二轮)训练(7)阅读理解
There were smiling children all the way
Charily they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang
Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives
This is the simple village people of Malaysia
I was moved
I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train
I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread
I looked about the train
There was not one familiar face
I sighed and sat down to read my Economics
It was not long before the train