山西省太原双语中学2012届高考英语专题精选阅读理解强化训练集（四十五）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AHerearesomeoftheworld’smostimpressivesubways．TheTokyoMetroandToeiLinesFeatures:TheTokyoMetroandToeilinesthatcomposeTokyo’smassivesubwaysystemcarryalmost8millionpeopleeachday,makingitthebusiestsystemintheworld．Thesystemisfamousforitsoshiya---literally,“pusher”---whoshovepassengersintocrowdedsubwaycarssothedoorscanclose．Andyouthinkyourcommuteishell．TheMoscowMetroFeatures:TheMoscowMetrohassomeofthemostbeautifulstationsintheworld．ThebestofthemwerebuiltduringtheStalinisteraandfeaturechandeliers（枝形吊灯）,marblemoldingsandelaboratemurals（精美的壁画）．Withmorethan7millionridersaday,keepingallthatmarblecleanhasgottobeaburden．TheHongKongMetroFeatures:TheHongKongMTRhasthedistinctionofbeingoneofthefewsubwaysystemsintheworldthatactuallyturnsaprofit．It’sprivatelyownedandusesrealestatedevelopmentalongitstrackstoincreaseincomeandridership．Italsointroduced“Octopuscards”thatallowpeopletonotonlypaytheirfareselectronically,butbuystuffatconveniencestores,supermarkets,restaurantsandevenparkingmeters．It’sestimatedthat95%ofalladultsinHongKongownanOctopuscard．ShanghaiMetroFeatures:ShanghaiisthethirdcityinChinatobuildametrosystem,andithasbecomethecountry’slargestinthe12yearssinceitopened．ShanghaiMetrohas142milesoftrackandplanstoaddanother180mileswithinfiveyears．Bythatpoint,itwouldbethreetimeslargerthanChicago“L”．Thesystemcarriesabout2．18millionpeopleaday．TheLondonMetroFeatures:LondonerscalltheirsubwaytheUnderground,eventhough55percentofitliesaboveground．Nomatterwhenyou’vegottheoldestmass-transitsystemintheworld,youcancallitanythingyoulike．Trainsstartedin1863andthey’vebeenrunningeversince．Some3millionpeoplerideeachday,everyoneofthemrememberingto“Mindthegap”．1．Whichonecanprovidetheriderssomewonderfuldecorationsatthestations?A．TheTokyoMetroandToeiLinesB．TheMoscowMetroC．TheLondonMetroD．TheHongKongMTR2．________isdonewiththepurposeofmakingmoney．A．TheTokyoMetroandToeiLinesB．TheMoscowMetroC．TheLondonMetroD．TheHongKongMTR用心爱心专心13．WecanlearnfromthepassagethatShanghaiMetro________．A．carriesthemostpeopleeachdayB．istheworld’slargestC．maybelargerthantheChicago“L”inthefutureD．isthebusiestintheworld4．Howmanysubwayscarrymorethan5millionpeopleperday?A．2B．3C．4D．5BArchaeology,likemanyacademicwords,comesfromGreekandmeans,moreorless,“thestudyofoldthings”．So,itisreallyapartofthestudyofhistory．However,mosthistoriansusepaperevidence,suchasletters,paintingsandphotographs,butarchaeologists（考古学家）learnfromtheobjectsleftbehindbythehumansoflongago．Normally,thesearethehardmaterialsthatdon’tbreakdownordisappearveryquickly—thingslikehumanbonesandobjectsmadefromstoneandmetal．Itisveryunusualtofindanythingmorethanthehardevidenceofhistory—normally,thebacteriaintheaireatawayatsoftmaterials,likebodies,clothesandthingsmadeofwood．Occasionally,thingsaredifferent．In1984,twomenmadeanamazingdiscoverywhileworkinginabogcalledLindowMoss,inthenorthofEngland．Abogisaverywetareaofearth,withalotofplantsgrowinginit．Itcanbelikeaverybigandverythickvegetablesoup—walkinthewrongplaceandyoucansinkanddisappearforever．Themenwereworkingwhenoneofthemsawsomethingstickingout—ahumanfoot!Naturally,themencalledthepolice,whothenfoundtherestof...
