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2014高考英语考前46天“招牌”题集训8 The 2,298-kilometer Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway 1.________(official) opened to passengers on December 26,2012.It is the worlds longest high-speed rail route.The 2.________(design)speed of the track is 350 km/h，though speeds during the initial period of operation will be limited to about 300 km/h.The new route cuts off the travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou 3.________almost two thirds，from 22 hours to roughly eight hours.On December 1,2012，not long before the opening of the Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway，the Harbin-Dalian High-speed Railway，4.________first high-speed line ever to cross land that lies frozen for almost half a year，began operations，5.________allows passengers to appreciate the view off the coast from Dalian in the morning，6.________the winter snowscape of frosty Harbin in the afternoon.At present the total 7.________(long) of high-speed lines in China 8.________(reach)9,349 km.With four main lines 9.________(run) east-west and four north-south，the countrys high-speed train network is the worlds largest.China plans to expand 10.________high-speed railway network to 50,000 km by 2020，to cover almost all large and medium-sized cities.1．officially　“正式地”officially，作状语修饰谓语动词。 2．designed　“设定的速度”用过去分词作定语，表被动。 3．by　表示减少的程度。 4．the　序数词前用定冠词。 5．which　which引导非限制定语从句。 6．and　表并列。 7．length　“总长度”，填名词。 8．has reached　作谓语，填动词的三单形式，“reaches”。 9．running　with＋宾＋宾补，填running。 10．its　根据句意“中国计划扩大它的高速公路网”，填its。 Expensive perfumes (香水) come in tiny bottles，but many hide a whale-sized secret. To perfect a particular smell，perfume-makers often use an ingredient that comes from sperm whales，called ambergris.But using ambergris，which helps a perfume last longer，is strongly opposed by many people who think it is wrong to kill whales just so we can smell sweet.Joerg Bohlmann is neither a perfumer nor a whale expert.Hes a plant biologist at the University of British Columbia in CanadA．But his discovery of a new plant gene (基因) might push whales