2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练 热点30 西藏的发展及风土人情(学生版+解析版).pdfVIP

2023年中考英语时事 热点阅读专练 热点30西藏的发展及风土人情 阅读理解 Lamu was a 12-year-old Tibetan girl. She wanted to go to Beijing to watch the 2008 Olympics. Only one month ago, Lamu still thought it would be difficult. In the past Tibet had no railroad （铁路）. If Lamu took a bus, it would take her a long time to reach Beijing. And a plane ticket wouJd cost lots of mon巳y. ’ However, things changed for Lamu. She was able to buy a ticket to the world s highest railroad. The Qinghai厅ibet Railway had been completed! The 1,142-kilometer railroad runs on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau （高原） － Lamu could reach Beijing by train in 48 hours! r warms About 550 k.i lometers of the rail.road are constructed on the foz巳n earth （冻土）. When the frozen earth in summer, it can move the track. But Chines巳 scientists have built a special structure to solve the problem. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway bas been designed witb the wild animals in the designers ’ minds. It also has special underpasses （地下通道） for animals like Tibetan antelopes （藏黔羊） to go through. ’ “The new railroad greatly helps Tibet s tourism,said Liu Yueqin, an expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences （中国社科院）． As more tourists take trains to Tibet, there are more money for Tibetans. With the money, more kids can go to school. The railroad also makes things less exp巳nsive in Tibet. Now one can buy a TV set for about 1,500