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第二篇：Even though Japan and France are the two countries that enjoy highspeed today, their highspeed rail systemsare technically different.The French TGV and Japanese Shinkansen were designed for different geographic and traffic demands. Aclose look at the map of both these systems will tell you that Shinkansen, as the name itself suggests, wasenvisioned like a huge backbone from which smaller branches branch out to connect the entire country. It passesthrough a series of urban agglomerations hence encountering frequent stops throughout the line. The hilly terrainof Japan means it will have more curves and tunnels comparatively which affect the train design as have beenseen. The geography of Japan also supports a track route of such a nature. The French TGV lines, on the otherhand, is designed in a way that the corners of the country are well connected with its capital city, Paris. And asTGV map suggests, the lines are not so densely populated as in Japan.Shinkansen trains are designed to run full of people. It is not that the TGV cannot run in full capacity. But thenumber of seats required in Shinkansen is significantly much larger than that seen in TGV’s. The first seven of thehighest number of people that can be accommodated per meter all belong to Shinkansen, with a capacity per unitlength between 3 and 4 people every meter of train length. The best train in the series from the TGV series comesat 8th with over 2.5 people per meter of the train. This means there is more space and comfort for travelers inTGV as compared to the Shinkansen trains. This leads to a possibility of capacity of about 1,200 people pertrainset in case of Shinkansen trains while TGV trainset supports over 500 people per trainset.
56. What is the passage meaning about?
(A) A comparative study on modern highspeed rail systems.
(B) Traffic demands in Japan and France.
(C) A comparison between the French TGV and the Japanese Shinkansen.
(D) The performances of two highspeed rail systems.

參考答案

答案：C
難度：簡單0.734043
統計：A(8),B(7),C(69),D(9),E(0)

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