D 　　Imagine,oneday,gettingoutofbedinBeijingandbeingatyourofficeinShanghaiinonlyacoupleofhours,andthen,afterafulldayofwork,goingbackhometoBeijingandhavingdinnerthere. 　　Soundsunusual,doesn’tit?Butit’snotthatunrealistic,withthedevelopmentofChina’shigh-speedrailwaysystem.Andthat’snotall.Chinahasanevengreaterhigh-speedrailwayplan—toconnectthecountrywithSoutheastAsia,andeventuallyEasternEurope. 　　Chinaisnegotiatingtoextenditsownhigh-speedrailwaynetworktoupto17countriesin 　　10to15years,eventuallyreachingLondonandSingapore. 　　Chinahasproposedthreesuchprojects.ThefirstwouldpossiblyconnectKunmingwithSingaporeviaVietnamandMalaysia.AnothercouldstartinUrumqiandgothroughKazakhstanandUzbekistan,andpossiblytoGermany.ThethirdwouldstartinthenortheastandgonorththroughRussiaandthenintoWesternEurope.w_ww.k#s5_u.co*m 　　IfChina’splanforthehigh-speedrailwaygoesforward,peoplecouldzipoverfromLondontoBeilinginundertwodays. 　　ThenewsystemwouldstillfollowChina’shigh-speedrailwaystandard.Andthetrainswouldbeabletogo346kilometersanhour,almostasfastassomeairplanes. 　　China’sbullettrain(高速客车),theoneconnectingWuhantoGuangzhou,alreadyhastheworld’sfastestaveragespeed.Itcovers1,069kilometersinaboutthreehours. 　　Ofcourse,therearesometechnicalchallengestoovercome.Therearesomanyissuesthatneedtobesettled,suchassafety,railgauge(轨距),maintenanceofrailwaytracks.So,it’simportanttopayattentiontoeverydetail. 　　Butthekeyissueisreallymoney.Chinaisalreadyspendinghundredsofbillionsofyuanondomesticrailwayexpansion. 　　Chinaprefersthattheothercountriespayinnaturalresourcesratherthanwithcapitalinvestment.ResourcesfromthosecountriescouldstreamintoChinatosustaindevelopment. 　　It’llbeawin-winproject.Forothercountries,therailwaynetworkwilldefinitelycreatemoreopportunitiesforbusiness,tourismandsoon,nottomentionthebettercommunicationamongthosecountries. 　　ForChina,suchaprojectwouldnotonlyconnectitwiththerestofAsiaandbringsomemuch-neededresources,butwouldalsohelpdevelopChina’sfarwest.Weforeseethatinthecomingdecades,millionsofpeoplewillmigratetothewesternregions,wherethelandisemptyandresourcesunused.Withhigh-speedtrains,peoplewillsetupfactoriesandbusinesscentersinthewestonceandforall.Andthey’lltradewithCentralAsianandEasternEuropeancountries. 　　67.China’snewhigh-speedrailwayplanwillbeawin-winprojectbecause_______. 　　A.Chinawillgetmuch-neededresourcesanddevelopitswesternregions 　　B.Chinaandthecountriesinvolvedwillbenefitfromtheprojectinvariousways 　　C.Chinawilldevelopitsrailwaysystemandcommunicationwithothercountries 　　D.theforeigncountriesinvolvedwilldeveloptheirrailwaytransportation,businessandtourism 　　68.Accordingtothepassage,thegreatestchallengetothenewhigh-speedrailwayplanis_______. 　　A.technicalissues 　　B.safetyofthesystemw_ww.k#s5_u.co*m 　　C.financialproblems 　　D.maintenanceofrailwaytracks 　　69.Whichofthefollowingwordsbestdescribest