Several new railways will be built during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020第十三个五年计划), the 21st Century Business Herald(21世纪经济报) reported on Tuesday. These railways include lines from Yinchuan to Lanzhou, Baotou to Xi’an, Chongqing and Guiyang, Datong to Taiyuan and Zhanjiang, and Xiamen to Changsha and Chongqing. Six (or eight) vertical and transversal high-speed railways will be built during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the paper reported according to a railway insider. Earlier, the government planned to build four vertical and transversal lines over the medium and long period.

High-speed railway has been listed as one of the key infrastructure projects over the next five years in central and western parts of China. Northwest China’s Shaanxi province will speed up the building of high-speed railway, Xi’an subway and Weihe Plain(渭河平原) railway networks. Southwest China’s Chongqing will also add 1,000 km new rail lines, the paper said. It means that several railways including lines from Chongqing to Xiamen, Chongqing to Kunming, Chongqing to Xi’an, and Xi’an to Baotou will start building over next five years. According to Wang Junzheng, the head of Xiangyang city, central China’s Hubei province, the Xiangyang-Guilin high-speed rail line has been listed into the national 13th Five-year Plan, and will start to build over the next five years.

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1.The 13th Five-Year Plan period is______.

A 2001-2005

B 2006-2010

C 2011-2015

D 2016-2020

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句…during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020第十三个五年计划),可知，故选D。

2.One of the railways is Baotou to______.

A Lanzhou

B Xi’an

C Chongqing

D Yingchuan

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第二句These railways include …Baotou to Xi’an,可知，故选B。

3.Chongqing is in the ______of China.

A southwest

B northwest

C southeast

D northeast

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第三句Southwest China’s Chongqing will also…可知，故选A。

4.More railways mean______to travel.

A difficult

B fast

C expensive

D dangerous

解析：选B。推理判断题。铁路越多，旅行的速度自然“快”，故选B。

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A How to build railways.

B The 13th Five-Year Plan.

C The story of Wang Junzheng.

D More railways to be built in five years.

解析：选D。文章标题题。根据全文内容可知，“未来五年将建更多高铁”契合文章主要内容，故选D。