春运一票难求
春运一票难求

Groups of volunteers are using their spare time to book train tickets online and help migrant workers return home for the nation's most important holiday.  
Zhao Hongli is a freshman at Inner Mongolia Agricultural University in Hohot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Instead of preparing for end-of-year exams, he spent his time on something less interesting, but equally hard—buying train tickets for about 100 migrant workers. If they get the tickets, they could get home for the Spring Festival, which was viewed as the most important holiday by Chinese people for family reunions. 
Although many tech masters are familiar with the process of buying tickets on the Internet or mobile apps, it can be a hard experience for migrant workers, many of whom have only received a basic education, maybe only having gone to primary school.
About 3 billion trips are expected during the Spring Festival travel rush, which runs from Jan. 13 to Feb. 21. The great demand for tickets means it sells quickly. Many years ago, there was no online booking system, migrant workers could possibly get tickets if they waited in the queue. Now with the online booking system, the tickets can be sold out within minutes of sales opening. The booking system, which is intended to save people from lining up at station ticket offices, has made it impossible for those basically-educated people to buy tickets, leaving many people frustrated.  

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1.The volunteers are ______.

A selling train tickets online

B preparing for end-of-year exams

C helping migrant workers get home

D helping migrant workers book tickets

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第一段Groups of volunteers are using their spare time to book train tickets online and help migrant workers return home for the nation's most important holiday可知志愿者们在利用业余时间帮助农民工订票，故选D。

2.The ticket booking work is ______.

A interesting and exciting

B boring and difficult

C interesting and easy

D hard but fun

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第二句…spent his time on something less interesting, but equally tough — buying train tickets…可知购买火车票是无趣乏味且困难的，故选B。

3.Why do migrant workers feel hard at ticket booking?

A Because they go to school for a short time.

B Because the demand for tickets is great.

C Because the online booking system has problems.

D Because there are too many people buying tickets.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第三段…it can be a hard experience for migrant workers, many of whom have only received a basic education, maybe only having gone to primary school.可知农民工觉得网上订票难是因为他们只接受了基础教育，对于网络等科技含量的东西不熟悉，故选A。

4.The ticket booking system will sell out the tickets _____.

A in a few months

B in a few days

C in a few minutes

D in a few seconds

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段第四句Now with the online booking system, the tickets can be sold out within minutes of sales opening.可知售票系统可以在几分钟内将票卖完，故选C。

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A Zhao Hongli has done well preparation for the final exam.

B The Spring Festival is the most important holiday to travel.

C All migrant workers have only gone to primary school.

D The Spring Festival travel rush will last for 40 days.

解析：选D。综合理解题。根据最后一段第一句About 3 billion trips are expected during the Spring Festival travel rush, which runs from Jan 13. to Feb. 21.可知春运从1月13日持续到2月21日总共40天，故选D。