TravelingbytrainisusuallynoteasyinChina．Itcanbehardtogetaticket．Whenyou'retravelingtotherailwaystationyoulookatyourwatch，afraidyouwillmissyourtrain．

ButthereisgoodnewsforpeopletravelingbetweenBeijingandShanghai．Construction （建设） ontheexpressrailway （高速铁路） betweenthetwocitiesstartedjustbeforetheSpringFestivalof2008．Whenitisfinishedby2013，takingatrainwillbeaseasyastakingabus．

"Therewillbetrainseveryseveralminutes．Buyingaticket，gettingthroughthecheckpoint （检查站） andtakingyourseat，willtakejust10minutes，"saidanengineer．

Theremaybehigh-speedtrainsrunningat350kilometersanhour．Thetraveltimebetweenthetwocitieswilldeceasefrom10toabout5hours．Thetrainswillcarrytwicethepresentnumberofpassengers．

Thenewlinewillbe1，318kilometerslongandgoacrossspeciallybuiltbridges．Itwillrunalongsidethepresentline．Therewillbe21stationsinHebei，Tianjin，Shandong，AnhuiandJiangsu．

"Thecostoftravelingbytheexpressrailwaymaybearound800yuan．Thatwillbemoreexpensivethananordinarytrain，butcheaperthanbyair．"SaidZhangXiaoling，aJiangsugovernmentofficial．

AccordingtoZhang，thehigherpriceiscausedbythelargecostoftherailwayproject．Atabout200billionyuan，theprojectmaybeevenmoreexpensivethantheThreeGorgesProject （三峡工程）．

46．TheexpressrailwaybetweenBeijingandShanghaiwillbefinished___．

A．attheendofthisyearB．beforetheSpringFestivalof2008

C．after2013D．inabout5years

47．Beforetakingyourseat，youshould___withyourticket．

A．buyaticketB．getthroughthecheckpoint

C．packyourthingsD．makesomefriends

48．Theword"decrease"inthepassagepossiblymeans___inChinese．

A．延长B．缩短D．提速D．限速

49．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage？___

A．TravelingbytrainisusuallydifficultinChinabecauseticketsaretooexpensive．

B．Thehigh-speedtrainswillhave21stationsinHebei，Tianjin，Shandong，HunanandJiangsu．

C．Ticketsforthehigh-speedtrainswillbecheaperthanthoseforpl