A
China Train Guide
Quick Guide on China Train Travel
If you’re looking for an affordable and comfortable way to get around China, train travel is the way to go. Getting train information and cheap train tickets has never been easier. Online train ticket booking makes it easy for travelers to look through China’s train timetable, compare train fares, and look for ticket availability. Once you’ve found a suitable train, you can book online and pick your tickets up at the train station or get them delivered to your home or hotel. Train tickets can be booked online a minimum of 35 minutes and a maximum of 60 days before departure.
How to choose train types
When you’re buying China train tickets online, you’ll notice that the journey duration differs depending on which type of train you choose. China train types can be recognized by their letter codes G, D and C trains are high-speed trains, while Z, T and K are slower or overnight trains. China’s high-speed trains run between Chinese provincial capitals and first-tier Chinese cities. G trains (high-speed trains, standing for gāotiě) are China’s bullet trains—the fastest trains with a maximum speed of 400 km／h. Tickets for these trains are the most expensive.
How to buy train tickets
Unless you can read Chinese, there are only two ways to make train reservations in China:
—Online train ticket booking with a travel agency (up to 60 days before departure).
—At the train station／local ticket agency with your passport (up to 58 days before departure).
How to read train tickets
When reading your train ticket, please take note of the Chinese characters and Pinyin printed next to your departure / arrival city. Directions (North, South, East, and West) appear in Pinyin (Bei, Nan, Dong, and Xi), not English. Please make sure you are going to the correct train station.
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. It’s difficult to get train information in China.
B. You can get on the train without tickets after booking online.
C. Traveling by train in China is not very expensive.
D. Train tickets online are available at any time within 60 days before you leave.
2. If Mr. Smith needs to travel from Jinan to Beijing for something urgent, he’d better take ________.
A. G trains B. Z trains C. D trains D. Overnight trains
3. Who are the intended readers of the passage?
A. Native tourists. B. Travel agencies. C. Businessmen. D. Foreign travelers.
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. D
【解析】
這是一篇說明文。主要內(nèi)容是中國火車旅行快速指南，交代了高鐵的基本信息、如何選列車類型、如何購票、怎樣讀票面信息等。
【1題詳解】
細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的Getting train information and cheap train tickets has never been easier.可知，獲取列車信息和廉價火車票從未像現(xiàn)在這樣容易，所以在中國坐火車旅行不貴，故選C項。
【2題詳解】
細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的G trains (high-speed trains, standing for gāotiě) are China’s bullet trains—the fastest trains with a maximum speed of 400 km／h.可知，如果史密斯先生有急事要從濟南去北京，他最好乘坐G字頭火車，因為高鐵列車的速度最快，故選A項。
【3題詳解】
推理判斷題。通讀全文并根據(jù)文章第二段的(…standing for gāotiě) 和最后一段的…Chinese characters and Pinyin…Directions (North, South, East, and West) appear in Pinyin (Bei, Nan, Dong, and Xi)的細節(jié)信息可知，購買車票時要注意出發(fā)/達到城市的漢字和拼音，所以這篇文章的目標(biāo)讀者是外國旅行者。故選D項。
