2016年6月第3套 新闻 第2题

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
3.A) 17.
B) 2.3.
C) 57.
D) 12.
4.A) It can reduce the time to travel.
B) It can reduce the vehicles on roads.
C) It can move cargo between north and south.
D) All of A、B and C.

听力文本：
Switzerland has opened the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, 17 years after starting work on the project.
The Gotthard Railway Tunnel is 57 kilometers long. Trains passing through it will be about 2.3 kilometers underground at the deepest point.
The tunnel cost $12 billion to build under the Alps of central Switzerland. The tunnel will reduce the time it takes trains to travel between northern and southern Europe. It is also expected to lower the number of vehicles on roads, and move cargo between north and south.
The two-way tunnel opens for commercial service in December. When that happens, up to 260 freight trains and 65 passenger trains will be able to pass through it every day.
3. How many kilometers is the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel?
4. What advantages can the tunnel bring to Europe?

参考答案：

3.C

4.D