D
Imagine，oneday，gettingoutofbedinBeijingandbeingatyourofficeinShanghaiinonlyacoupleofhours，andthen，afterafulldayofwork，goingbackhometoBeijingandhavingdinnerthere．
Soundsunusual，doesn'tit?Butit'snotthatunrealistic，withthedevelopmentofChina’shigh—speedrailwaysystem．Andthat’snota11．Chinahasanevengreaterhigh—speedrailwayplan—toconnectthecountr ywithSoutheastAsia，andeventuallyEasternEurope．
Chinaisnegotiatingtoextenditsownhigh·-speedrailwaynetworktoupto17countr iesin10to15years，eventuallyreachingLondonandSingapore．
Chinahasproposedthreesuchprojects．ThefirstwouldpossiblyconnectKunmingwithSingaporeviaVietnamandMalaysia．AnothercouldstartinUrumqiandgothroughKazakhstanandUzbekistan，andpossiblytoGermany．ThethirdwouldstartinthenortheastandgonorththroughRussiaandthenintoWesternEurope．
IfChina’splanforthehigh-speedrailwaygoesforward，peoplecouldzipoverfromLondontoBeilinginundertwodays．
ThenewsystemwouldstillfollowChina’shigh—speedrailwaystandard．Andthetr ainswouldbeabletogo346kilometersanhour，almostasfastassomeairplanes．
China’sbullettr ain(高速客车)，theoneconnectingWuhantoGuangzhou，alreadyhastheWorld’sfastestaveragespeed．Itcovers1,069kilometersinaboutthreehours．Ofcourse，therearesometechnicalchallengestoovercome．Therearesomanyissuesthatneedtobesettled，suchassafety，railgauge(轨距)，maintenanceofrailwaytr acks．So，it’simportanttopayattentiontoeverydetail．
Butthekeyissueisreallymoney．Chinaisalreadyspendinghundredsofbillionsofyuanondomesticrailwayexpansion．
Chinaprefersthattheothercountr iespayinnaturalresourcesratherthanwithcapitalinvestment．Resourcesfromthosecountr iescouldstr eamintoChinatosustaindevelopment．
It’11beawin-winproject.Forothercountr ies，therailwaynetworkwilldefinitelycreatemoreopportunitiesforbusiness，tourismandsoon，nottomentionthebettercommunicationamongthosecountnes．
ForChina，suchaprojectwouldnotonlyconnectitwiththerestofAsiaandbringsomemuch-neededresources，butwouldalsohelpdevelopChina’sfarwest．Weforeseethatinthecomingdecades，millionsofpeoplewillmigratetothewesternregions，wherethelandisemptyandresourcesunused．Withhigh-speedtr ains，peoplewillsetupfactoriesandbusinesscentersinthewestonceandfora11．Andthey’11tr adewithCentr alAsianandEasternEuropeancountr ies．
67．China’snewhigh-speedrailwayplanwillbeawin-winprojectbecause．
A．Chinawillgetmuch-neededresourcesanddevelopitswesternregions
B．Chinaandthecountr iesinvolvedwillbenefitfromtheprojectinvariousways
C．Chinawilldevelopitsrailwaysystemandcommunicationwithothercountr ies
D．theforeigncountr iesinvolvedwilldeveloptheirrailwaytr ansportation，businessandtourism
正确答案：B
