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Imagine，getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours，and then，after a full day of work，going back home to Beijing and having dinner there．
Sounds unusual，doesn't it？But it has come true，with the development of China's high-speed railway system（系统）．And that's not all．China has an even greater high-speed railway plan-to connect the country with Southeast Asia，and finally Eastern Europe．
China is negotiating（协商） to spread its own high•-speed railway network to up to 17countries in 10to 15years，at the end reaching London and Singapore．
China has proposed three such projects．The first would possibly connect Kunming with Singapore through Vietnam and Malaysia．Another could start in Urumqi and go through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan，and possibly to Germany．The third would start in the northeast and go north through Russia and then into Western Europe．
China's plan for the high-speed railway goes forward，people could zip over from London to Beijing within two days．The new system would still follow China's high-speed railway standards．
China's high-speed train，the one connecting Wuhan to Guangzhou，already has the World's fastest average speed．It covers 1，069kilometers in about three hours．
Of course，there are some technical challenges we have to face．There are so many things to be improved，for example，safety．So，it's important to pay attention to every tiny thing．
But the key point is really money．China is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on the railway system in the country．
China prefers that the other countries pay in natural resources（资源） rather than with capital investment（投资）．Resources from those countries could stream into China to its long-term development．
It'll be a win-win project．For other countries，the railway network will surely create more chances for business，tourism and so on，not to mention the better communication among those countries．
For China，such a project would not only connect it with the rest of Asia and bring some much-needed resources，but would also help develop China's far west．We foresee that in the near future，millions of people will move to the western areas，where the land is empty and resources rich．With high-speed trains，people will set up factories and business centers in the west once and for all．And they'll trade with Central Asian and Eastern European countries．
56．Which of the following is true？B
A．China's far western areas need to be further developed．
B．China plans to connect Southeast Asia with Eastern Europe．
C．There is enough money for China to carry out high-speed railway plan．
D．Safety problem of the high-speed railway has been completely solved．
57．What does the underlined sentence"It'll be a win-win project" in the passage mean？D
A．China will win for ever in the project．
B．The project will win China a lot of money．
C．Chinese will arrive wherever they want to go with the project．
D．The project will do good to both China and the countries mentioned．
58．What's the writer's attitude towards China's high-speed railway plan？A
A．He agrees．
B．He doesn't care about it．
C．He disagrees．
D．He doubts whether it will come true．
59．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage？B
A．New Railway Standards
B．Big Railway Dreams
C．International Railway Network
D．High-speed Trains．
Art lovers around the world have thought about this question for so many years：what is the secret behind the Mona Lisa's smile？
