Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的词或词组填空。

less than; shortly after; used to; comfortable; brought into

Have you ever taken a high-speed train—China Railway High-speed (CRH) Hexie Hao? It's clean， and fast， and it offers good service. At first， all trains were marked with “CRH”， and that， it was changed to the Chinese characters “和谐号” on the centre of the head vehicles and the side of the walls of other vehicles.
Do you still have any idea about what the train be like? Before， the trains ran at the speed of 50km/h. It is quite slow. Besides， it was dirty because of the use of coal. However， the high-speed train was China in 2004. China Railway High-speed (CRH) can run up to 380km/h. Now， people can travel from one place to another easily and quickly.

Answer 1

【答案】comfortable；shortly after；used to；less than；brought into
【解析】
（1）句意：它干净，舒服，速度很快。根据前后单词及句意可知，此处要填一个形容词，所以答案是comfortable。
（2）句意：不久之后，在头车中心和其他车辆的侧壁它被改为汉字“和谐号”。shortly after that不久之后，表示时间。答案为shortly after。
（3）句意：你还知道过去的火车是什么样子的吗？根据下一句的句意理解可知，是问过去的火车的情况。所以答案是used to。
（4）句意：以前，火车的速度每小时不到50公里。根据句意，答案为less than，“不到，少于”的意思。
（5）句意：然而，高速列车2004年被引进中国。此句是一个被动语态的句子，根据句意可知，答案为brought into。