英语阅读题.When we want to go to work,go sightseeing or go shoppi

英语阅读题.
When we want to go to work,go sightseeing or go shopping,we may go by bus,by subway,by taxi,by bike,on foot or by other means.But we sometimes have traffic jams(阻塞).When busy streets are crowded with traffic,cars,buses and trains move along slowly.If possible,people would rather take the subway because it never has to stop for traffic jams.Is there anything better than the subway?
Do you know what the word maglev stands for?Maglev is short for magnetic levitation(磁力悬浮火车),a special type of train.Some people call it aerotrain because it really does not run on the land but goes in the air,very close to the ground.The malgative train runs very,very fast at speeds up to 430 kilometres per hours.
Shanghai is a large international city and the world’s first passenger maglev train has already opened in the city to the public(公众).The Shanghai maglev project started in 2000.The trial operation(试运行) did not start until the end of 2002.It opened to the public on September 20th,2003.
Nowadays it’ll take passengers only eight minutes to travel the 35 kilometres from Longyang Road Station to Pudong International Airport by maglev.Shanghai’s maglev train will be able to carry as many as 40,000 people each day.You may pay 150 yuan to have the round trip for sightseeing.
It is easier for us to travel in Shanghai today than ever before,but thing about what traveling in Shanghai will be like in the year 2010!There will be more wide streets and speedways(高速公路).There will be fewer traffic jams.Travelling in Shanghai will be much happier than today.
1.when do we use means of public transportation?
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2.why do we dislike traffic jams?
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3.The Maglev train runs very fast .How does it run?
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4.Is Shanghai the first city in the world to have a passenger Maglev train?
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5.When did the Maglev in Shanghai open to the public?
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6.How long will it take you to travel from from Longyang Road Station to Pudong International Airport by Mablev?
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