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 Napoleon agreed to plans for a tunnel under the English Channel in 1802. The British began digging one in 1880. Neither tunnel was completed. Europe has had to wait until the end of the 20th century for the Channel Tunnel. After nearly two centuries of dreaming, the island of Great Britain is connected to Continental Europe for the first time since the Ice Age, when the two land masses moved apart.

　On May 6, 1994, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and France’s President Mitterrand carried out the official opening. The Queen was accompanied on her train journey through the historic tunnel by one of her Rolls-Royce cars which was placed on the train. The following day saw celebrations taking place in Folkestone and Calais. Regular public services did not start until the latter part of 1994.

　　Reading Comprehension:

　　1. The island of Great Britain is _______.

　　A. connected to France all the time

　　B. separated from France with a tunnel

　　C. separated from France all the time

　　D. joined to France with the tunnel

　　2. Queen Elizabeth _______ at the opening.

　　A. took her car Rolls-Royce through the tunnel

　　B. took her car which was placed on her train through the tunnel

　　C. took her train through the tunnel

　　D. took Mitterrand’s train through the tunnel

　　3. Before 1994, one could go to Britain from France _______.

　　A. only by ship B. by ship or plane

　　C. by car or train D. by ship, car or train

　　4. Which of the following is right?

　　A. Napoleon made plans for the tunnel.

　　B. The public could pass through the tunnel by train after May 6, 1994.

　　C. The tunnel was built for two centuries.

　　D. The tunnel will do great good to Britain and France.

　　Background information:

　　英吉利海峽隧道（The Channel Tunnel)又稱英法海底隧道或歐洲隧道（Eurotunnel)，是一條把英國英倫三島連接往歐洲法國的鐵路隧道，于1994年5月6日開通。從1986年2月12日法、英兩國簽訂關于隧道連接的坎特布利條約（Treaty of Canterbury)到1994年5月7日正式通車，歷時8年多，耗資約100億英鎊（約150億美元），也是世界上規模最大的利用私人資本建造的工程項目。

　　Vocabulary:

　　Tunnel  隧道

　　Complete 完成

    Accompany 陪同

　　Comprehension key:

　　1. D。語義理解題。從第1段the island of Great Britain is connected to Continental Europe for the first time since the Ice Age 可以看出the island of Great Britain和France是由the tunnel連接起來的。

　　2. C。語義理解題。第2段第2句話The Queen was accompanied(陪同) on her train journey through the historic tunnel by one of her Rolls-Royce cars which was placed on the train 已明確告知Queen Elizabeth是怎么去參加開幕典禮的。

　　3. B。判斷題。既然1994年以前沒有隧道，那當然只有坐船或乘飛機從英國去法國。

　　4. D。判斷題。拿破侖是同意修建隧道的計劃，并不是制定計劃，故排除A項；接近1994年底，公眾才能夠坐火車穿過隧道，B項不對；文章并沒有說隧道建了多長時間，C項也不對；而隧道修建成功時，英、法兩國元首都出席，由此可見隧道對兩國的重要性。