TravelingbytrainisusuallynoteasyinChina．Itcanbehardtogetaticket．Whenyou'retravelingtotherailwaystationyoulookatyourwatch，afraidyouwillmissyourtrain．
ButthereisgoodnewsforpeopletravelingbetweenBeijingandShanghai．Construction （建设） ontheexpressrailway （高速铁路） betweenthetwocitiesstartedjustbeforetheSpringFestivalof2008．Whenitisfinishedby2013，takingatrainwillbeaseasyastakingabus．
"Therewillbetrainseveryseveralminutes．Buyingaticket，gettingthroughthecheckpoint （检查站） andtakingyourseat，willtakejust10minutes，"saidanengineer．
Theremaybehigh-speedtrainsrunningat350kilometersanhour．Thetraveltimebetweenthetwocitieswilldeceasefrom10toabout5hours．Thetrainswillcarrytwicethepresentnumberofpassengers．
Thenewlinewillbe1，318kilometerslongandgoacrossspeciallybuiltbridges．Itwillrunalongsidethepresentline．Therewillbe21stationsinHebei，Tianjin，Shandong，AnhuiandJiangsu．
"Thecostoftravelingbytheexpressrailwaymaybearound800yuan．Thatwillbemoreexpensivethananordinarytrain，butcheaperthanbyair．"SaidZhangXiaoling，aJiangsugovernmentofficial．
AccordingtoZhang，thehigherpriceiscausedbythelargecostoftherailwayproject．Atabout200billionyuan，theprojectmaybeevenmoreexpensivethantheThreeGorgesProject （三峡工程）．
46．TheexpressrailwaybetweenBeijingandShanghaiwillbefinished___．
A．attheendofthisyearB．beforetheSpringFestivalof2008
C．after2013D．inabout5years
47．Beforetakingyourseat，youshould___withyourticket．
A．buyaticketB．getthroughthecheckpoint
C．packyourthingsD．makesomefriends
48．Theword"decrease"inthepassagepossiblymeans___inChinese．
A．延长B．缩短D．提速D．限速
49．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage？___
A．TravelingbytrainisusuallydifficultinChinabecauseticketsaretooexpensive．
B．Thehigh-speedtrainswillhave21stationsinHebei，Tianjin，Shandong，HunanandJiangsu．
C．Ticketsforthehigh-speedtrainswillbecheaperthanthoseforpl