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The railway station should be ______ from anywhere in the city within 90 minutes by bu
A.adoptable
B.acceptable
C.available
D.accessible
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A.adoptable
B.acceptable
C.available
D.accessible
—I heard you almost missed the train.
—Yes. I got to the railway station with only five minutes to___.
A.leave
B.make
C.catch
D.spare
Not until I got to the railway station ______my ticket missing.
A. I did find
B. did I find
C. I found
D. had I found
In a plan called “Station Renaissance” that it__3__in November, JR East said that it would__4__using its commercial spaces for shops and restaurants, extending them to__5__more suitable for the information age. It wants train stations as pick-up__6__for such goods as books, flowers and groceries__7__over the Internet. In a country where city__8__depend heavily on trains__9__commuting, about 16 million people a day go to its train stations anyway, the company __10__. So, picking up commodities at train stations__11__consumers extra travel and missed home deliveries. JR East already has been using its station__12__stores for this purpose, but it plans to create__13__spaces for the delivery of Internet goods.
The company also plans to introduce __14__cards—known in Japan as IC cards because they use integrated circuit for__15__information__16__ train tickets and commuter passes__17__the magnetic ones used today, integrating them into a/an __18__pass. This will save the company money, because__19__for IC cards are much less expensive than magnetic systems. Increased use of IC cards should also__20__the space needed for ticket vending.
A.perspectives
B.outlooks
C.prospects
D.spectacles
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Rochester Cathedral was built in the ______.
A.ll00s
B.1200s
C.1300s
D.1400s
The city _______ I was born is on the new railway line.
A.which
B.that
C.on which
D.where
A.Streams
B.Strains
C.Steams
D.Drains
A.before
B.since
C.when
D.that
A.At a railway station.
B.On a flight.
C.In a hospital.
D.In a reading-room.
A.pulled into
B.camedown
C.laidout
D.sought out
A: Excuse me. Where is the nearest petrol station? B: ______.
A.You can't miss it.
B.Drive along for two miles.
C.Two blocks away.
D.Along this road.