2019-2020年高中英语Unit9WheelsPeriodone课时作业北师大版必修

2019-2020年高中英语Unit9WheelsPeriodone课时作业北师大版必修Ⅰ.阅读理解AFor more than nine days，for more than 60 miles，th

2019-2020年高中英语Unit9WheelsPeriodone课时作业北师大版必修 Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A Formorethanninedays，formorethan60miles，thousandsofBeijing­bound vehicleshaveetoanalmosttotalstoponhighwayscalledthe6and110that runfromInnerMongoliasoutheasttothenation’scapital. BaiXiaolong，a30­year­oldtruckdriver，saysittookhimfivedaystomakethe 350­milejourneyfromInnerMongoliatoTianjin.Hespentmuchofthattime reading，text­messagingandsleepingratherthanspeedingup. “TherewasonedaythatIdidn’tmove，notevenaninch，”saidBai，an inhabitantofJininginInnerMongolia，acityatthewesternendofthetraffic jam. Chineseofficialssaidthatthecongestionismainlybecauseofthe maintenance(维护)projectsthatbeganinmid­Augustandarescheduledtobe pletedinmid­September.Truckscarrying8tonsormoreofcoalorfruithave beenresponsiblefordamagingtheroadway，thusmakingtheworknecessary. Driverswhooftenusetherouteknowthatheavytraffichaslongbeenafactof life.“Theproblemisreallythatthere’retoomanycarsandtrucksandnot enoughlanes(车道)，”Baisaid.“Wedriversareusedtothissortofthing happening.” Thetwonationalfreewaysareheavilyusedbytruckscarryingcoalfromthe recentlyopenedfieldsofInnerMongoliatoChina’scoastalcities. Theseeminglyendlessjambeganonthe6andspreadtothe110，whichruns parallel(平行的)，whenofficialssoughttoeasethetrafficonthe6. GlobalTimes The，anEnglish­languagenewspaper，saidthejamhadeasedsomewhat inthelasttwodays，butinhabitantsoftheregionsaythecongestionsimply spilledoutontootherroads. Thecongestionhascreatedaneconomyofitsown.Vendors(小贩)sellboxed