2017年全國(guó)二卷高考英語試題解析

閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

A

Inthecomingmonths,wearebringingtogetherartistsfromallovertheglobe,toenjoyspeaking

Shakespeare’splaysintheirownlanguage,inourglobe,withinthearchitectureShakespeare

wrotefor.pleasecomeandjoinus.

NationalTheatreOfChinaBeijing|Chinese

Thisgreatoccasion(盛會(huì))willbethenationalTheatreofChina’sfirstvisittotheUK.The

company’sproductionsshowthenewfaceof21stcenturyChinesetheatre.Thisproductionof

Shakespeare’sRichardIIIwillbedirectedbytheNational’sAssociateWangDirector,Xiaoying.

Date&Time:Saturday28April,2.30pm&Sunday29April,1.30pm&6.30pm

MarjanishviliTheatreTbilisilGeorgian

OneofthemostfamoustheatresinGeorgia,theMarjanishvili,foundedin1928,appearsregularly

attheatrefestivalsallovertheworld.ThisnewAsproductionYouLikeofItishelmed（指導(dǎo)）by

thecompany’sArtisticDirectorLevanTsuladze.

Date&Time:Friday18May,2.30pm&Saturday19May,7.30pm

DeafinitelyTheaterLondonlBritishSignLanguage（BSL）

BytranslatingtherichandhumouroustextofLove’sLabour’sLostintothephysicallanguageof

BSL,DeafinitelyTheatrecreatesanewinterpretationofShakespeare’scomedyandaimstobuild

abridgebetweendeafandhearingworldsbyperformingtobothgroupsasoneaudience.

Date&Time:Tueaday22May,2.30pm&Wednesday23May,7.30pm

HabimaNationalTheatreTelAvivlHebrew

TheHabimaisthecentreofHebrew-languagetheatreworldwide,FoundedinMoscowafterthe

1905revolution,thecompanyeventuallysettledinTelAvivinthelate1920s,Since1958,they

havebeenrecognizedasthenationaltheatreofIsrael.ThisproductionofShakespeare’sThe

MerchantofVenicemarkstheirfirstvisittotheUK.

Date&Time:Monday28May,7.30&Tuesday29May,7.30pm

21.whichplaywillbeperformedbytheNationalTheatreofChina?

A.RichardⅢ.B.Lover’sLabour’sLost.

C.AsYouLikeIt.D.ThemerchantofVenice.

22.WhatisspecialaboutDeafinnitelyTheatre?

A.Ithastwogroupsofactors.B.ItistheleadingtheatreinLondon.

C.ItperformsplaysinBSL.D.Itisgoodatproducingcomedies.

23.WhencanyouseeaplayinHebrew?

A.OnSaturday28Apil.B.OnSunday29April.

C.OnTuesday22May.D.OnTuesday29May.

【解析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文。主要介紹了莎士比亞的戲劇被翻譯成幾個(gè)國(guó)家的語言，并

將在這些國(guó)家的大劇院上映的有關(guān)情況。

B

IfirstmetPaulNewmanin1968,whenGeorgeRoyHill,thedirectorofButchCassidyand

theSundanceKid,introducedusinNewYorkCity.Whenthestudiodidn’twantmeforthefilm

—itwantedsomebodyaswellknownasPaul—hestoodupforme.Idon’tknowhowmany

peoplewouldhavedonethat;theywouldhavelistenedtotheiragentsorthestudiopowers.

ThefriendshipthatgrewoutoftheexperienceofmakingthatfilmandTheStingfouryears

laterhaditsrootinthefactthatalthoughtherewasanagedifference,webothcamefroma

traditionoftheaterandliveTV.Wewererespectfulofcraft（技藝）andfocusedondiggingintothe

charactersweweregoingtoplay.Bothofushadthequalitiesandvirtuesthataretypicalof

Americanactors:humorous,aggressive,andmakingfunofeachother—butalwayswithan

underlyingaffection.Thosewerealsoatthecore（核心）ofourrelationshipoffthescreen.

Wesharedthebriefthatifyou’refortunateenoughtohavesuccess,youshouldput

somethingback—hewithhisNewman’sOwnfoodandhisHoleintheWallcampsforkidswho

areseriouslyill,andmewithSundanceandtheinstituteandthefestival.PaulandIdidn’tseeeach

otherallthatregularly,butsharingthatbroughtustogether.Wesupportedeachotherfinancially

andbyshowingupatevents.

Ilastsawhimafewmonthsago.He’dbeeninandoutofthehospital.HeandIbothknew

whatthedealwas,andwedidn’ttalkaboutit.Ourswasarelationshipthatdidn’tneedalotof

words.

24.Whywasthestudiounwillingtogivetheroletoauthoratfirst?

A.PaulNewmanwantedit.

B.Thestudiopowersdidn’tlikehisagent.

C.Hewasn’tfamousenough.

D.Thedirectorrecommendedsomeoneelse.

25.WhydidPaulandtheauthorhavealastingfriendship?

A.Theywereofthesameage.

B.Theyworkedinthesametheater.

C.Theywerebothgoodactors.

D.Theyhavesimilarcharacteristics.

26.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“that”inparagraph3referto?

A.Theirbelief.

B.Theircareforchildren.

C.Theirsuccess.

D.Theirsupportforeachother.

27.Whatistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthetext?

A.Toshowhisloveoffilms.

B.Torememberafriend.

C.Tointroduceanewmovie.

D.Tosharehisactingexperience.

24--27CDAB

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。主要講述了作者與PaulNewman之間的深厚友情。當(dāng)制片人

不想讓我參演電影時(shí)，PaulNewman站出來為我說話，兩人因此而建立了深厚的友誼。在此

后的很多年里，兩人一直相互扶持，相互鼓勵(lì)，因此兩人的深厚友情維系了很多年。

21.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Whenthestudiodidn’twantmeforthefilm—itwantedsomebodyas

wellknownas

Paul”可知，作者當(dāng)時(shí)還不是很有名。故選C。

22.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“BothofushadthequalitiesandvirtuesthataretypicalofAmerican

actors:humorous,aggressive,andmakingfunofeachother—butalwayswithanunderlying

affection.Thosewerealsoatthecore（核心）ofourrelationshipoffthescreen”可知，作者與

Paul之間有著相似的性格特征。故選D。

23.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Wesharedthebriefthatifyou’refortunateenoughtohavesuccess,you

shouldputsomethingback”，我們都有這個(gè)信仰：如果你有幸獲得成功，你應(yīng)該有所回饋。

下文“hewithhisNewman’sOwnfoodandhisHoleintheWallcampsforkidswhoareseriously

ill,andmewithSundanceandtheinstituteandthefestival”是作者舉的例子，因此“sharingthat

broughtustogether.”that指代前面提到的信仰。故選A。

24.B主旨大意題。根據(jù)“Ilastsawhimafewmonthsago.He’dbeeninandoutofthe

hospital.HeandIbothknewwhatthedealwas,andwedidn’ttalkaboutit”可知Paul已經(jīng)去世了，

再結(jié)合前文“IfirstmetPaulNewmanin1968”，可推斷作者非常懷念這位朋友。故選B。

C

TerrafugiaInc.saidMondaythatitsnewflyingcarhascompleteditsfirstflight,bringingthe

companyclosertoitsgoalofsellingtheflyingcarwithinthenextyear.Thevehicle—namedthe

Transition–hastwoseats,fourwheelsandwingsthatfoldupsoitcanbedrivenlikeacar.The

Transition,whichflewat1,400feetforeightminuteslastmonth,canreacharound70milesper

hourontheroadand115intheair.Itfliesusinga23-gallontankofgasandburns5gallonsper

hourintheair.Ontheground,itgets35milespergallon.

Around100peoplehavealreadyputdowna$10,000deposittogetaTransitionwhenthey

goonsale,andthosenumberswilllikelyriseafterTerrafugiaintroducestheTransitiontothe

publiclaterthisweekattheNewYorkAutoShow.Butdon’texpectittoshowupintoomany

driveways.It’sexpectedtocost$279,000.Anditwon’thelpifyou’restuckintraffic.Thecar

needsarunway.

Inventorshavebeentryingtomakeflyingcarssincethe1930s,accordingtoRobertMann,

anairlineindustryexpert.ButMannthinksTerrafugiahascomecloserthananyonetomakingthe

flyingcarareality.Thegovernmenthasalreadypermittedthecompanytousespecialmaterialsto

makeiteasierforthevehicletofly.TheTransitionisnowgoingthroughcrashteststomakesure

itmeetsfederalsafetystandards.

MannsaidTerrafugiawashelpedbytheFederalAviationAdministration’sdecisionfiveyears

agotocreateaseparatesetofstandardsforlightsportaircraft,whicharelowerthanthosefor

pilotsoflargerplanes.Terrafugia

saysanownerwouldneedtopassatestandcomplete20hoursofflyingtimetobeabletoflythe

Transition,arequirementpilotswouldfindrelativelyeasytomeet.

28.Whatisthefirstparagraphmainlyabout?

A.ThebasicdataoftheTransition.B.Theadvantagesofflyingcars.

C.Thepotentialmarketforflyingcars.C.ThedesignersoftheTransition.

29.WhyistheTransitionunlikelytoshowupintoomanydriveways?

A.Itcauserstrafficjams.B.Itisdifficulttooperate.

C.Itisveryexpensive.D.Itburnstoomuchfuel.

30.Whatisthegovernment’sattitudetothedevelopmentoftheflyingcar?

A.CautiousB.Favorable.

C.Ambiguous.D.Disapproving.

31.Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?

A.FlyingCaratAutoShowB.TheTransition’sFirstFlight

C.Pilots’DreamComingTrueD.FlyingCarClosertoReality

【解析】本文是一篇說明文。主要介紹了Terrafugia公司研制出了飛車，試飛成功，預(yù)計(jì)將

于明年進(jìn)行銷售。本文主要對(duì)飛車的歷史由來及其構(gòu)架進(jìn)行了介紹。

25.A段落大意題。根據(jù)“Thewehicle-namedtheTransition–hastwoseatswheelsandwings

thatfoldupsoitcanbedrivenlikeacar.TheTransition,whichflewat1,400feetforeightminutes

lastmonth,canreacharound70milesperhourontheroadand115inthefliesusinga23-gallon

tankofgasandbums5gallonsperhourintheair.Ontheground,itgets35milespergallon.”可

知選A。

D

Whenaleafyplantisunderattack,itdoesn’tsitquietly.Backin1983,twoscientists,Jack

SchultzandIanBaldwin,reportedthatyoungmapletreesgettingbittenbyinsectssendouta

particularsmellthatneighboringplantscanget.Thesechemicalscomefromtheinjuredpartsof

theplantandseemtobeanalarm.Whattheplantspumpthroughtheairisamixtureofchemicals

knownasvolatileorganiccompounds,VOCsforshort.

ScientistshavefoundthatallkindsofplantsgiveoutVOCswhenbeingattacked.It’sa

plant’swayofcryingout.Butisanyonelistening?Apparently.Becausewecanwatchthe

neighboursreact.

Someplantspumpoutsmellychemicalstokeepinsectsaway.Butothersdodouble

duty.Theypumpoutperfumesdesignedtoattractdifferentinsectswhoarenaturalenemiestothe

attackers.Oncetheyarrive,thetablesareturned.Theattackerwhowaslunchingnowbecomes

lunch.

Instudyafterstudy,itappearsthatthesechemicalconversationshelptheneighbors.The

damageisusuallymoreseriousonthefirstplant,buttheneighbors,relativelyspeaking,staysafer

becausetheyheardthealarmandknewwhattodo.

Doesthismeanthatplantstalktoeachother?Scientistsdon’tknow.Maybethefirstplant

justmadeacryofpainorwassendingamessagetoitsownbranches,andso,ineffect,was

talkingtoitself.Perhapstheneighborsjusthappenedto“overhear”thecry.Soinformationwas

exchanged,butitwasn’tatrue,intentionalbackandforth.

CharlesDarwin,over150yearsago,imaginedaworldfarbusier,noisierandmoreintimate(

親密的)

thantheworldwecanseeandhear.Oursensesareweak.There’sawholelotgoingon.

32.Whatdoesaplantdowhenitisunderattack?

A.Itmakesnoises.B.Itgetshelpfromotherplants.

C.ItstandsquietlyD.Itsendsoutcertainchemicals.

33.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“thetablesareturned”inparagraph3?

A.Theattackersgetattacked.

B.Theinsectsgatherunderthetable.

C.Theplantsgetreadytofightback.

D.Theperfumesattractnaturalenemies.

34.Scientistsfindfromtheirstudiesthatplantscan.

A.predictnaturaldisastersB.protectthemselvesagainstinsects

C.talktooneanotherintentionallyD.helptheirneighborswhennecessary

35.whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?

A.Theworldischangingfasterthanever.

B.Peoplehavestrongersensesthanbefore

C.Theworldismorecomplexthanitseems

D.PeopleinDarwin’stimewereimaginative.

【解析】本文是一篇科普說明文。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，當(dāng)植物受到攻擊時(shí)，會(huì)發(fā)出VOCs，以此來保

護(hù)自己或者與周圍的植物通過化學(xué)物質(zhì)進(jìn)行交流。

26.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“reportedthatyoungmapletreesgettingbittenbyinsectssendouta

particularsmellthatneighboringplantscanget.Thesechemicalscomefromtheinjuredpartsof

theplantandseemtobeanalarm”可知，當(dāng)植物受到傷害時(shí)，會(huì)分泌一種特殊的化學(xué)物質(zhì)。

27.A詞義推測(cè)題。根據(jù)“Oncetheyarrive,thetablesareturned.Theattackerwhowaslunching

nowbecomeslunch”，一旦它們到達(dá)這里，這些攻擊者就會(huì)受到植物的攻擊，故選A。

28.B細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)“ScientistshavefoundthatallkindsofplantsgiveoutVOCswhen

beingattacked”及“Someplantspumpoutsmellychemicalstokeepinsectsaway.”可知答案選B。

29.C推理判斷題。根據(jù)“imaginedaworldfarbusier,noisierandmoreintimate(親密的)thanthe

worldwecanseeandhear.Oursensesareweak.There’sawholelotgoingon”可知，這個(gè)世界遠(yuǎn)

比我們看到或聽到的更熱鬧、更親密，我們認(rèn)知能力有限，有很多事仍在繼續(xù)發(fā)生，遠(yuǎn)比我

們想象的要復(fù)雜。故選C。

第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多

余選項(xiàng)。

Interruptionsareoneoftheworstthingstodealwithwhileyou’retryingtogetworkdone.

36,thereareseveralwaystohandlethings.Let’stakealookatthemnow.

37.Tellthepersonyou’resorryandexplainthatyouhaveamillionthingsto

doandthenaskifthetwoofyoucantalkatadifferenttime.

Whenpeopletrytointerruptyou,havesethoursplannedandletthemknowtocomeback

duringthattimeorthatyou’llfindthemthen.38.Itcanhelptoeliminate(消除)future

interruptions.

Whenyouneedtosomeone,don’tdoitinyourownoffice.39,it’smucheasierto

excuseyourselftogetbacktoyourworkthanifyoutrytogetsomeoneoutofyourspaceeven

afterexplaininghowbusyyouare

Ifyouhaveadoortoyouroffice,makegooduseofit.40.Ifsomeoneknocksand

it’snotanimportantmatter.Excuseyourselfandletthepersonknowyou’rebusysotheycanget

thehint(暗示)thanwhenthedoorisclosed,you’renottobedisturbed.

A.Ifyou’rebusy,don’tfeelbadaboutsayingno

B.Whenyouwanttoavoidinterruptionsatwork

C.Setboundariesforyourselfasyourtimegoes

D.Ifyou’reintheotherperson’sofficeorinapublicarea

E.It’simportantthatyouletthemknowwhenyou’llbeavailable

F.Itmightseemunkindtocutpeopleshirtwhentheyinterruptyou

G.Leaveitopenwhenyou’reavailabletotalkandcloseitwhenyou’renot

36-40BAEDG

【解析】本文是一篇說明文。由于在工作中被打斷是一件令人感覺很糟糕的事，因此作者提

出了幾點(diǎn)建議，防止此類事件的發(fā)生。

36.根據(jù)thereareseveralwaystohandlethings，可知下文是關(guān)于幾種防止在工作中被別人打斷

的方法，此句與前半句構(gòu)成一個(gè)完整的句子，根據(jù)語境分析。故選B。

37.根據(jù)后文“Tellthepersonyou’resorryandexplainthatyouhaveamillionthingstodoand

thenaskifthetwoofyoucantalkatadifferenttime”可知，學(xué)會(huì)在自己很忙的時(shí)候去拒絕別人。

故選A。

第三部分語言知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）

第一節(jié)（共20小題：每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處

的最佳選項(xiàng)。

In1973,Iwasteachingelementaryschool.Eachday,27kids41“TheThinking

Laboratory.”Thatwasthe42studentsvotedforafterdecidingthat“Room104”was

too43.

Freddywasanaverage44,butnotanaverageperson.Hehadtherarebalanceoffunand

compassion（同情）.Hewould45theloudestoverfunandbethesaddestoveranyone’s

46.

Beforetheschoolyear47,Igavethekidsaspecial48,T-shirtswiththewords

“VerbsAreYour49”onthem.Ihadadvisedthekidsthatwhileverbs（動(dòng)詞）mayseem

dull,mostofthe50thingstheydothroughouttheirliveswillbeverbs.

Throughtheyears,I’drunintoformerstudentswhowouldprovide51onold

classmates.IlearnedthatFreddydidseveraljobsafterhis52fromhighschooland

remainedthesame53personImetfortyyearsbefore.Once,whileworkingovernightata

store,heletahomelessman54inhistruck.Anothertime,he55afriendmoneyto

buyahouse.

Justlastyear,Iwas56aworkshopwhensomeoneknockedattheclassroomdoor.A

woman57theinterruptionandhandedmeanenvelope.Istoppedteachingand58

itup.Insidewerethe“Verbs”shirtanda59fromFreddy’smother.“Freddypassedaway

onThanksgiving.Hewantedyoutohavethis.”

Itoldthestorytotheclass.Assadasitwas,Icouldn’thelpsmiling.AlthoughFreddywas

takenfromus,weall60somethingfromFreddy.

41.A.builtB.enteredC.decoratedD.ran

42.A.nameB.ruleC.brandD.plan

43.A.smallB.darkC.strangeD.dull

44.A.scholarB.studentC.citizenD.worker

45.A.speakB.singC.questionD.laugh

46.A.misfortuneB.disbeliefC.dishonestyD.mistake

47.A.changedB.approachedC.returnedD.ended

48.A.lessonB.giftC.reportD.message

49.A.FriendsB.AwardsC.MastersD.Tasks

50.A.simpleB.uniqueC.funD.clever

51.A.assessmentsB.commentsC.instructionsD.updates

52.A.graduationB.retirementC.separationD.resignation

53.A.daringB.modestC.caringD.smart

54.A.waitB.sleepC.studyD.live

55.A.paidB.chargedC.lentD.owed

56.A.observingB.preparingC.designingD.conducting

57.A.regrettedB.avoidedC.excusedD.ignored

58.A.openedB.packedC.gaveD.held

59.A.pictureB.billC.noteD.diary

60.A.choseB.tookC.expectedD.borrowed

【解析】

【整體分析】本文是一篇記敘文，主要講了作者的一個(gè)學(xué)生Freddy既有趣又有同情心，作

者在Freddy高中畢業(yè)前送給他一件襯衫，上面寫著告誡他“動(dòng)詞”在人生中的重要性，而他

在畢業(yè)后也保持著樂于助人的品質(zhì)，但不幸的是Freddy在若干年后去世了，而那件襯衫也

回到了作者的手中，作者以及他的學(xué)生們都從Freddy身上學(xué)到了一些寶貴的品質(zhì)。

41.B

考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析，A.built建造，B.entered進(jìn)入，C.decorated裝飾，D.ran跑步。每

天，27個(gè)孩子都會(huì)“進(jìn)入”“思想實(shí)驗(yàn)室”，故選B。

42.A

考查名詞詞義辨析，A.name名字，B.rule規(guī)則，C.brand品牌，D.plan計(jì)劃?！八枷雽?shí)

驗(yàn)室”這個(gè)“名字”是同學(xué)們投票得來的，故選A。

43.D

考查形容詞詞義辨析，A.small小的，B.dark黑的，C.strange奇怪的，D.dull無聊的，

由后文可知，同學(xué)們是因?yàn)椤?04班級(jí)”這個(gè)名字太“無聊”才把名字改為“思想實(shí)驗(yàn)室”的，故

選D。

44.B

考查名詞詞義辨析，A.scholar學(xué)者，B.student學(xué)生，C.citizen市民，D.worker工人，

通讀全文可知Freddy是作者的一名“學(xué)生”，故選B。

47.D

考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析，A.changed改變，B.approached接近，C.returned返回，D.ended

結(jié)束。在學(xué)期“結(jié)束”之前，我……故選D。

48.B

考查名詞詞義辨析，A.lesson課，教訓(xùn)，B.gift禮物，C.report報(bào)告，D.message信息，

根據(jù)后文可知作者送給Freddy一件襯衫，即一個(gè)特殊的禮物，故選B。

49.A

考查名詞詞義辨析，A.friends朋友，B.Awards獎(jiǎng)，C.Masters主人，D.Tasks任務(wù)。襯衫

上寫著“動(dòng)詞是你的朋友”，故選A。

50.C

考查形容詞詞義辨析，A.simple簡(jiǎn)單的，B.unique獨(dú)特的，C.fun有趣的，D.clever聰明

的?！氨M管動(dòng)詞也許看起來很無聊，但人們的一生當(dāng)中做的大部分有趣之事都將是動(dòng)詞”，“無

聊”與“有趣”相對(duì)，故選C。

51.D

考查名詞詞義辨析，A.assessments評(píng)估，B.comments評(píng)論，C.instructions指導(dǎo)，D.updates

更新。我遇到過以前的學(xué)生，他們常常會(huì)提供一些老同學(xué)的“最新情況”，故選D。

52.A

考查名詞詞義辨析，A.graduation畢業(yè)，B.retirement退休，C.separation分離，D.resignation

辭職。在Freddy高中畢業(yè)后，做了好幾份工作，故選A。

53.C

考查形容詞詞義辨析，A.daring勇敢的，B.modest謙虛的，C.caring貼心的，D.smart聰

明的。他讓無家可歸的人睡在了他的卡車上，可知他仍然是很愛關(guān)照人的，貼心的，故選C。

56.D

考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析，A.observing觀察，B.preparing準(zhǔn)備，C.designing設(shè)計(jì)，D.conducting

組織，實(shí)施，執(zhí)行。我正在班級(jí)里組織一個(gè)專題研討會(huì)的時(shí)候，突然有人敲門，故選D。

57.C

考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析，A.regretted后悔，遺憾，B.avoided避免，C.excused原諒，寬恕，D.ignored

忽視。因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)正在上課，所以這名女子為自己的打斷行為要求得到原諒，故選C。

58.A

考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析，A.opened打開，B.packed打包，C.gave給予，D.held握住。我停止

教學(xué)，打開信封，故選A。

59.C

考查名詞詞義辨析，A.picture圖片，B.bill賬單，C.note紙條，便箋，D.diary日記，根

據(jù)后文的描述，可知襯衫上是一個(gè)便箋，上面寫著……故選C。

60.B

考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析，A.chose選擇，B.took拿走，C.expected期待，D.borrowed借入。

盡管Freddy離開了我們，我們從他的身上也帶走了一些東西，故選B。

第二節(jié)（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

In1863thefirstundergroundpassengerrailwayintheworldopenedinLondon.Itranforjust

undersevenkilometersandallowedpeopletoavoidterrible__61__(crowd)ontheroadsaboveas

theytravelledtoand___62__work.Ittookthreeyearstocompleteandwasbuiltusingan

interestingmethod.Thisincludeddigginguptheroad,____63___(lay)thetrackandthenbuilding

astrongroofover___64___top.Whenallthosehadbeend