雅思听力真题（Part 4）
Part 4 · 考频：高频 · 最近考试：2024.4.20
答案：tunnel suggested encouraged by peace movement
原文定位：In eighteen oh two, during a break in hostilities in the war between France and England, a French mining engineer put forward another scheme for a tunnel. The scheme was supported by the peace party among English politicians, but the resumption of war dashed their hopes
同义替换：「suggested」↔「put forward another scheme for」，「encouraged by peace movement」↔「supported by the peace party」
答案：railway tunnel suggestion
原文定位：In eighteen sixty-seven, a French hydrographic engineer presented his government with a proposal for a tunnel to carry trains
同义替换：「suggestion」↔「proposal」，「railway」↔「carry trains」
答案：first attempt at digging tunnel
原文定位：A committee was set up in the following year to explore the possibility, and in eighteen eighty, they started excavating to build tunnels from both coasts
同义替换：「first attempt at digging」↔「started excavating to build」
答案：government cancelled tunnel project
原文定位：There are moss and lichens on older buildings, and particularly numerous are the insects which find breeding places and shelter there;But British public opinion turned against the idea, and in eighteen eighty-two, the government put a stop to the digging
同义替换：「cancelled tunnel project」↔「put a stop to the digging」
答案：construction impossible for financial reasons
原文定位：But in the economic climate of the nineteen thirties, neither country could afford the vast undertaking of any sort of tunnel
同义替换：「construction impossible」↔「could not afford the vast undertaking」，「financial reasons」↔「economic climate」
答案：final agreement construct link
原文定位：But it was not until nineteen eighty-five that it was finally agreed, and the two governments staged a competition for the best proposal
答案：safest for travellers,best financial basis
原文定位：The committee came down in favor of the tunnel for trains and shuttles only. The reasons that were given largely centered on the finances, which were considered to be the soundest put forward;The tunnel was regarded as the safest way for people to get across the Channel, and unlike a bridge, it wouldn't impede shipping
同义替换：「travellers」↔「people」
答案：running tunnels
原文定位：The system consists of three tunnels. The two outer tunnels, which carry the shuttles and trains, are known as running tunnels
答案：cross passages
原文定位：Every three hundred and seventy-five meters, the three tunnels are linked by cross passages, which provide ventilation and easy access for maintenance