七、日本鐵路車站的經(jīng)濟(jì)計(jì)劃

　　There is growing interest in East Japan Railway Co. ltd，one of the six companies，created out of the privatized nationa__l__ railway system. In an industry lacking exciting growth1，its plan to use real-estate assets in and around train stations__2__is drawing interest. 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. 1.[A] perspectives [B] outlooks [C] prospects [D] spectacles 2.[A] creatively [B] originally [C] authentically [D] initially 3.[A] displayed [B] demonstrated [C] embarked [D] unveiled 4.[A] go beyond [B] set out [C] come around [D] spread over 5.[A] applications [B] enterprises [C] functions [D]performances 6.[A] districts [B] vicinities [C] resorts [D] locations 7.[A] acquired [B] purchased [C] presided [D] attained 8.[A] lodgers [B] tenants [C] dwellers [D] boarders 9.[A] for [B] in [C] of [D] as 10.[A] figures [B] exhibits [C] convinces [D] speculates 11.[A] deprives [B] retrieves [C] spares [D] exempts 12.[A] conjunction [B] convenience [C] department [D] ornament 13.[A] delegated [B] designated [C] devoted [D] dedicated 14.[A] clever [B] smart [C] ingenious [D] intelligent 15.[A] checking [B] gathering [C] holding [D] accommodating 16.[A] as [B] for [C] with [D] of 17.[A] but for [B] as well as [C] instead of [D] more than 18.[A] unique [B] single [C] unitary [D] only 19.[A] devices [B] instruments [C] readers [D] examiners 20.[A] reduce [B] narrow [C] dwarf [D] shrink答案1.C 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.A 11.C 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.C 16.A 17.C 18.B 19.C 20.A總體分析本文介紹了東日本鐵路公司引人關(guān)注的新計(jì)劃。文章第一段介紹說(shuō)東日本鐵路公司創(chuàng)造性地利用車站內(nèi)部及周圍房地產(chǎn)的計(jì)劃正引起越來(lái)越多人的關(guān)注。第二段具體介紹了這一計(jì)劃的內(nèi)容及好處，即適應(yīng)信息時(shí)代的要求，把車站作為網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物的物品收取地，這樣既為消費(fèi)者提供了方便，又提高了遞送物品的安全性。第三段介紹了該公司引入智能卡代替目前使用的各種磁卡作車票的計(jì)劃及其優(yōu)點(diǎn)。

　　全文翻譯通過(guò)國(guó)家鐵路系統(tǒng)的私有化創(chuàng)建起來(lái)的六大公司之一的東日本鐵路有限公司，正吸引著越來(lái)越多人的目光。在一個(gè)發(fā)展前景不振的行業(yè)，它創(chuàng)造性地利用車站內(nèi)部及周圍的房地產(chǎn)的計(jì)劃正引起人們的關(guān)注。

　　東日本鐵路在11月份公布的“車站復(fù)興”計(jì)劃中說(shuō)：它將不僅把它的商業(yè)空地用于開商店和餐館，而且還要把這些商業(yè)空地用于更加適應(yīng)信息時(shí)代的功能上去。它打算把車站作為網(wǎng)上所購(gòu)物品如書籍、花卉和日用百貨等的收取地。該公司估算，在一個(gè)都市人嚴(yán)重依賴列車作為上下班交通工具的國(guó)度里，每天大約有1600萬(wàn)人因各種原因來(lái)到它的車站。因此，在車站收取物品使消費(fèi)者節(jié)省了路途而且也不像往家里遞送那樣容易丟失。東日本鐵路已經(jīng)開始把車站的便利店用于這一目的，但它打算為網(wǎng)上貨物的遞送創(chuàng)立專門的空間。

　　該公司還打算引入智能卡（在日本稱為IC卡，因?yàn)樗鼈兝�用集成電路�?chǔ)存信息）取代目前使用的磁卡作為車票和定期券，把各種不同的票券合為一體。這將為公司節(jié)省資金，因?yàn)镮C卡的讀卡機(jī)比磁系統(tǒng)要便宜的多。IC卡使用的增加還將會(huì)減少售票所占用的空間。