The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计) that about 216 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak period(高峰期) during the 2010 Spring Festival holiday.The number of travelers will be 8％higher than that of 2009.This problem even attracted the President Hu Jintao’s attention.He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun，Minister of the Ministry of Railways，asking him to make sure of a “smooth and safe” transportation.Afterwards，officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station.

1.
What does the underlined word “scalper” in the first paragraph mean?
1. A.
  代售点
2. B.
  售票员
3. C.
  票贩
4. D.
  赌徒
2.
Many people can’t buy the tickets from the railway station，and they sometimes can only buy them from the scalpers .
1. A.
  expensively
2. B.
  wrongly
3. C.
  dangerously
4. D.
  hardly
3.
How many people took the train trip during the peak period during the 2009 Spring Festival holiday?
1. A.
  About 216 million.
2. B.
  About 172 million.
3. C.
  About 200 million.
4. D.
  About 233 million.
4.
What does the passage mainly tell us?
1. A.
  People go home much more easily during the Spring Festival.
2. B.
  It is very hard to buy tickets in the railway station during the Spring Festival.
3. C.
  President Hu Jintao cares about the railway building problem.
4. D.
  The Ministry of Railways felt sorry about the problem.

CACB
1.根据句意可知这些只能从scalper手里高价买票。可知这些人是票贩子，故选C。
2.根据短语at much higher price.以更高的价格可知选A,昂贵的。
3.根据The Ministry…… that of 2009.216*1.08=233.28这段话可知选D，大约233 million.
4.通过阅读短文可知文中叙述的是春运期间买票难的问题，故选B。

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How many people took the train trip during the peak period during the 2009 Spring Festival holiday?

What does the passage mainly tell us?