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While there are no restrictions on the amount of money that you can bring across the border. You must report to both the US and Canadian border services amounts equal to or greater than $ 10,000.
PERSONAL EXEMPTLONS (免稅) ON PURCHASES
AMERLCANS RETURNLNG TO THE US
Lese than 48 hours: $ 200 US
48 hours or more: $ 800 US duty-free personal exemption,
next $ 1,000 US at 3%
Including up to 100 cigars and 100 cigarettes.
CANADIANS RETURNING TO CANADA
Less than 24 hours: $ 50 CAN
48 hours or more: $ 400 CAN
Including up 100 cigars and 200 cigarettes.
7 days or more: $750 CAN
Including up to 100 cigars and 200 cigarettes.
DOCUMENTATION NEEDED FOR
BORDER CROSSINGS
LAND OR SEA TO THE US (INCLUDING FERRIES)
A valid passport or passport card, or a NEXUS card.
(A NEXUS card is a Trusted Traveler Program that provides quick travel for pre-approved. Low risk travelers through special lanes.)
A recent Washington State, New York or BC driver's license.
Note: Children 15 years of age and younger require only a birth certificate or copy (Certified copies are not required but are advised. )
AIR TRAVEL TO THE US
A valid passport, an Air NEXUS card, or a U. S. Coast Guard Merchant Marine Document.
64. If a Canadian who is on a 7-day trip to New York buys $ 800 CAN worth of goods, how much should he pay tax on when returning home?
A.$ 800 CAN B.$ 750 CAN C.$ 400 CAN D.$ 50 CAN
65. For an American citizen on a 2-day tour of Canada, how much tax does he have to pay on $ 1,600 US worth of purchases when returning to the US?
A.$ 24 US B.$ 48US C.$ 52 US D.$ 200 US
66. What documentation should a couple with a 7-year-old child carry when they drive a car from Canada to America?
A.A BC driver's license, an Air NEXUS card, and a birth certificate.
B.An Air NEXUS card, a U. S. Coast Guard Merchant Marine Document, and a birth certificate.
C.Two valid passport cards and a certified copy of a birth certificate.
D.A NEXUS card, a U. S. Coast Guard Merchant Marine Document, and a certified copy of a birth certificate.
D
Imagine one getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours and then after d work, going back home to Beijing and having dinner there.
Sounds unusual, doesn't it? But it's not that unrealistic, with the development of Chlna's high-speed railway system. And that's not all China has an even greater high-speed railway plan—to connect the country with Southeast Asia and eventually Easter Europe.
China negotiating to extend its high-speed railway network to up 17 countries in 10 to 15 years, eventually reaching London and Singapore.
China has proposed three such projects. The first would possibly connect Kunming with Singapore via Vietnam and Malaysia. Another could start in Urumqi and go through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and possibly to Germany. The third would start in the northeast and go north through Russia and then into Western Europe.
If China's plan for the high-speed railway goes forward, people could zip over from London to Beijing in under two days.
The new system would still follow China's high-speed railway standard. And file trains would be able to g0 346 kilometers an hour, almost as fast as some airplanes.
China's bullet train (高速客車), the one connecting Wuhan to Guangzhou, already has the world’s fastest average speed. It covers 1,069 kilometers in about three hours.
Of course, there are some technical challenges to overcome. There are so many issues that need to be settled, such as safety, rail gauge (軌距), maintenance of railway tracks. So, it's important to pay attention to every detail.
But the key issue is really money. China is already spending hundred of billons of yuan on domestic raibeay expansion.
China prefers that the other countries pay in natural resources rather than with capital investment. Resources from those countries could stream into China to sustain development.
It'll be a win-win project. For other countries, the railway network will definitely create more opportunities fur business, tourism and so on, not to mention the better communication among those countries.
For China, such a project would not only connect it with the rest of Asia and firing some much-needed resources, but would also help develop China's far west. We foresee that in the coming resources unused. With high-speed trains, people will set up factories and business centers in the west once and for all. And they’ll trade with Central Asian and Eastern European countries.
67. China's new high-speed railway plan will be a win-win project because ________.
A.China will get much-needed resources and develop its western regions
B.China and the countries involved will benefit from the project in various ways
C.China will develop its railway system and communication with other countries
D.the foreign countries involved will develop their railway transportation business and tourism
68. according to the passage the greatest challenge to the new high-speed railway plan is ________.
A.technical issues B.safety of the system
C.financial problems D.maintenance of railway tracks
69. Which of the following words best describes the author's attitude towards China's high-speed?
A.Critical. B.Reserved.
C.Doubtful. D.Positive.
70. Which of the following might be the best for the passage?
A.New Railway Standards B.Big Railway Dreams
C.High-speed Bullet Trains D.International Railway Network
