Question 1 - 5
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
The Shinkansen or Bullet Train
Safety | No deaths (bar 1 from passenger misadventure) since its launch in 1. |
Speed | Holds world train record for the 2. of 261.8 kph.
500 series Nozumi’s fastest speed is 300kph. |
Punctuality | Punctual to within the second.All bullet trains for 1 year were a total of 3. late. |
History | First used on Tokyo to Osaka route. Old models have now been retired. 300, 500 and 700 are recent models. |
Services | Nozomi trains stop at the 4. Hikari stop more frequently.
Kodama trains stop at 5. |
Question 6 - 10
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- French TGV locomotives pull the T6V trains from both ends using a 6.
- Japanese ground is unsuitable for the TGV type of train because it is 7. and the tracks frequently curve horizontally and vertically.
- An extra advantage of the Japanese electric car system is that it can act as a 8.
- Even after the power supply is cut off in the electric car system, electricity is still produced by 9.
- Huge improvements in power, operability and safety administration have been made possible by advances in 10.
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