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Qinghai-Tibet Railway, a Green Great Wall

China will cover the slopes(斜坡) on both sides of the 1,110-kilometer-long Qinghai-Tibet Railway with grass to form a “Green Great Wall” on the Qinghai-Tibet highland.

The project along what is known as the roof of the world is expected to cost 1.2 billion yuan (145 million US dollars) _____1_____ will be provided _____2_____ the central government, said Lu Chunfang, _____3_____ official in charge of the construction（施工）.

Explaining the advantages of the plan, Mou Ruifang, an associate(副的) professor from the Southwest China Communications University, said the roots of the grass would help stabilize(稳定) the soil while the grass _____4_____ would protect both the roadbed and the slopes _____5_____ heavy rain.

_____6____ the railway is not as long as the Great Wall, which stretches(伸展) for more than 6,000 km along the ridges(山脊) of two mountain ranges（山脉）and runs _____7_____ at least seven Chinese provinces and autonomous regions(自治区), it will be a great eco-wall(生态墙) keeping the ecological balance of the Qinghai-Tibet highland, Mou said.

The _____8_____ (plant) of grass alongside the railway line will be a challenge undertaking(事业) as more than 960 kilometers, or over four-fifths of the railway, will be at an altitude（海拔）of more than 4,000 meters with 547 kilometers, or half its total length, being laid on long-frozen earth.

The railway begins from Xining, capital of Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, to L hasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region _____9____ Southwest China. It will be the first railway to link(连接) Tibet _____10_____ the rest of China.

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