The bullet trainThe ‘bullet train’ is the nickname for the fast trains that run on the Japanese train system called the Shinkansen. The system links Japan’s four largest cities (Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka and Nagoya), as well as several other cities across Japan. The bullet trains travel at speeds of up to 320 km/hourkilometres per hour and were built to transport people long distances in short amounts of time. These trains have carried 5.6 billionfive point six billion passengers to date, roughly 400,000four hundred thousand per day. Predictably, bullet trains can be very long, some up to 400 mmetres in length, and special stations have been built to accommodate them.Bullet trains operate using magnetic levitation technology developed by Japanese and German engineers. The trains don’t actually sit on the tracks at all but levitate above them using magnetic forces to keep stable and keep moving. As the magnets repel one another, the trains are propelled forward.The Shinkansen system is very efficient. Trains generally run within thirty seconds of their scheduled time.The Shinkansen system has also had remarkably few incidents since its establishment in 1964. There have been only two derailments of a Shinkansen train: the first during the Chuetsu earthquake in 2004, and the second during a blizzard in 2013. However, nobody was reported injured as a result of either of these accidents, and today, even more safety procedures (such as an earthquake detection system) are in place to protect passengers and drivers. Such a high safety record doesn’t come without a cost, however; the whole Shinkansen system closes for maintenance between midnight and 6 am every day to ensure its high safety standards are maintained.High-speed train systems have been established in several other countries since the Shinkansen first ran, and speeds have increased enormously. The Japanese continue to develop their train systems; in 2015 they trialled a train that achieved a world speed record of just over 600 km/hrkilometres per hour, travelling 1.8 kmone point eight kilometres in less than 11 seconds. Question promptWhich of the following best describes the writer's attitude towards the Shinkansen system?Question response areaSelect one optionidealisedindifferentwaryfavourable