Question

For those who make journeys across the world, the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages. Distances between them appear no greater to a modern traveler than those which once faced men as they walked from village to village. Jet plane fly people from one end of the earth to the other, allowing them a freedom of movement undreamt of a hundred years ago.

Yet some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far. A price has been paid, they say, for the conquest （征服） of time and distance. Travel is something to be enjoyed, not endured （忍受）. The boat offers leisure and time enough to appreciate the ever-changing sights and sounds of a journey. A journey by train also has a special charm about it. Lakes and forests and wild, open plains sweeping past your carriage window create a grand view in which time and distance mean nothing. On board a plane, however, there is just the blank blue of the sky filling the narrow window of the airplane. The soft lighting, in-flight films and gentle music make up the only world you know, and the hours progress slowly.

Then there is the time spent being “processed” at a modern airport. People are conveyed like robots along walkways; baggage is weighed, tickets produced, examined and produced yet again before the passenger move again to another waiting area. Journeys by rail and sea take longer, yes, but the hours devoted to being “processed” at departure and arrival in airports are luckily absent. No wonder, then, that the modern high-speed trains are winning back passengers from the airlines.

Man, however, is now a world traveler and can not turn his back on the airplane. The working lives of too many people depend upon it; whole new industries have been built around its design and operation. The holiday maker, too, with limited time to spend, patiently endures the busy airports and limited space of the flight to gain those extra hours and even days, relaxing in the sun. speed controls people’s lives；time saved, in work or play, is the important thing—or so we are told. Perhaps those first horsemen, riding free across the wild, open plains, were enjoying a better world than the one we know today. They could travel at will, and the clock was not their master.

1.What does the writer try to express in Paragraph1?

A. Travel by plane has speeded up the growth of villages.

B. The speed of modern travel has made distances relatively short.

C. The freedom of movement has helped people realize their dreams.

D. Man has been fond of traveling rather than staying in one place.

2.How does the writer support the underlined statement in Paragraph2?

A. By giving instructions.

B. By analyzing cause and effect.

C. By following the order of time.

D. By giving examples.

3.According to Paragraph3, passengers are turning back to modern high-speed trains because______.

A. they pay less for the tickets

B. they feel safer during the travel.

C. they can enjoy higher speed of travel

D. they don’t have to waste time being “processed”

4.What does the last sentence of the passage mean?

A. They could enjoy free and relaxing travel.

B. They needed the clock to tell the time.

C. They preferred traveling on horseback.

D. They could travel with their master.

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Air travel benefits people and industries.

B. Train Travel has some advantages over air travel.

C. Great changes have taken place in modern travel.

D. The high speed of air travel is gained at a cost.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：在現(xiàn)代，人們可以乘坐飛機(jī)環(huán)游世界，體驗(yàn)飛機(jī)帶來的高速度。然而，也有人懷疑，旅行方式的發(fā)展是否有些過度了。因?yàn)�，在體驗(yàn)高速度的同時(shí)，人們也付出了比較大的代價(jià)。

1.the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages. Distances between them appear no greater...”可知，第一段講的是，現(xiàn)代化的旅行大大縮小了世界的距離，故選B。

2.The boat offers leisure and time ...A journey by train also has a special charm about it. ...Lakes and forests and wild, open plains sweeping past”可知，作者舉例來論證“旅行是享受的而不是忍受的過程”，故選D。

3.Then there is the time spent being “processed” at a modern airport. ...baggage is weighed, tickets produced, examined and produced yet again before the passenger move again to another waiting area. ...but the hours devoted to being “processed” at departure and arrival in airports are luckily absent.”可知，第三段講的是，乘坐飛機(jī)時(shí)，大量的時(shí)間被浪費(fèi)在了排隊(duì)、檢票、候機(jī)這些事情上，故選D。

4.Perhaps those first horsemen, riding free across the wild, open plains, were enjoying a better world than the one we know today. They could travel at will, and the clock was not their master.”可知，騎馬在廣闊的草原上游蕩，欣賞到的會(huì)是一個(gè)更美好的世界。騎馬的人可以任意馳騁，而不用擔(dān)心時(shí)間問題。故選A。

5.For those who make journeys across the world, the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages.”和第二段“Yet some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far. A price has been paid, they say, for the conquest （征服） of time and distance.”可知，在獲得高速度的同時(shí)，人們也付出了一定的代價(jià)，故選D。

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