20、Modem life is impossible without travel. The fastest way of travel is by plane. With a modern you can travel in one day to places, which it took a month or more to get to a hundred year ago. Travel by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages. You can see the country you are traveling through .Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even a longest journey enjoyable. Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travels by sea are a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel there by car. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish—where there is something interesting to see at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when travel on business.

1. According to this passage which is the fastest way of traveling?

A. By train.                  B. By sea.               C. By plane                D. By car.

2. If we travel by car, we can        .

A. travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day

B. make our own timetable

C. travel to a very far place in several minutes

D. make the longest journey enjoyable.

3. The underlined word "they" in the passage means        .

A. modern trains in the country

B. the travelers on the modern trains

C. the slower ways of traveling

D. comfortable seats and dining cars

4. When people travel on business, they usually take         .

A. a bike or foot            B. a boat or a ship         C. a train or a plane     D. a plane or a bus

5. How many ways of traveling are mentioned(提到) in passage?

 A. Five.                         B. Three.                 C. Two                    D. Four.