Passage 10                                                                                                               看点评

The old conditions of travel and the new conditions of most travel of today are exactly opposite.  For in old travel, as on horseback or on foot, you saw the country while you travelled. Many of your stopping places were for rest, or because night had fallen, and you could see nothing at night.  Under the old system, therefore, a wise traveller might keep moving from day to day, slowly, indeed, but seeing something all the time, and learning what the country was through which he passed by talk with the people.  But in the new system, he is shut up with his party and a good many other parties in a tight bus with glass windows, and whirled on through dust if it is dusty, or if it is rainy,  under arrangements which make it impossible to talk with the people of the country, and almost impossible to see what that country is.

1. The old conditions of travel are __________ the new ones.
A. the same as
B. exactly the same as
C. very different from
D. exactly different from

2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. In the past people travelled on horseback.
B. In the past people made trips from day to day slowly.
C. In the past some wise travellers could make their trips even at night.
D. In the past people usually travelled slowly so that they could enjoy what they saw.

3. In the past travellers __________.
A. could learn more than those of today during their trips
B. might continue their trips from night to night
C. could talk with the people and learn something about the country
D. could stop and take a rest when it became dark

4. In this passage the author suggests that __________.
A. now people go on trips in train, buses or planes
B. people on trips are not allowed to talk
C. people on trips are often caught in the rain
D. people on trips are often very dirty

5. The best title for this passage is __________.
A. The Disadvantages of Travelling Today
B. Comparison (比较)of Travelling in the Past With That of  Today
C. Contrast  (对照) Between Travellings in the Past and Today
D. The Advantages of Travelling in the Past

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点评：

    作者在对比两种条件（现在和过去）下的旅行时，分别是这样描述的：

过去：seeing something all the time, and learning what the country was through which he passed by talk with the people

现在：he is shut up...in a tight bus with glass windows, and whirled on through dust if it is dusty, or if it is rainy,  under arrangements which make it impossible to talk with the people of the country, and almost impossible to see what that country is.

    作者的基本态度倾向已经跃然纸上，褒贬分明。而不是中立地对照，比较。                 Main Idea