Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than plane, but it has its advantages. You can see the country when you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even longer 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. And traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people love to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. 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 to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That’s why travelling by car is popular fpr pleasant trips,while people usually take a train or plane when they are travelling on business.
小题1: From the passage we know the fastest way of travelling is _______.
A. by train     B, by sea      C. by plane
小题2:The underlined word “they” in the 2^nd paragraph refers to _____.
modern trains in the country
comfortable seats and dining cars
the travellers on the modern trains
小题3: If we travel by car, we can__________.
make the longer journey enjoyable
travel to a very far place in several minutes
make our own timetable
小题4:When people travel on business , they usually take ______.
a plane or a car
a train or a plane
a boat or a train
小题5:How many ways of travelling are mentioned in the passage ?
A.  Four      B. Three      C. Two