阅读理解。
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way to travel is by air. With a modern
plane you can travel in one day to places which took a month or more one hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by air, but it has its advantages. You can see the country you
are traveling in. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even the longest
journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when it is possible. There are large liners and river boats
with which you can visit many other countries and different places. Traveling by sea is a very pleasant
way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four
hundred miles or only fifty 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 a hotel to
spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take
a train or a plane when they are traveling on business.
1. From the passage we know that the fastest way to travel is ______
A. by car
B. by train
C. by plane
D. by boat
2. If we travel by car, we can____________ .
A. only stop at the destination
B. make our own timetable
C. travel to a very far place in several minutes
D. travel one thousand miles a day.
3. The best title of this passage is___________________ .
A. ways to travel
B. travels
C. transportation
D. modern life
4. How many ways to travel are mentioned in the passage?
A. Five
B. Six
C. Three
D. Four