Read the text and choose the correct answers A, B, C or D.
You used to go to a travel agency to plan your trips, and book air tickets,
accommodation and visas. Today, we do all those things by ourselves.
Twenty years ago, you will need to bring along air tickets, vouchers, travel
cheques, and a heavy carry-on bag with Walkman, CDs, travel journal and etc. The
load is so much lighter now since most stuff can be stored in our tablets or
smartphones. Technology is amazing isn't it?
Airport security was a brief back then. They used metal cutleries and gave all
passengers bags of toiletries to keep them comfortable during the flight. Now, there
are many limitations on things that we can and cannot bring on board. Thanks to
"Everyone can fly" tagline, airlines had to reduce their services to stay afloat. So
more people can fly and travel now.
Two decades ago, if you wish to call home, you can only do it at an International
Telecommunications Exchange and dial you home number with no guarantee that it
will get through. These days, all we need to stop by upon arrival is a local SIM card
available as you walk out of the departure hall. The Internet makes it easy for you to
Skype, Facetime your family just to inform them that you have arrived safely.
1. This text is about _______
A. travelling in the past. B. travelling now
C. travelling in the past and now. D. travelling tomorrow
2. People used to design their trips _______.
A. with a travel agency B. by themselves
C. with their friends D. with their parents
3. One important thing to bring along in your trip now is _______.
A. travel cheques B. your smartphone
C. travel journal D. travel car
4. The number of travellers is _______.
A. the same as in the past B. lower now than in the past
C. higher now than in the past D. high now than in the past
5. When you travel, calling home _______ now.
A. is no longer a problem B. costs a lot of money
C. takes time to get through D. costs a little money