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TRAVELLING

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In the Middle Age People didn’t travel much, but if they did, they went on horseback or used carriages, coaches or carts. Poor people, however, had to walk when they wanted to go from place to place. Another possibility of travelling was go to by sailing-ships, which sailed on the rivers and crossed the lakes, seas and oceans.

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But since those days many other means of transport have been invented and nowadays people travel much more, much farther and much faster than they ever used to before.

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Just like the merchants of long ago, employees of larger or smaller international companies very often have to travel on business. Some of them drive hundreds of miles in their cars, but others like to board one of those fast, modern jets. They find these flights fast and comfortable, because on board they get everything they need such as meal, drinks, magazines and newspaper to shorten the time between take off and landing.

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After their arrival at the airport, a bus usually takes them into the city centre, or they get a taxi to take them straight to their hotels. Most of them travel light so that they have no luggage problems. Not all people like travelling to foreign countries. Businessmen, who have to travel much neither like their business-trips nor the days spent in dull hotels.

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But when we think of travelling we think of the holidays; of a flight to a sunny beach, a drive through the mountains or a swim in a beautiful lake.
The reasons why we travel are to see much, to hear many different languages, to learn a lot of things about other countries, other peoples and their customs.

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The people in line 1 were:
1. middle-aged people.
2. people who lived long ago.
3. people who made many journeys.
4. poor people.
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In the middle ages people:
1. did not travel at all.
2. did not travel very often.
3. only travelled on horse back.
4. only walked from place to place.
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The people in line 2:
1. did not have much money.
2. had much money.
3. travelled much.
4. used carts.
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Nowadays people travel:
1. in sailing ships on rivers and lakes.
2. less than before.
3. much more and farther than before.
4. only across oceans.
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‘Them’ refers to (verwijst naar):
Some of them drive hundreds of miles in their cars, but others like to board one of those fast, modern jets.
1. merchants
2. employees
3. companies
4. cars
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The word, which tells you about the speed of jets is:
1. miles
2. fast
3. modern
4. flights
In this story most people travel:
1. by aeroplane.
2. by coach.
3. in carts.
4. on horseback.
Paragraph 3
‘They’ refers to (verwijst naar):
They find these flights fast and comfortable, …….
1. flights
2. merchants
3. some of them
4. others
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Businessmen get meals, drinks, magazines and papers on board of the aeroplane because they:
1. are hungry and thirsty.
2. can't sleep in aeroplanes.
3. don’t have time to read at home.
4. fly in aeroplanes for many hours.
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Businessmen travel by jet because it is:
1. fast and comfortable.
2. fast and flight.
3. light and comfortable.
4. modern and light.
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After their arrival, the travellers go:
1. to the city centre.
2. to their hotels.
3. to the beach.
4. to the city centre or their hotels.
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The word ‘straight’ is used to tell that they:
(or they get a taxi to take them straight to their hotels.)
1. go by public transport.
2. have no luggage problems.
3. take the shortest way.
4. use a taxi.
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Most businessmen travel light:
1. because they are lazy.
2. because they are not strong enough.
3. so that they have no luggage problems.
4. so that they won’t get tired.
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Two things which some businessmen do not like are:
1. business-trips and dull hotels.
2. businessmen and travelling.
3. foreign countries and dull hotels.
4. travelling and foreign countries.
Businessmen travel because:
1. they like travel.
2. they have to travel for their companies.
3. they want to travel.
4. they travel for pleasure.