【阅读理解Weoftenhearpeoplesayingtheworldisgettingsmaller.Theydon’treallymeanthattheworldisgettingsmallerofcourse.Whattheymeanisthatwithmodernmeansoftransportwecannowreacheverypartoft】

　　阅读理解

　　Weoftenhearpeoplesayingtheworldisgettingsmaller.Theydon’treallymeanthattheworldisgettingsmallerofcourse.Whattheymeanisthatwithmodernmeansoftransportwecannowreacheverypartoftheworldveryquickly.wecancrossfromNewYorktoParisinlessthanhoursintheConcorde(协和式飞机)andhelicopters(直升飞机)cannowbeusedtoexploremountainsandvalleysthatweredifficulttoexploreonfoot.Thereusedtobeatimewhenmanypartsoftheworldhadneverbeenseenorvisitedbyforeigners.ThegreatforestsofBrazilaresothickthatinsomeplacesitisimpossibletowalkthroughthemMt.JolmoLungmatheworld’shighestmountainwasforalongtimethoughttobetoodangeroustoclimb.Butin1953anewZealandercalledEdmundHillarywithhisNepalese（尼泊尔）guideTenzingreachedthetopofMt.JolmoLungmaandnowwithhugemachinesroadsarebeingcutthroughtheforestsofBrazil.

　　Buttherewasatimewhentheworldwasverysmall.2300yearsagotheEgyptiansandtheGreeksthoughtthattheworldlookedasitdoesonthisoldmap.TheythoughttheworldwasflatandthatarounditwastheoceanThenmenbegantouseshipstoexploretheworld.Theyfoundthatastheysailedfurtherawayfromtheirhomecountriestheworldbecamebigger.Andtheydiscoverednewcountriesandthecontinentsthattheydidn’knowabout.AstheybuiltbiggerandbiggershipsTheywereabletosailfurtherandfurtheraway.Sotheyhadtomakenewmapstoshowthecountriesthattheyfound.Todaytherearenoundiscoveredcountrieslefttoputonthemapbuttherearemanynewworldstodiscoveroutinspace.

　　1.“Theydon’treallymeanthattheworldisgettingsmaller”meansthey______.

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　　A.arenotsurewhethertheworldisgettingsmallerornot

　　B.don’tknowwhethertheworldisgettingsmallerornot

　　C.don’treallymeantosaythattheworldisgettingsmaller

　　D.reallymeanthattheworldisgettingbigger

　　2.Peoplecouldn’texploresomemountainsandvalleysbeforebecause______.

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　　A.theyhavenothelicopters

　　B.theyhavenotConcordes

　　C.themountainsandvalleysaredangerous

　　D.theydon’twanttoexplorethemountainsandvalleysonfoot

　　3.Accordingtothearticl