首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
For thousands of years men have been wandering around—for pleasure, for profit, or to satisfy their curiosity. When the only mea
For thousands of years men have been wandering around—for pleasure, for profit, or to satisfy their curiosity. When the only mea
admin
2010-11-02
45
问题
For thousands of years men have been wandering around—for pleasure, for profit, or to satisfy their curiosity. When the only means of transportation were horses, camels and small boats, travelers were already crossing seas and deserts to acquire rare goods or to visit famous places. For the pure joy o{ learning, scholars ventured into distant kingdoms and observed their customs. They tasted the foods; they questioned the wise men about their gods and their history; they sat in fearful admiration on the banks of newly discovered rivers. Then they went back home reflecting upon what they had seen, and perhaps they wrote a book or two about their discoveries. Slowly, nations learned about each other, men met and ideas spread—for better or worse.
There was a time, close to ours, when artists and writers traveled all over Europe and sometimes further to study ancient works of art and to exchange ideas and methods with their foreign colleagues. Poor adventurers traveled on foot while rich ones in comfort. Two centuries ago, it became fashionable for wealthy families to send their grown children to foreign countries where they would complete their education. A young man was expected to acquire good manners and a taste for literature in France, an appreciation of music in Germany, and some feeling of history in Roman Forum.
Thus all kinds of travelers learned and dreamed through the centuries. But their number was always limited, for they were only a privileged minorities—the rich, the free, the talented and the adventurous—who could enjoy a pleasure unknown by the great masses.
This is not true any more. Railroads, ships, buses, and airplanes have made travel easier, faster and cheaper, and the number of people who can spare the time and the money to take trips has grown enormously. It is not reserved to a lucky few, nowadays, to admire Inca temples, giant Buddhas, French castles and Australian kangaroos. Millions of people do each year. But instead of being called travelers, they are known as tourists and they are seen all over the world—floating down the Amazon, taking a pleasure trip by boat to Alaska, flying from Timbuktu(延巴克图,马里) to Easter Island, and taking picture of Norwegian churches and Pakistani costumes.
Nowadays, more people mainly travel for______.
选项
答案
pleasure
解析
根据题干关键词nowadays定位到原文第四段。根据这一段的描述可知,现在更多的人到世界各地去欣赏当地的美丽风景,就此可以推断现在人们是为了享受旅游的乐趣而旅游。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/FQs7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Itishardtopredicthowscienceisgoingtoturnout,andifitisreallygoodscienceitisimpossibletopredict.Ifthethi
Bullying(欺凌弱小者)atSchool:TacklingtheProblemA.Abroaddefinitionofbullyingiswhenastudentisrepeatedlyexposedto
PassageOneAliceWalkermakesherlivingbywriting,andherpoems,shortstories,andnovelshavewonmanyawardsandfell
Indealingwithstudentsatthehighschoollevel—thatis,thesecond,thirdandfouryearofhighschool—wemustbearinmindt
Menseemtohavealwaystakenaninterestinmeteorites,butnotuntiltheearlynineteenthcenturyweretheseobjectsconsidere
Doyouseetheglassashalf-fullratherthanhalfempty?Doyoukeepyoureyeuponthedoughnut,notuponthehole?Suddenlyth
GMOrganismsByfarthemostcommongeneticallymodified(GM)organismsarecropplants.Butthetechnologyhasnowbeenapp
A、Thelectureswereallboring.B、Notallthelectureswereinteresting.C、Thelectureswereratherinteresting.D、Thelectures
Controversyeruptedinthescientificcommunityinearly1992overtheuseofDNA(deoxyribonucleicacid)fingerprintingincrimi
随机试题
ADSL是一种以传统电话线网络(PSTN)作为主要传输介质的网络技术,它的上行速率小于下行速率。
透析后水肿消退、血压正常、自觉症状良好时的体重称为干体重。()
下腔静脉滤器植入的适应证有
沉降性药多具有的功能是
下列制备缓、控释制剂的工艺中,基于降低溶出速度而设计的是()
固定造价合同结果能够可靠估计的标准不包括()。
"Hithere.How’sitgoing?""Oh,fine.Fine.Howaboutthisweather,huh?""Well,Iguesswecanalwayusetherain."
发展市场经济,必须建立以巾场形成价格为主体的价格形成机制,主要是因为()。
请从所给的四个选项中,选出最符合左边四个图形一致性规律的选项()。
Ifourbrainswerecomputers,we’dsimplyaddachiptoupgradeourmemory.Thehumanbrain,therefore,ismore【M1】______comple
最新回复
(
0
)