comprehension passages with questions 9

Reading Comprehension Questions

Our awareness of time has reached such a pitch of intensity that we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us into some corner of the world where people are not interested in minutes and _ seconds. The unpunctuality of the orient for example is appalling to those who come freshly from a land of fixed meal-times and regular train services. For a modern American or Englishman waiting is a psychological torture. An Indian accepts the blank hours with resignation even with satisfaction. He has not lost the fine art of doing nothing. Our notion of time as a collection of minutes each of which must be filled with some business or amusement is wholly alien to the Greek. For the man who lives ina pre-industrial world time moves at a slow and easy pace he does not care about each minute for the good reason that he has not been made conscious of the existence of minutes Orient the countries of Asia especially of eastern Asia (China Japan Russia _ etc.)appalling shocking extremely bad notion an idea a belief or an understanding of something alien not usual or acceptable.

1. What is the main theme of the passage ?

Concept of time in pre-industrial world. The Greek concept of time Awareness of time in the modern industrial world The Orientals and their awareness of time

2. The Orientals are alien to

the business of amusement. the notion of time as a collection of minutes industrialization. the finis art of doing nothing.

3. A person who belongs to pre-industrial world

knows the utility of time. knows how to derive happiness by making use of time carefully. does not care about each minute. cares much for every minute v

4. According to the author

the orientals are very punctual the Americans or the Englishmen are punctual. the Greek and the orientals are very punctual the Indians are very punctual

5.The orient inthe passage refers to

China and Japan. Japan and England. England and America. America alone.