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Passage 1
The world has always been a large place, but in some senses it has become much smaller than it was. As
recently as the late nineteenth century, the great science fiction writer Jules Verne wrote the then-
unbelievable novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Today we can physically circumnavigate the world in
one day and electronically orbit the planet in just eight seconds. A truly global outlook is feasible now
because of recent developments in transportation and communications. People all over the world have
enthusiastically adopted these innovations to reach out and touch others, both physically and electronically,
around the globe.
Adapted from R. Alan Hedley, "Running Out of Control: Dilemmas of Globalization." 2002 by Kumarian Press, Inc.
Passage 2
Our world, seemingly global, is in reality a planet of thousands of the most varied and never intersecting
provinces. A trip around the world is a journey from backwater to backwater, each of which considers itself,
in its isolation, a shining star. For most people, the real world ends on the threshold of their house, at the
edge of their village, or, at the very most, on the border of their valley. That which is beyond is unreal,
unimportant, and even useless, whereas that which we have at our fingertips, in our field of vision, expands
until it seems an entire universe, overshadowing all else.
From Ryszard Kapuscinski, The Shadow of the Sun. Translated by Klara Glowczewska. ©2001 by Klara Glowczewska.
Question
Which of the following best describes the relationship between the two passages?
They criticize similar developments.
They illustrate antithetical attitudes
They draw the same conclusion using different research methods.
They both examine changes in the perception of an issue over time.