A British scientist arrives in a world inhabited by gentle, selfless people called Eloi. The scientist believes that he has discovered the perfect society. Then all of a sudden, the Morlocks appear, evil, ape-like man who live in machine-filled caves, emerging at night to eat the Eloi. The scientist realizes that this is the Earth of the future – these monsters are what human beings will become.
British writer H. G. Wells published The Time Machine in 1895. As Western scientists in the 20th century challenged natural “laws” and flew into space, people began to wonder about the “fourth dimension” （四维空间） - time – and time travel became a hot topic in the West. The top Western time travel destination became the future- and not just as an excuse for erazy special effects in movies.
Time travel stories from the US and Europe often contain warnings about technology or society going out of control. Some stories contain figures whose job is to stop the laws of time from being broken. In the British TV series, Doctor who ,“The Doctor” does nettle with aliens（外星人）and robots that look like dustbins that have broken into the “wrong” time.
In others, time is flexible（变通）, In the bugely successful children’s book Thief! By British author Malorie Blackman, a girl is thrown into the future to discover that her town has become totally dependent on computers – computers controlled by an evil tyrant. Luckily the girl is able to return to the present and stop this future from h appending.
But not every future can be changed. In the 1968 movie Planet of the Apes, a world is run by monkeys who perform experiments on humans. The final seine, when the hero comes across the Statue of Liberty on the beach, has gone down in movie history.
Western time travel stoniest go back and forth. Yet they always ask us to look at our own world, our own time-and ourselves.
39．Eloi’s peaceful life is broken by .
A．a British scientist B．the Morlocks C．a machine D．human beings
40．According to the passage, British may not have written .
A．The Time Machine B．Doctor who
C．Thief D．Planet of the Apes
41．What do the authors of the western travel stories worry about?
A．Film development may come to an end. B．The earth will be damaged.
C．The human can’t control technology. D．Travelling is certainly in danger.
42．The passage is mainly about .
A．going through time B．introducing famous stories
C．worrying about future D．advertising space travel