Question

If you are planning on travelling , there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.

First of all, always check and double-check departure(启程)time. It is amazing how few people really do this carefully. Once I arrived at the airport a few minutes after ten, My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10:50. When I arrived at the airport , the clerk at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed. Therefore, I had to wait three hours for the next one and missed an important meeting.

The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards(信用卡), it is still important to have at least a little of the local currency(货币)with you when you arrive in a country. This can be necessary if you are flying to a place at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed. The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi and because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead. “ Listen! I only take real money!” the driver said angrily. Luckily I was able to borrow a few dollars from a clerk at the hotel, but it was embarrassing.

The third and last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination (目的地)before you leave. I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suit and raincoats in May, when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester, to places like Athens, Rome or Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.

1.Where is the writer most probably from?

A. Italy.    B. The USA.    C. The UK.    D. Greece.

2.According to the passage , the driver was angry because the writer _______________.

A. did not give him the local money    B. gave him false money

C. offered to pay by credit card    D. had no enough change

3.The writer mainly tells us ___________________.

A. how to plan our trip    B. how to enjoy ourselves on trip

C. how to make life easier    D. how to be well prepared for a trip

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

【解析】很多人都喜欢旅行，为了使你的旅行更加方便，作者在短文中给了我们一些建议，例如反复检查出发的时间、带一些当地的货币以及了解当地的天气情况的等等。

1.推理判断题。根据短文第三段中The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi and because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead可知，作者去美国旅行的时候，没有带美元，他想用英镑支付。由此可知，作者是英国人，来自英国，故应选C。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第三段的描述The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi and because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead. “ Listen! I only take real money!” the driver said angrily可知，司机很生气，因为作者想要给他用英镑支付，而司机想要美元，故应选A。

3.主旨大意题。短文的第一段是文章的中心段，根据这一段If you are planning on travelling , there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey可知，作者是在我们计划去旅行的时候，给我们一些建议，可以让我们的旅行更加方便。故应选D。

点睛：这篇短文的中心大意非常容易获得，短文的结构是很明显的总分结构，第一段是文章的中心段，下面是作者给我们的几个建议，作者是用举例的形式，结合自己的经历讲述的。后面的题目设置以第一段和第三段的内容为中心，因此做题的时候，我们可以采用先读题目，再读文章这样的方法，可以节省时间，对做题也没有影响。读完第一段我们就能知道文章的大意，第3小题问的是作者的写作意图，这样就能很快的得到答案了。题目中第1小题和第2小题都是针对第三段中作者给出的例子提问的，所以答案在第三段里。