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Travel sets us thinking and makes us in discussions of major world problems. Traveling can improve our thinking skills. That’s WHY we travel. What follows is HOW we travel.

CHEAP TRAVEL

The less you spend, the closer you come to the reason you came.

We’re savers by choice when traveling, although we could afford to stay in middle-priced hotels and eat in their restaurants if we cut back on the length of our trips. By spending less we can travel longer and travel better. We meet more locals by using buses rather than taxis and by staying in small family-run hotels and eating in local-style cafes. Spending too much money makes you away from the foreign experience you came to have.

TRAVELERS — NOT TOURISTS

What’s the difference? Travelers are more likely to get deeper into the life of a country than tourists. The way to do this is to do lots of pre-trip reading about the countries we will visit, and try to learn a few words of local languages.

Independent travel is usually far less expensive than packaged tours. We don’t use travel agents because we don’t stay in hotels that charge high, and we can get cheaper tickets on the Internet. We like figuring out where to eat and working out how to get around. This puts us into direct contact with the local people. Independent travel isn’t as comfortable or convenient, but it’s the most meaningful way to travel.

MOVING AROUND

Despite its discomforts, we take public transportation whenever possible. Traveling in a car is easier, but also scarier. In much of the world roads are poor and driving behaviors are not fixed. Luckily, even the less developed countries often have good public transportation systems, riding buses and trains brings us into close contact with the local people. 

CARRYING STUFF(东西)

Backpacks work better for long-term travel than the wheeled luggage(轮式行李箱) most middle-aged travelers use.  Using luggage is fine with a car, but backpacks are easier for bus and train travel.  Best of all, wearing backpacks bridge the gap between age groups — allowing gray-haired travelers like us to make friends with younger travelers.

1. to travel	Travel can make us think and 2.major world problems.
How to travel	Cheap travel	We 3. to be savers while travelling so that we can travel for a 4. time, and get close to the foreign experience.
Being travelers	● Travelers can get a better 5. of the life of a country than tourists ● We need to 6. in advance(提前) if we want to be independent travelers. ● Although packaged tours can avoid some trouble, independent travel can be more7..
Moving around	Public transportation allows us to communicate with local people 8.
Carrying stuff	We 9. backpacks to the wheeled luggage for long-term travel because they are easier to carry and can 10. the gap between age groups.

Answer

1.Why

2.discuss

3.choose

4.longer

5.understanding

6.prepare

7.meaningful

8.closely

9.prefer

10.bridge/ narrow

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要讲的是旅行可以让我们深入思考和讨论世界的主要问题，然后介绍了几种旅行方式和它们会给我们带来的影响。

1.句意：为什么旅行？

细节理解题。根据表格第一栏第二列“Travel can make us think and discuss major world problems”“旅行能使我们思考和讨论重大的世界问题”可知，应该是为什么旅行，why意为“为什么”，故填Why。

2.句意：旅行能使我们思考和讨论重大的世界问题。

细节理解题。根据文章第一段“Travel sets us thinking and makes us in discussions of major world problems”“旅行使我们思考和讨论重大的世界问题”和所给空前面的“make us think”可知，应该填的是动词原形，discuss意为“讨论”，故填discuss。

3.句意：当旅行时我们选择成为节省的人以至于我们可以旅行更长的时间。

细节理解题。根据文章第三段“We’re savers ……of our trips”“旅行时，我们是节约者的选择，尽管如果我们减少旅行时间，我们可以住得起中等价位的酒店，在他们的餐厅吃饭”可知，应该是选择，由所给空前面的We可知，应该填的是动词，choose是动词，意为“选择”，故填choose。

4.句意：当旅行时我们选择成为节省的人以至于我们可以旅行更长的时间。

细节理解题。根据文章第三段“By spending less we can travel longer and travel better”“花更少的钱，我们可以旅行更长，旅行更好”以及所给空前面的a和后面的time可知，应该是更长时间，longer意为“更长的”，故填longer。

5.句意：旅游者比游客更了解一个国家的生活。

细节理解题。根据文章第四段“Travelers are more likely to get deeper into the life of a country than tourists”“旅游者比游客更可能深入了解一个国家的生活”可知，应该是更好的了解，get deeper into和a better understanding可以进行转换，意为“更好的了解”，故填understanding。

6.句意：如果我们想成为独立的旅行者，我们需要提前做好准备。

细节理解题。根据文章第四段“The way to do this is to do lots of pre-trip reading about the countries we will visit, and try to learn a few words of local languages”“要做到这一点，我们要做很多关于我们将访问的国家的旅行前阅读，并尝试学习一些当地语言的单词”可知，要独立旅行之前要提前准备，由所给空前面的to可知，应该填的是动词原形，prepare意为“准备”，故填prepare。

7.句意：尽管报团旅游可以避免一些麻烦，但独立旅游可能更有意义。

细节理解题。根据文章第五段倒数“Independent travel isn’t as comfortable or convenient, but it’s the most meaningful way to travel”“独立旅行并没有那么舒适和方便，但却是最有意义的旅行方式”可知，应该是更有意义，meaningful意为“有意义的”，故填meaningful。

8.句意：公共交通使我们能与当地人密切联系。

细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段“riding buses and trains brings us into close contact with the local people”“乘公共汽车和火车使我们与当地人密切接触”可知，应该是和当地人密切接触，由所给空前面的communicate with local people可知，应该填的副词，closely意为“密切地，紧密地”，故填closely。

9.句意：长途旅行，我们喜欢背包而不喜欢带轮子的行李。

细节理解题。根据文章最后一段“Backpacks work better for long-term travel than the wheeled luggage(轮式行李箱) most middle-aged travelers use”“背包比大多数中年旅行者使用的轮式行李更适合长期旅行”可知，我们更喜欢背包，由所给空前面的we可知，应该填的是动词，prefer…to...“喜欢……不喜欢……”，故填prefer。

10.句意：对于长期旅行，我们更喜欢背包，而不是带轮子的行李，因为它们更容易携带，而且可以缩小不同年龄段的代沟。

细节理解题。根据文章“wearing backpacks bridge the gap between age groups”“背着背包缩小了年龄段的代沟”可知，应该填的是缩小，由所给空前面的can可知，应该填的是动词原形，bridge和narrow意为“缩小”，故填bridge/ narrow。