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If you are planning on traveling, 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 (出发) time. It is surprising 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 person 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 some local money in cash (现金). Once I arrived at a place at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed. The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi but because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead. “Listen! I only take real money！” the driver said angrily. You can imagine how terrible I felt at that moment.

The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave. I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suits 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．Britain. B．The USA.

C．Italy. D．Greece.

2.When the writer found he had no dollars to pay the taxi driver, he________.

A．asked the driver to give him a free ride

B．offered to pay in pounds

C．gave the driver some fake(假)money

D．tried to pay by credit card

3.Generally, in May the weather in London is________.

A．warm and dry B．cold and dry

C．hot and wet D．cool and rainy

4.The writer mainly tells us________.

A．how to make life easier

B．how to be well prepared for a trip

C．how to enjoy ourselves on the trip

D．how to schedule our trip

 

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了要想有一次顺利的旅行应该注意的几点规则。

1.but because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead.得知给出租车付款时没带当地现金美元，只带了英镑，得知作者是英国人。选A。

2.The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi but because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead.得知打出租车时没带美元，只带了英镑，选B。

3.推理判断题。根据I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in May, when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester,在伦敦5月份凉爽多雨。 选D。

4.主旨大意题。根据首段得知，作者主要是想告诉大家如何为一场旅行做好准备。选B。

考点：旅游类文章

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