Want to save money when travelling by train? ...

Want to save money when travelling by train? Here are some ways.

Day Returns

　This ticket can save you up to 45% on the standard fare (车费). You have to travel after the rush hour period Mon.-Fri., but can travel at any time on Sat. or Sun.

Big city Saves

　These are special low-priced tickets on certain trains. Yon have to book in advance----- at the　latest by 16:00 the day before you travel. It's first come, first served.

Weekend Returns

　Weekend Returns are available (有售) for most journeys over 60 miles. Go on Fri. Sat. or Sun, and return the same weekend on Sat. or Sun, and save up to 35% the standard fare.

Monthly Returns

　There are available for most journeys over 65 miles. Go any day and return within a month. Monthly returns save you up to 25% on the standard fare.

Family Returns

　For ￡20 this railcard allows you to take a second adult (成人) and up to 4 children for only ￡3 each when you buy single or return tickets. You can travel as often as you like until the card becomes out of date. (200 words.建议阅读时间为3min.)

1. Which is the best ticket to buy if you live in London and want to go to a small town 80

　miles away for four days?

　A. Big City Savers 　 B. Monthly Returns 　 C. Weekend Returns 　D. Family Returns

2. A man bought himself a ticket of ￡15 and three tickets for his family with a family railcard.

How much did he pay?

　A.￡44 　　　　B. ￡29 　　　　C. ￡24 　　　　D.￡15

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Ways to Save Money While Traveling

Who doesn’t like to save money when possible? Traveling can be expensive, but with the right strategy you can bring down the cost. 1.

Look for free activities. If you do a little research, you’ll see there are often lots of free activities in the area. Look at community calendars to see what is going on in town while you are there. 2.Museums often have a "pay what you can" day once a week and sometimes have discounted admission after a certain time of the day.

3.Although some people might not like to cook while on vacation. I don't mind making breakfast in my room. I love having a cup of coffee, but room service can be very expensive. 4.A microwave and fridge will also be helpful for reheating leftovers.

Shop at farmers’ markets and local stores. 5.Also, shopping at local stores allows you to taste the local cuisine without having to pay the price of a restaurant.

Buy some local fish and cook it up at your condo(公寓).

What are your tips for saving money while traveling？

A. Rent an apartment instead of having to get two rooms.

B. Book a room with a refrigerator, microwave or kitchen area.

C. Try these tips on your next vacation and your wallet will thank you.

D. I try to never eat at attractions because they tend to raise the price.

E. Do a self-guided walking tour to make yourself familiar with your destination.

F. I'd rather eat in the room for breakfast and lunch and then splurge ( 挥 霍 ) on a delicious dinner.

G. Farmers’ markets often lower the price of their food towards the end of the day.

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There are two ways to save money traveling. The first way is to get the best deals on the specific things you want. There is a limitation to this type of approach (途径，方法) though. If you find the lowest price on the best hotel in Honolulu at the height of the season, you will save money, but still have a very expensive vacation. Trying to get exactly what you want will generally be an expensive proposition, in travel and in life.

The other approach is to be a true opportunist. This will be difficult for some of you, and entirely unacceptable to others. Nonetheless (尽管如此)，the travelers who get to travel the most, go to the widest variety of places, learn the most and do the most, are the opportunists. This will be true until you are so wealthy that you have no monetary (货币的；钱的)limits.

The first time I went to Ecuador, I went there because it was cheap. If it wasn’t, I would have had a great time—somewhere else. The trip lasted a month, and cost $1045, which included airfare and even the $130 fee for a guide to take me to the top or glacier (冰川) covered Mount Chimborazo.

I cut the cost by taking a bus from my home in Michigan to Miami, and back again when I returned from Ecuador. The round-trip ticket cost $158. The round-trip flight to Quito from Miami was only $256, because it was a courier (信使，通讯员) flight, which meant I signed for some luggage(car parts), and  could only take carry-on luggage.

Never did I feel deprived, or bored. I had a great time, eating wherever it was cheap and clean, doing all sorts of inexpensive, but interesting things, and traveling across the country to climb Chimborazo. I also met and fell in love with my wife Ana.

Being an opportunist means you’ll have just as much variety, and probably almost everything you want—eventually. You just have to stop trying to get exactly what you want exactly when you want it. If the guide that took me up Chimborazo hadn’t dropped his price from $200 to $130, I would have spent $2 for a bus and gone hiking on EI Altar, another great Andean mountain. That would have left me with enough money for several other minor adventures.

1.The underlined phrase “the best deals” in the first paragraph probably refers to ______.

2.The return tickets from his hometown to Quito cost the author ______.

3.The last paragraph was to tell us how to ______.

4.It’s suggested that the author _____.

5.Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?

高一英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

There are two ways to save money traveling. The first way is to get the best deals on the specific things you want. There is a limitation to this type of approach (途径，方法) though. If you find the lowest price on the best hotel in Honolulu at the height of the season, you will save money, but still have a very expensive vacation. Trying to get exactly what you want will generally be an expensive proposition, in travel and in life.

The other approach is to be a true opportunist. This will be difficult for some of you, and entirely unacceptable to others. Nonetheless (尽管如此)，the travelers who get to travel the most, go to the widest variety of places, learn the most and do the most, are the opportunists. This will be true until you are so wealthy that you have no monetary (货币的；钱的)limits.

The first time I went to Ecuador, I went there because it was cheap. If it wasn’t, I would have had a great time—somewhere else. The trip lasted a month, and cost $1045, which included airfare and even the $130 fee for a guide to take me to the top or glacier (冰川) covered Mount Chimborazo.

I cut the cost by taking a bus from my home in Michigan to Miami, and back again when I returned from Ecuador. The round-trip ticket cost $158. The round-trip flight to Quito from Miami was only $256, because it was a courier (信使，通讯员) flight, which meant I signed for some luggage(car parts), and  could only take carry-on luggage.

Never did I feel deprived, or bored. I had a great time, eating wherever it was cheap and clean, doing all sorts of inexpensive, but interesting things, and traveling across the country to climb Chimborazo. I also met and fell in love with my wife Ana.

Being an opportunist means you’ll have just as much variety, and probably almost everything you want—eventually. You just have to stop trying to get exactly what you want exactly when you want it. If the guide that took me up Chimborazo hadn’t dropped his price from $200 to $130, I would have spent $2 for a bus and gone hiking on EI Altar, another great Andean mountain. That would have left me with enough money for several other minor adventures.

1.The underlined phrase “the best deals” in the first paragraph probably refers to ______.

2.The return tickets from his hometown to Quito cost the author ______.

3.The last paragraph was to tell us how to ______.

4.It’s suggested that the author _____.

5.Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?

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If you want to travel from Xi’an to Chengdu by train, it will take about 16 hours. But starting this month, the new Xi’an-Chengdu high-speed railway will shorten this travel time to three hours.

The 643-kilometer line is China’s first high-speed railway to run through the Qinling Mountains, which form a natural boundary (分界线) between China’s north and south. With a speed of 250 km per hour, it’s also the first mountain-heavy train line to provide a 4G network. Along the way, the train passes through two areas for rare (稀有) wild animals — one for pandas and the other for crested ibises (朱鹮).

To reduce the railway’s influence on the animals, workers and experts have designed and built the railway to be environmentally friendly. There were 345 wild pandas living in the Qinling Mountains. China currently has 1,864 wild pandas in total, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

To avoid disturbing the pandas, the railway was designed to run through tunnels (隧道) within the area. Protective shields (防护屏) are placed near the entrance of each tunnel to stop animals from going in.

To protect the thousands of crested ibises that fly near one part of the railway, protective nets have been set up to make sure the birds will not fly into a train.

The nets are about 32 km long and 4 meters high. Experts tested different shapes and materials for building the nets before making their final choice.

1.From this month, it will take ________ to travel from Xi’an to Chengdu by the high speed train.

A. 16 hours　　 B. 13 hours　　 C. 3 hours　　 D. 1 hour

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the new Xi’an-Chengdu railway?

A. It is China’s first high-speed railway.

B. It runs through the Qinling Mountains.

C. It is the best mountain-heavy train line.

D. The train passes through many areas for rare wild animals.

3.Why did people build the railway to be environmentally friendly?

A. To save money and energy.　　 B. To avoid damaging the mountains.

C. To avoid harming wild animals.　　 D. To help the train run through tunnels quietly.

4.What are experts using to stop birds from flying into the train?

A. Tunnels.　　 B. Tracks.　　 C. Protective shields.　　 D. Protective nets.

5.What is the passage about?

A. Xi’an Chengdu high-speed railway.　　 B. How to protect pandas and crested ibises.

C. Qinling Mountains.　　 D. Protective shields and nets.

高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

There are so many websites to help you plan trips and book trips and save money on trips. Here is a selection of 4 you should consider bookmarking(收藏).

Dishtip. com

If I had to pick just one site to help with restaurant information around the world, it would be Chowhound. com. However, Dishtip. com organizes the world of eating out in the United States in a totally new way: By turkey sandwich or blueberry pie. In other words, by single dish, not by restaurant.

Stay. com

I’m generally doubtful of sites that say they can plan your trips for you. But for a quick information collection, Stay. com is not bad at all.

Here’s what you do: Choose one destination. Then go through the list of top attractions, museums and the like. Click on whatever you want. Those choices will turn into a personalized plan that can be either printed out or sent to your smartphone with an online city map.

Skypicker. com

Skypicker seems like the “explore” page of Kayak. com, but just provides flights within Europe, at very, very cheap price.

I once booked a $48 round trip between Ryanair and Nimes in the south of France at Skypicker. com. When I actually went to Ryanair to book, the cost was $55. think the final cost might be a bit more. But still, a good deal.

Vayama. com

Vayama is a flight search engine that specializes in international travels. It sometimes gives you a lower price on a “secret carrier” whose name and exact cost you don’t know until you’ve actually your ticket.

1.Which website should you go to find the general information about a restaurant?

A.Chowhound. com. B.Dishtip. com.

C.Kayak. com. D.Stay. com.

2.The Stay. com will provide its visitors with 　　　 .

A.a reliable trip plan B.useful information for their trip planning

C.an off-line guide D.printed and personalized schedules

3.How is Vayama. com different from Skypicker. com?

A.It sells tickets at much lower prices.

B.It does not show the exact ticket prices.

C.It only lists flights operating within Europe.

D.It just provides flights for international travels.

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If you want to travel in this city, you’d better rent a car. It is not easy to ________by bus here.

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When traveling abroad, it is wise to carry your money in traveler's checks because checks are protected against loss or theft. If your checks are lost or stolen, the issuing authority will refund(赔偿) your money.

Not only are they safe, they are also convenient. They are available in different currencies(货币) and they can be cashed at most banks throughout the world. Most shops, hotels and restaurants also accept them. Traveler's checks are very easy to use. When you collect them, you sign each check once. The cashier enters the amount in your passport. When you cash, you sign each check again. The cashier will usually ask to see your passport again too.

To get traveler's checks you usually go to your bank. They can be paid in cash or in other ways. Large amounts, however, must be ordered in advance.

For the safety and convenience of traveler's checks, you are charged two commissions(佣金，酬劳): an insurance commission when you buy them and an encashment commission when you cash them.

It is suitable to make a note of the serial numbers of your checks. Keep this separate from your traveler's checks.

72 . People like to carry their money in traveler’s checks when traveling abroad, because______

A. they cannot be lost or stolen           B. they can be used anywhere

C. they are safe and handy         D. they can save travelers plenty of money

73.  If your traveler's checks are lost or stolen, who will refund you?

A. The authority that issues you the passport.

B. The insurance company.

C. The bank where you buy your checks.

D. The travel agency that arranges your travel.

74.  You sign your traveler’s check for the second time in order to ________.

A. get your passport                      B. cash it

C. claim(要求) insurance                  D. pay for commission

75 . Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A. You need not pay a commission for the safety of your traveler’s checks.

B. People usually get traveler’s checks from foreign banks.

C. Traveler’s checks can be exchanged for the money of the country you visit.

D. You cannot get your passport until you get your traveler’s checks.

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---When are you going to travel to Beijing?

---The train ______ at six tomorrow morning, and I _______ for the station at four o’clock.

A．leaves, leaves                          B．is going to leave, am going to leave

C．is going to leave, leaves                   D．leaves, am going to leave

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

When I was 14, I decided to make some pocket money by　　 1.　 (help) Mr. Miller cut the grass in his garden. I worked hard because that was my first part-time job. After working for one week, Mr. Miller said that he had no money for me. That surprised me 　 2.　 (great). I argued with him, and then I went back home in anger.

My parents told me not to be angry　　 【小题3　　 Mr. Miller because　　 3.　 was in difficulties. Then my mother called up Mr. Miller and they talked about something on 　 4.　 phone. A few days later, my mother asked me to return to Mr. Miller’s garden because he was too weak 　 5.　 (look) after it.

When I came back, Mr. Miller said, “Sorry, I’ve no money, 　 6. I can do something for you.” He played a CD for me. Hearing the beautiful music, I was so interested in it　　 7. I forgot the money and did the work with pleasure. At last, Mr. Miller gave me a ticket to a concert.

After that, I became very fond of music. Now I’m one of the most popular 8.　 (sing) in our country. I can never 9.　 Mr. Miller too much.

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