Wouldn’t you want to travel more often without breaking the bank? If you are interested, read on to find out how you can do simple things to save money next time you go on vacation.
Airfares
Plan in advance and visit discount websites to see if there are better deals. If you are planning to stay in two countries and an airline makes you change planes on those countries anyway, you might be in luck. Check pricing on the flights to see if you can stay a few days at the country of the flight change instead of changing planes right away since airlines often let you do that for the same price.
Accommodations
Sometimes the smaller towns close to where you are going have hotels that are much less expensive. If you don’t mind the 15-minute ride, you might just save a large amount of money. Home exchanges are pretty cool and popular especially in Europe. If you are of the adventure type, this could be exciting and refreshing. Sometimes smaller hotel chains are willing to give you free upgrades or even free nights. If you are staying at a destination for at least a few days, consider a vacation home instead of hotels. They are often more comfortable and your cost will probably be cheaper.
Eating
Figure out where you will be and eat before you actually go out. Avoid breakfast from the hotels because chances are good that the breakfast from the hotel is expensive and isn’t great. It probably pays to walk out the front door in the morning and find a local cafe. You might just discover the local favorite unexpectedly. Want a breakfast that costs nothing? Ask for some bread to-go at the restaurant the night before. In addition, fancy lunches are often much less expensive than dinners. If you eat a big lunch and a light dinner, it’s also healthier.
1.What kind of travelers will choose a vocation home?
A. Those who dislike small hotel chains.
B. Those who want an adventure trip.
C. Those who plan to live in one place for a few days.
D. Those who don’t mind long-distance trips.
2.To save money on eating, you are expected to ________.
A. eat more for dinner than lunch
B. have three meals in the hotels
C. buy bread from restaurants
D. try a local cafe for breakfast
3.The text is mainly about ________.
A. trips in different countries
B. tips on economical travel
C. dos and don’ts during a trip
D. arrangements for a package holiday
阅读快车系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2017届辽宁实验中学分校高三10月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
假定你是李华, 你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文. 请你根据下列要点写回信.
要点: 1. 参加中文学习班;
2. 看中文书刊、电视；
3. 学唱中文歌曲；
4. 交中国朋友。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Peter,
__________________________________________________________
Best wishes,
Li Hua
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Though _______ time, he managed to finish the task on time.
A. lacked B. lack of C. lackingD. lacking for
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Even as Google plans to test its fleet (车队) of self-driving cars on public roads this summer, its business model remains a bit of a mystery. By 2025, as many as 250,000 self-driving vehicles could be sold each year globally, according to a study by an industry research firm.
"Vehicles that can take anyone from A to B at the push of a button could transform mobility for millions of people," said Chris Urmson, director of Google's self-driving car project. For now, Google has no plans to sell any of its self-driving cars. They are strictly for research. But they will hit public roads this summer near Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Previous testing has taken place only on closed courses.
The cars are built to operate without a steering wheel, accelerator (油门) or brake pedal. "Our software and sensors do all the work," Urmson said. "The vehicles will be very basic — we want to learn from them and adapt them as quickly as possible — but they will take you where you want to go at the push of a button." The prototype (雏形) are the first of a 100-car fleet the tech giant is building.
In the long run, Urmson sees a future of safer roads — the majority of auto accidents are caused by human error — and fewer traffic jams. Robotic cars could also shuttle people who can't drive because of age or illness.
Google has said that self-driving cars could launch new business models in which people buy the use of vehicles they don't own. The company has already tested other types of self-driving cars on public streets, including modified Lexus sport-utility vehicles, under a special permit program by the California Department of Motor Vehicles that requires a human driver at the controls.
The state has issued six other companies permits to operate such cars, including Delphi, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Tesla, Bosch and Nissan. The vehicles that will be tested on open roads this summer will have removable steering wheels, accelerators and brake pedals to allow "safety drivers" to take control if needed.
Google says the cars are safe. The vehicles have sensors that "can detect objects out to a distance of more than two football fields in all directions, which is especially helpful on busy streets with lots of intersections," Urmson said. "We're looking forward to learning how the community understands and interacts with the vehicles, and to uncovering challenges that are unique to a fully self-driving vehicle," Urmson said.
1. According to Chris Urmson, __________.
A. self-driving cars can give driving orders to humans
B. software and sensors are vital for self-driving cars
C. self-driving cars are specially designed for the elderly
D. ordinary vehicles will be replaced by self-driving cars
2.The passage informs us that self-driving cars __________.
A. have already passed necessary tests
B. have been purchased by some companies
C. will be able to communicate with drivers
D. will probably decrease traffic jams
3.The underlined word "intersections" in the last paragraph can probably be replaced __________.
A. crossings B. buildings
C. vehicles D. accidents
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A. Google's Self-driving Car Graduates to City Streets
B. Google's Self-driving Car Enjoys Global Popularity
C. Self-driving Car Meets New Challenges
D. Self-driving Car Avoids Human Errors
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处最佳选项。
Robby’ piano lessons
With the encouragement from my friends, I am writing this story. My name is Mildred Hondorf. I am a former elementary school music teacher from DeMoines, Iowa. I’ve always taught piano lessons in my spare time to supplement(补充) my income. Over the years I found that children have many levels of musical ability. Although I have taught some ________ students, I’ve also had my share of what I call “musically challenged” pupils. One such student is Robby.
Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a single mom) took him for his ________ piano lesson. I ________ that students (especially boys) begin at an earlier age, which I ________ to Robby. But Robby said that it had always been his mother's dream to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a ________.
________ Robby tried very hard, he didn't have the basic sense of music. However, he continued and at the end of each weekly lesson he would always say, "My mom's going to hear me play some day.” But it seemed ________. I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited in her old car to ________ him up. She always waved and smiled but ________ stopped in.
Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. He ________ me and said his mother was sick. I also was glad that he stopped coming. He was a bad ________ for my teaching!
Several weeks later I was ________ my students for the music show when Robby came and asked me if he could be in it. "Miss Hondorf.….I've just got to ________" he said. I don’t know what led me to ________ him to play in the show. Maybe it was his persistence or maybe it was something inside of me saying that it would be all right. The night for the show came. The high school gym was packed with parents, friends and relations. The show went off well. Then Robby came up on stage. I was ________ when he announced that he had chosen one of the most difficult pieces of Mozart. I was not prepared for what I heard next. His ________ were light on the keys. They even danced on the keys... He played so well that everyone was on their feet ________ excitedly.
In tears I ran up on stage, "Oh, Robby! ________ would you do it?" "Well Miss Hondorf... I kept on practising at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, ________ she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well... she was born ________, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me. I wanted to make it special.”
1.A. ordinaryB. youngC. sillyD. talented
2.A. firstB. secondC. nextD. last
3.A. referB. preferC. permitD. reject
4.A. complainedB. repliedC. explainedD. responded
5.A. brotherB. boyC. studentD. teacher
6.A. AlthoughB. BecauseC. SinceD. Unless
7.A. carelessB. hopelessC. homelessD. useless
8.A. callB. pickC. keepD. wake
9.A. alwaysB. usuallyC. sometimesD. never
10.A. askedB. invitedC. telephonedD. told
11.A. advertisementB. intervieweeC. colleagueD. contribution
12.A. providingB. searchingC. preparingD. asking
13.A. goB. leaveC. playD. dance
14.A. demandB. hopeC. suggestD. allow
15.A. excitedB. surprisedC. happyD. satisfied
16.A. eyesB. armsC. fingersD. legs
17.A. spottingB. clappingC. equippingD. stopping
18.A. WhatB. WhenC. WhereD. How
19.A. in particularB. in factC. in placeD. in case
20.A. deafB. blindC. sickD. expert
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Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, it’s not fair to other people, like the kids who studied for the test or who the true winners of a game were.
Many people like the action of cheating. It makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test. But it doesn’t solve the problem of not knowing the material and it won’t help on the next test---unless the person cheats again.
People lose respect for cheaters and think less of them. The cheaters themselves may feel bad because they know they are not really earning that good grade. And, if they get caught cheating, they will be in trouble at school, and may be at home, too.
Some kids cheat because they’re busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending time studying. Other kids might feel like they can’t pass the test without cheating. Even when there seems to be a good reason for cheating, cheating isn’t a good idea.
If you were sick or upset about something the night before the day and couldn’t study, it would be better to talk with the teacher about this. And if you don’t have enough time to study for a test because of swim practice, you need to talk with you parents about how to balance swimming and school.
A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test needs to talk with the teacher and his or her parents so they can find some solutions(解决办法) together. Talking about these problems and working them out will feel better than cheating.
1. The author thinks that when kids cheat in class, ______.
A. it is unfair to other people.
B. it does harm to their health.
C. teachers should punish them.
D. teachers shouldn’t stop them at once.
2.Some students like cheating mainly because______.
A. the material in the test is very difficult.
B. they want to do better than the others.
C. cheating can make hard things seem very easy.
D. they have little time to study their lessons.
3.The fourth paragraph mainly tells us______.
A. some kids can’t pass the test without cheating
B. why kids cheat in the test.
C. cheating isn’t a good idea.
D. some kids don’t spend the time studying.
4. We can learn from the passage _______.
A. cheaters are often thought highly of
B. people show no respect for those who cheat.
C. parents whose kids cheat are often in trouble.
D. kids cheat in the test because of swim practice.
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依据提示信息写出单词和短语。
1.接近（vt.）a______________
2.幸运的（adj.）f_____________
3.包含，包括（vt.）c_____________
4.普通的，平常的（adj.）o____________
5.调查（n.）s_____________
6.由……构成 ______________
7.修建，张贴_______________
8.参考，查阅，指的是_____________
9.取得进步_______________________
10.盼望，渴望_____________________
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年内蒙古高二上期中英语卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
假定你是学生会主席李华。 你的美国朋友Carl正在你市度假，请你代表学生会给他写一封电子邮件，邀请他给同学们做报告。邮件内容如下：
1. 时间；下周三下午3点到5点；
2. 报告内容：如何提高英语口语，美国中学生的业余生活以及中美文化差异。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Carl,
I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying your holiday in my city.
_________________________________________________________________ Waiting for your early reply.
Yours,
LiHua
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Removing the sleeve (封套), you will find a book that is entirely white,except for the names of its author and subject in elegant black type on the cover. It is the perfect design for the biography of a man who insisted that even the insides of his products be perfectly constructed, and that his factory walls flash in the whitest white.
The cover was the only part of the book Steve Jobs wanted to control,writes Isaacson in his introduction.Though Mr. Jobs pushed the biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin to write in his own way, generously allowing the writer more than 40 interviews, this book offers quite a different view of Mr. Jobs, who won much praise from his fans after his death on October 5th at the age of 56.
As a biographer of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, Mr. Isaacson knows how to celebrate longdead genius, but he claimed that Steve Jobs would not be entirely praiseful words.The picture he paints, particularly in the first half of this book, is not nice. Mr. Jobs emerges as a controlling and often coldblooded character. A child of the 1960s counterculture (反主流文化)，he hated materialism and lived in simply furnished houses (in part because he was too particular about furniture),But when Apple went public in 1980, he refused to give any share to Daniel Kottke, a longtime supporter and soul mate from college. “He has to abandon the people he is close to”, observes Andy Hertzfeld, an early Apple engineer.
Mr. Jobs was undoubtedly possessing an extraordinary ability to attract others and inspire a kind of faith that could not be questioned. But also he could be cold and cruel. If he disapproved of an employee’s work，he often shamed him.“This is who I am,” he once said after being challenged,“and you can’t expect me to be someone I’m not.” This disgusting personality wasn’t always helpful, but it served a purpose, writes Mr. Isaacson, many would “end their chain of horror stories by saying that he got them to do things they never dreamed possible”．
Mr. Isaacson treats Steve Jobs as the biography of record,which means that it is a strange book to read so soon after its subject’s death.
1.The biography for Jobs is believed to have the perfect design because________.
A. it follows Jobs’ style
B. its cover is entirely white
C. black and white are his favorite
D. it is designed by a famous biographer
2.The picture of Jobs that Isaacson paints in his book is________.
①cruel ②humorous ③particular ④generous
A. ①③ B. ②③ C. ①④ D. ③④
3.It can be safely concluded that________.
A. Jobs is highly spoken of in the book
B. Isaacson doesn’t think Jobs a good man
C. Jobs didn’t care about the design of the book
D. all descriptions of Jobs are not nice in the book
4.This passage can be classified as________.
A. a personal diary B. a book review
C. a news report D. a TV interview
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