1、00015)一、阅读判断Booking Online and Saving the Environment When you are looking to book a holiday, it is unlikely that you will think about how green your booking decision is, but it is definitely something that should be taken into consideration. By “green” we are of course talking about the impact on t
2、he environment. When looking to book a holiday, you will probably find that you are faced with two main decisions. The first is to go into a travel agency, pick up a stack of brochures half the size of a person read through them and go back with just the one and book with the travel agents directly
3、or over the phone. The second is to miss out the shops and brochures altogether and go on to the Internet. The Internet holds many advantages over the high street travel agents, the main one being convenience. You can go online to look at holidays at any time of the day, whether it is in that 20 min
4、utes before work starts in the morning, half an hour at your desk at lunchtime or even at home on your laptop in front of the television at night. There are no time constrains to going online, while the travel agents are usually massively busy at times when people can actually go, i.e. Lunch hours o
5、r at the weekend. You could use the telephone but you wouldnt be able to see the pictures or all the details of the holidays, so you would probably be sent a brochures anyway. There are websites on the Internet that make shopping for holiday deals much easier. These websites are known as price compa
6、rison websites. Icelolly, Travel Supermarket and Deal Checker are examples of some of the best known price comparison sites to look for cheap holiday deals, and they essentially search through lots of different tour operators so that you dont have to. The results are then displayed on one page from
7、which you can book, meaning that you dont even need a lot of time to do this. The contrast with the travel agencies id that you probably have to take two trips, with brochures reading in between, and this is where the green side of things comes in. The piles and piles of brochures are definitely not
8、 green, and the amount of unnecessary paper used cant be good for the environment. In the days of Internet, smartphone, tablets and computers, there is really no need for such a large amount of paper to be wasted. So not only will it save you time and effort to book online, it will do a little bit t
9、owards saving the environment too!1. Green booking decision should definitely be a consideration in booking your holiday. (A)A. True B. False C. Not Given2. Going onto the Internet is one major choice in booking a holiday.(A)3. There are no time constraints to doing online booking.4. Travel agents a
10、re massively busy all the time.5. Price comparison websites make shopping for holiday deals much easier.6. Travel Supermarket is the best-known price comparison site in the world.7. You have to spend a lot of time booking a holiday online.8. You have to read brochures before deciding to book a holid
11、ay.9. Travel agents provide you with a great variety of brochures.10. Booking online is “green”in that it saves a lot of unnecessary paper.2、多项选择题 Spilt Milk Have you heard of the story of “spilt milk?” Well, we all know it is no use crying over spilt milkBut this story isdifferentI would hope all p
12、arents would respond in this manner. I recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he was so much more creative than the average person; what set him so far apart from
13、 others? He responded that it all came from anexperience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years oldHe had been trying to removea bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floora veritab
14、le sea of milk! When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him alecture, or punishing him, she said, “Robert, What a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down
15、 and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?” Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually youhaveto clean it up and restore everything to its proper orderSo, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel,ora mopWhich
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