题文
If you are planning on traveling, there are 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 he 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(目的地) 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 of Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.
小题1:Where is the writer most probably from?A．BritainB．The USAC．ItalyD．Greece小题2:When the writer found he had no dollars to pay the taxi driver, he .A．asked the driver to give him a free rideB．offered to pay in poundsC．gave the driver some fake(假) moneyD．tried to pay by credit card小题3:Generally, in May the weather in London is .A．warm and dryB．cold and dryC．hot and wetD．cool and rainy小题4:The writer mainly tells us .A．how to make life easierB．how to be well prepared for a tripC．how to enjoy ourselves on tripD．how to schedule our trip 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析
小题1:A 推理题。根据文章最后两汉when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester, to places like Athens, Rome of Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.说明作者最可能是英国人，因为他说子啊伦敦很冷，在马德里，罗马的天气已经很暖和，说明他是从伦敦出发。故A正确。
小题2:B 细节题。根据文章第三段3,4行The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi but because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead.说明我用英镑来付车费，故B正确。
小题3:D 推理题。根据最后一段第三行. I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in May,说明在三月份伦敦仍然很冷很潮湿，因为工人们还穿着厚后的西服和雨衣。故D正确。
小题4:B 主旨大意题。根据文章主题段第一段If you are planning on traveling, there are few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.说明文章主要是讲述了如何为旅行做好充分的准备。故B正确。
点评：文章主要是讲述了如何为旅行做好充分的准备，所提的几个建议。本文主要考查了推理题和正在大意题，注重综合语言能力的运用，结合语境，做出准确的判断。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“If you are planning .....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
