A
Join the ranks of bright travelers and load up your smart phone with these must-have travel apps.
Sky Scanner
Stop wasting precious time clicking through website after website for airfare deals. Searching over 1,000 airlines and travel agents, Sky Scanner locates the cheapest dates to fly as well as the most affordable destinations. Got your heart set on some place special? Just enter your destination, dates, and the number of travelers and the app does all the heavy lifting for you.
Easy Travel
Just enter your city, or postal code into the search window, and Easy Travel will display the cheapest gas being served up near you. Whether you're driving in Canada, or the United States, Easy Travel is by your side helping you save money.
Bother Free
Don't be lost in translation. Here's an app that will serve as your travel translator, translating over 60 languages for your communication pleasure. It's easy! Just select the language you want to learn, speak or type a phrase into your phone, and the app will deliver a translation that you can read and hear.
World Atlas
You can have the whole world in your hands! National Geographic's beautiful award-winning World Atlas app is a must-have for armchair travelers and globetrotters alike. Spin expand, and zoom the 3D globe to access detailed maps, tools to measure distances and need-to-know facts such as current weather, demographics and currency.
1. If one prefers self-driving tour, which app may help him or her save money?
A. Sky Scanner. B. Easy Travel.
C. Bother Free. D. World Atlas.
2. Who might be interested in Bother Free?
A. People with language difficulty. B. People who enjoy travel by plane.
C. People who want to travel cheaply. D. People with poor sense of direction.
3. In which part of a magazine can you most probably find this text?
A. Sports. B. Geography.
C. Travel. D. Traffic.
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. C
【解析】
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了四款旅行者必备的应用小程序，并对它们可以提供的内容作了简单的阐述。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。由题干中的“self-driving tour（自驾游）”及“save money（省钱）”可将本题答案定位在“Easy Travel”小标题下。因为自驾游需要给车加油，由这个小标题下的“… Easy Travel will display the cheapest gas being served up near you…Easy Travel is by your side helping you save money.（Easy Travel可以展示出你附近最便宜的可以加油的地方……它在你身边可以帮你省钱）”可知，Easy Travel可以为自驾游者省钱。故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。由Bother Free下的“Don't be lost in translation. Here's an app that will serve as your travel translator, translating over 60 languages for your communication pleasure.（不要在翻译上感到手足无措。这款小程序可以为你作翻译员，为你的交流提供超过60种语言的翻译服务）”，这款软件最合适语言交流上有困难的旅行者。选项A. People with language difficulty.（有语言困难的人）非常适合使用这款软件。故选A。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。由第一段的“Join the ranks of bright travelers and load up your smart phone with these must-have travel apps.（加入最聪明的旅行者的行列，为你的手机装上这些必备的旅行应用程序）”可推知，这篇文章是为旅游者提供信息的，可能出现在杂志中关于旅行的部分。A. Sports.运动；B. Geography.地理；C. Travel. 旅行；D. Traffic.交通。故选C。
